Albany-Dougherty County . Thrive Here.
Albany-Dougherty County ’s natural beauty is breathtaking and its Southern hospitality indeed is charming. But behind its prettyand historic façade lies a bustling, growing business community teeming with success and opportunities.
Albany-Dougherty County , which has the lowest cost-of-living and doing business of Georgia ’s metropolitan areas, is a pro-business community dedicated to existing industry and business recruitment. As the industrial hub of Southwest Georgia, Albany-Dougherty County is home to an expanding industrial base that includes an impressive roster of Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies in markets including health care and manufacturing; other growing markets include corporate, professional and customer-care services and logistics. To that end, the community is home to Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany and the headquarters of Marine Corps Logistics Command. Our community, which supports five institutions of higher learning, has the skilled work force to meet industries’ needs.
As the cultural anchor of the region, Albany-Dougherty County supports a broad and thriving arts and nature scene that includes the only symphony in south Georgia, a theater, an arts museum and a Civil Rights institute as well as a freshwater aquarium and one of three Association of Zoos and Aquariums-accredited zoos in Georgia .
Give us a ring or drop by and find out first-hand what all the fuss is about.
Albany-Dougherty County . Thrive Here.
2009-10 Albany-Dougherty County Manufacturing Directory
Benefits for doing business in Albany
Interactive Sites &
Building Maps
All Together Albany
Strategic Plan
Dougherty County Labor Profile
Military Zones in Albany-Dougherty County: A Guide
In the News
Making Lemonade: Small Businesses Get Innovative (Equinox Chemical Co. in New York Times)
Industry Week salute to businesses
Albany’s Thrush introduces next generation of ag aircraft.
Equinox Chemicals expansion welcome news
EDC Plans Aggressive Agenda
Albany’s Airport 2nd in
cargo
Albany company reaching
the region
ASU ranked in top 25
Equipment dealer expands
Highlighting industrial
property in Albany
EDC looks to the future
Chemical plant sale
’imminent’
Helping the blind find
jobs
Center teaches job skills
to blind
Wyeth begins Albany
operations
Press Releases
Executives, officials gather for Georgia Quail Hunt
EDC announces Industry Celebration Week
Coats & Clark locates North American distribution hub in Albany-Dougherty County.
Equinox Chemicals announces expansion, new jobs
Military Zone Designation an Economic Development Stimulant
MillerCoors expands operations in Albany; partners for work force training
Clem: We must leverage our unique assets
Cooper’s Albany plant slated for closure
Scrap metal facility to
open in Albany
Committee meets to define
ideal EDC chief candidate
Georgia Power’s Dougherty
may burn biomass
Wyeth to take over P&G’s
ThermaCare