This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Health & Fitness

Stockbridge to get $100 Million Technology Park

According to PRNewswire, the 13th district City of Stockbridge is to get $100 million to develop a technology park at Eagles landing for the World Internet Group.  This project is said to create over 3,500 permanent jobs in in Stockbridge and an additional 5,250 indirect jobs.  The World Internet Group is a leader of “acquisition and development of technology brands, products, services and intellectual property” according to it’s website. The project incorporates a work/play/live campus thatincludes an innovation lab, an accelerator, a research center and multiple data centers. The research center is to focus on cloud computing, mobile technology and Internet security.

Michael Owens, who is currently running for US House of Representative (CD-13) to replace the current Congressman David Scott, believes bringing in more business focused on technology to the 13th district makes sense. “It’s obvious where the jobs are going to be. They are going to be in the technology sector.” In regards to the World Internet Group, he states, “This is an example of what’s possible in the 13th District. The district lies a stone’s throw from the worlds busiest airport. The 13th district should be the gateway to the entire southeastern United States and this is an example of the magnitude to the types of jobs we can get. We don’t have many technology parks in our district.  We must do a better job of attracting information technology centers, advanced manufacturing and research and development companies throughout the district.  If we want those high paying jobs, [technology] is the direction we should go. We have to advocate for those who are going to bring those types of jobs. If we’re not bringing in companies that are doing that, then where are we?”

www.owensforcongress.com

Find out what's happening in South Cobbwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Michael Owens for Congress · Mableton, GA 30126, United States

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?