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Monday, 22nd October 2018 1:12:48pm
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Commercial growth underway
The Progress looks at four different projects that will have an impact on the town
Pickens County is a small community, so when dirt starts moving people notice and want to know what’s going on. This week we look at a few construction projects happening around town, including medical offices, a gun range, a church and an auto repair/tire shop. See the full story in this week's print or online editions.
Comments
I disagree. This is not standard ebb and flow (that is when restaurants or boutiques or thrift stores open and close). Small businesses are the main driver of the American economy "According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), small businesses represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms. Since 1995, small businesses have generated 64 percent of new jobs, and paid 44 percent of the total United States private payroll, according to the SBA."
Here we have classic small businesses and one large church. The automative store is adding transfer truck service showing an entrepreneur meeting a need. They are hiring 10 to 12 pretty solid.
The expanded medical practice is as good as you can get. High paying jobs.
The gun range not only will pay local sales tax but should attract people from outside the area.
The church itself is only a church but as big as it is, you can better believe it will put some Sunday lunch eaters out there.
This is exactly the type of growth we need here. Low impact. Good jobs, no drain on infrastructure.
I agree with you on your SBA assessment and what these expansions will bring but I think you missed Mr. Realist's point. I think he's trying to say is we need larger manufacturing/t echnology based employers that will have more of a financial impact on our tax base. This way the property owners won't be on the hook for as much. The businesses in the article are all great and ran by some nice people which is a great start to new economic expansion but the County Commissioners need to be working hard at bringing in larger businesses that employ large numbers of people at high wages. That's what this county needs along with the growth of our local businesses.
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