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Atlanta at a Glance

• Metro Atlanta is fifth after New York, Houston, Dallas and Chicago as a FORTUNE 500 headquarters city.
• Seventy percent of the FORTUNE 1,000 companies have established operations in Atlanta.
• “Atlanta No. 2 for low HQ costs” Report by The Boyd Company shows Atlanta is high-value location for corporate headquarters operations: second lowest in cost among 30 major U.S. markets.
• Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in the world serving 165 domestic and 85 international Locations nonstop. Approximately 730,000 metric tons of freight and express mail move through Hartsfield- Jackson every year.
• Georgia’s total cumulative foreign direct investment topped $22.6 billion through 2006. (Georgia Department of Economic Development)
• The 2,000+ foreign-owned business facilities in metro Atlanta make up 80.5 percent of all international facilities in Georgia. Foreign-based firms in metro Atlanta employ more than 115,000.
• Businesses from nearly 40 countries have direct foreign investments in all but five metro area counties. Five countries show more than 100 business facilities each.
• Atlanta is home base to most German and Japanese investment activity in Georgia.
• More than a dozen business incubators in metro Atlanta offer nearly half a million on square feet of space to emerging businesses.
• More than 320 emerging technology companies in metro Atlanta have attracted more than $2 billion in venture funding since 2003, according to the PWC MoneyTree.

Metro Atlanta at a Glance

• Cherokee County
  The County hired Johnson Controls to conduct an evaluation of county facilities and infrastructure. The County spent nearly $1 million for improvements including replacing all traffic signal modules with energy efficient LED bulbs, replacing the HVAC units in an old administration building and in the Historic Courthouse, performing lighting retrofits in 10 facilities, and replacing plumbing fixtures in 12 facilities (i.e., faucet control valves for all toilets and sinks, replaced Flushometers in all toilets, replaced some toilets, etc.). In addition, the County had an energy audit conducted by Georgia Power for the County Justice Center and have implemented modifications.
• City of Atlanta
  The City is launching a program to encourage energy use reduction in city buildings by city employees. They have 300 buildings, and expect to achieve between a 5-10% reduction in energy use.
• City of Fairburn
  The City has a Property Manager who is in charge of all building and remodeling; the Property Manager will incorporate energy-saving and green concepts into all city construction projects and budget for the increased initial expense. Training on conservation-related construction is provided to the Property Manager.
• City of Peachtree City
  The City upgraded lighting, sprinkler systems, hot water heaters and HVAC equipment for energy efficiency in all of their government buildings.
• City of Marietta
  Marietta Power & Water offers free residential energy audits so homeowners can assess their power usage.
• Cobb County
  The County has an Energy Manager on staff who promotes energy efficiency.
• Fulton County
  In 2004, the County completed the upgrade of all traffic, pedestrian and school signals to LED. In addition, their signal specifications require that all new signals be equipped with LED bulbs meeting the Institute of Transportation Engineers and Department of Energy standards.
• Henry County
  The County adopted a policy to purchase only Energy Star equipment and appliances in all government buildings.