TIFTON —
The U.S Census Bureau recently identified Tifton as the ninth fastest-growing micro area in the United States for the period between April 1, 2010 and July 1, 2011.
The census bureau defines a micro area as an area containing an urban core of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000, population. Each metro or micro area consists of one or more counties and includes the counties containing the core urban area, as well as any adjacent counties that have “a high degree of social and economic integration, as measured by commuting to work, with the urban core.”
Statesboro, at No. 6, was the only other Georgia micro area in the top 10. Others, in order, included Williston, N.D., The Villages, Fla., Andrews, Texas, Dickinson, N.D., Dunn, N.C., Heber, Utah, Minot, N.D., and Guymon, Okla.
“All you have to do is drive through Tifton to realize that we are a community on the move,” said Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Brian Marlowe. “We continue to experience a tremendous amount of prospect activity from retail/commercial to warehouse/distribution to manufacturing.”
Businesses locating in Tifton during the period included American Textile Co., a leading supplier of mattress and pillow protectors, bed pillows and mattress pads, which brought an initial 50 jobs and has since added 100 more; Coopercraft, a business providing security products like access control equipment, CCTV and fire alarms; CHEP, a pallet/container pooling services company; a second shift at Mohawk’s carpet pad facility; additional jobs at Cooksey Steel; new restaurants including Ranchero’s and Daylight Donuts; and the Publix supermarket, expected to open next month.
Since then, the Stevi B’s restaurant has opened and T.J. Maxx has announced plans to locate in the old Winn Dixie building in the Tifton Mall.
To contact Managing Editor Florence Rankin, call the Gazette at 382-4321, ext. 1903.
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Ongoing renovations at the old Winn Dixie building, which will house T.J. Maxx, are a sign of Tifton's continued growth. Tifton was named ninth in the nation among fast-growing micro areas for the period from April 2010 to July 2011. Florence Rankin/The Tifton Gazette
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