Business View Magazine | November 2019

319 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2019 SOUTH FULTON, GEORGI A us. We’ve launched Destination South Fulton, our economic development arm, that works hand in hand with the recently implemented South Fulton Development Authority. Our elected officials have already started taking economic development action on the legislative side. The City recently increased the hotel/motel tax collection rate to eight percent. Changing that rate projects to approximately $450,000 annually, which assists our tourism, business retention and attraction efforts through the newly launched Convention & Visitors Bureau tremendously.” “We also hope to establish up to four Tax Allocation Districts that will be on the November ballot for our populous to vote on. This focus on economic development is really the crux of why we became a city in the first place; to make sure our residents have all the resources and tools necessary to live, work, and play in a place where they have a say in how services are delivered. These actions really just scratch the surface of what we’re attempting to do for our residents, and Publix groundbreaking ceremony State of the City Address 2019