Cobb County staff propose consolidating overlapping business incentives into tiered program
Economic development staff asked commissioners to consolidate multiple overlapping incentive programs into a single tiered Strategic Business Investment Incentive tied to jobs, capital investment and wage thresholds, and removed certain program admin language from code.
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Economic development director Sabrina Wright told the Board that the 2026 code amendments consolidate several redundant incentives into one tiered program to simplify administration and align caps with current needs. "The biggest change is that some of our incentives were redundant," Wright said, explaining the consolidation of business retention, targeted‑industry and special economic‑impact incentives into a single Strategic Business Investment Incentive determined by job creation, salaries and capital investment.
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