Sunday, August 15, 2004
The University of Georgia's Tifton campus will be the site of the state's third major innovation center. The Tifton center, located 200 miles south of Atlanta, will focus on agricultural innovation. Learn more.
Georgia is doing a good job in engaging its smaller cities and rural areas in the economic transformations we must all face.
Here's a good quote from the lead EDPro in the state, Georgia Economic Development Commissioner Craig Lesser: "I don't know where you can find more dedicated entrepreneurs than in agriculture. America was born on the farm.... The creativity, the sense of survivorship came from that agricultural work ethic."
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Georgia opens agriculture innovation center
