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MADISON, Ga. With local industrial park Stanton Springs soon to be near max capacity, what’s next for the Joint Development Authority of Jasper, Morgan, Newton and Walton counties?
The JDA approved a $42 billion bond issue and a purchase and sale agreement during its Tuesday, Feb. 23, meeting in Madison for a company named Baymare.
As part of the deal, the JDA agreed to sell more than 620 acres of land within Stanton Springs, which Shane Short, executive director of the Development Authority of Walton County and lead economic development director for the JDA, said would essentially fill out the remainder of the industrial park.