Moultrie Tech’s Economic Development Staff Helps Push Forward

Pictured, left to right, are Dara Barwick, director of the Regional Project Managers with the Entrepreneur and Small Business Program at the GDEcD; Darrell Moore, president of the Moultrie-Colquitt County Chamber of Commerce and Development Authority; Katie Harrison, coordinator of business and industry services at Moultrie Technical College; and Amanda Holt Statom, vice president of marketing for the Moultrie-Colquitt County Chamber of Commerce.

On Wednesday, March 26, a state review team toured local business and favorably analyzed the community’s environment for entrepreneurial and small businesses. As a result, the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) designated Colquitt County as an Entrepreneur Friendly Community, which now opens up more doors for local businessmen.

Dara Barwick, director of the Regional Project Managers with the Entrepreneur and Small Business Program at the GDEcD, thanked the Entrepreneur Friendly Committee, its chairman Katie Harrison of Moultrie Technical College’s Economic Development staff, and Amanda Holt Statom, vice president of marketing for the Moultrie-Colquitt County Chamber of Commerce, for their research and development of growth strategies that ultimately achieved the coveted designation for the county.

Click on the link below to read the article published March 27, 2008, as written by Moultrie Observer reporter Lori Glenn. 

http://www.moultrieobserver.com/local/local_story_086223530.html