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Heard County Business Retention and Expansion

The Business Retention and Expansion Process (BREP) for Heard County was a joint effort by the local communities and the state, intended to assess the needs of local industries and determine how to generate economic growth. The report was completed in August 2004, under Donna Lackey, the Director of the Heard County Development Authority and Chamber, and Kathy Oxford, the Georgia Department of Economic Development Regional Project Manager. The BREP survey resulted in recommendations which should generate economic strategies for meeting the community's development needs. Tracking Business Needs