Calhoun-based Engineered Floors expects to hire 2,400 workers at new plants in Whitfield and Murray counties. It is one of the state’s biggest job announcements in years and a boost for northwest Georgia’s flooring industry, which was savaged by the recession and housing bust.
If the maximum value of the state package alone is realized, it could amount to $44,000 per job.
Department of Economic Development spokeswoman Alison Tyrer described elements of the pact to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, though a full draft of the state incentives package was not released.
Discretionary or elective incentives provided by economic development officials total $13.9 million. These include a grant of $6 million from the OneGeorgia Authority, $3.4 million in energy tax exemptions and an estimated exemption from sales tax of $4.5 million for construction materials.
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