college is also expanding its facilities to support workforce development further. “West Georgia Technical College has just broken ground on a new industrial lab,” he reports. This facility will add 40 new welding booths, a CDL truck driving program, and training for utility linemen, and it is expected to open within 12 to 18 months. The county’s efforts aim to reduce the number of residents commuting for work. “Seventy-eight percent of our people leave the county every day for work. We’ve brought that down from 80%, but our goal is to keep more people off of I-20,” McDonald shares. One success story is Whirlwind Building Products in Tallapoosa, which expanded from 30 11 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 09 HARALSON COUNTY, GA
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