Business View Civil and Municipal | April/May 2022

73 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 2 2 2 S . MA I N S T R E E T, S TAT E S B ORO , G E ORG I A 3 0 4 5 8 | ( 9 1 2 ) 2 5 9 - 9 5 5 5 | WWW. V I S I T S TAT E S B ORO . ORG T H E C I TY T HAT SOAR S Yo u ’ l l f i n d t h e r e i s a l w a y s s o m e t h i n g e x c i t i n g g o i n g o n i n S t a t e s b o r o a n d y o u n e v e r h a v e t o l o o k f a r t o f i n d f u n i n t h e B o r o ! A p r e m i e r e d e s t i n a t i o n i n S o u t h G e o r g i a f o r a l l s e a s o n s . STATESBORO, GEORGI A visits in their chosen field,” Thompson explains. Students also learn about Ogeechee’s unique program offerings. The technical college is just one of five in the country offering the Amazon Mechatronics and Robotics Apprenticeship (MRA) Program that trains future Amazon maintenance employees. In addition, Georgia Southern’s Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering is the only one of its kind throughout the state. When it comes to accommodations, Mayor McCollar acknowledges, “Our future workforce will have a great housing inventory because right now, that’s on the forefront of what we’re doing. We’re working diligently to improve our older housing stock. We’ve also started a housing plan with the Georgia Initiative for Community Housing (GICH) – that’s been a great plus for us. Statesboro is utilizing its American Recovery Plan funds towards housing and we’re