Stacy Watson and Ryan Macdonald, Georgia Ports Authority, Speak at Workforce Development Board Meeting

On Wednesday, July 27^th, Stacy Watson, General Manager, Economic and Industrial Development and Ryan Macdonald, Manager, Strategic Operations & Planning from the Georgia Ports Authority in Savannah, Georgia presented to a full house at the Workforce Development Board Meeting. They spoke on the economic impact of the Appalachian Regional Port to be built in Chatsworth, Georgia beginning in the third quarter of this year. Around the room, ears perked up when the statewide economic impact of the Georgia Ports Authority was announced: 369,193 full and part-time jobs, $84.1 billion in sales, $33.2 billion in state GDP and $20.4 billion in income. Additionally, the local economic impact for jobs from the Appalachian Regional Port was reported at 1,264. Some of the jobs that will be needed will be managerial and professional, technicians, marketing, sales, administrative and clerical, service, production, operators, fabricators and truck drivers.