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In-Depth
GDP Boom in Jackson County Highlights Need for Skilled Workers
Jackson County proved itself to be no shrinking violet when it came to its market growth over the last decade. In 2018, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released the first comprehensive dataset on gross domestic product, or GDP, for every county in the United States from the years 2012-2015. Jackson…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Sees Construction Labor Shortage
Construction is booming in Athens but there is one problem. There are not enough workers to fill these jobs. Reporter Ada Spratlin shows us this growing problem and what to expect next. Now Companies like Home Depot have committed fifty million dollars to train twenty thousand tradespeople for the…