DeKalb County saw record levels of investment and development in 2020.
That’s according to the DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation. Executive Director Paul Borek highlighted this at a “State of the County” event on Thursday.
“DeKalb County attracted nearly $975 million of capital investment in 2020. Nearly a billion dollars.”
The biggest drivers of this investment are Facebook and Ferrara Candy Company, which are building facilities of their own in the Chicago West Business Center south of DeKalb. The investment shattered the previous record of around $400 million in 2009. That was during the development of the NextEra Florida Power and Light Wind Farm.