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Decide DeKalb reports strong pipeline: $2.5 billion in investment since 2020, small-business loan fund oversubscribed
Summary
The county’s economic development agency reported $2.5 billion in capital investments and more than 15,000 new and retained jobs since 2020 and said a new county-seeded small-business revolving loan fund has been oversubscribed.
A Decide DeKalb representative presenting the county’s quarterly economic-development update told commissioners on Oct. 21 that the agency has supported an estimated $2.5 billion in new capital investment in DeKalb County since 2020 and more than 15,000 new and retained jobs.
The presentation highlighted large current and recent projects that the agency said underlie those figures, including the Lula Hills redevelopment in unincorporated DeKalb (an $842 million project described by the presenter), a proposed AIG office hub in Brookhaven projected to add 600 jobs by 2026, and private-sector investments including a Home Depot distribution center in Stonecrest and a Pepsi expansion in Tucker.
Why it matters: Economic-development activity…
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