Good news: yesterday the news broke that the NCR CORPORATION is moving its headquarters to Gwinnett County, which will bring thousands of new jobs here.
Nick Masino, V-P of Economic Development for the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce, said, "We're looking at 1250 new jobs in metro Atlanta, specifically in Gwinnett County."
According to WABE, these are corporate jobs "with annual salaries around 70 thousand dollars." That's money that Masino predicts will trickle down into the rest of the local economy as people buy houses, redecorate, etc.
WABE addes, "GWINNETT ISN'T THE ONLY COMMUNITY THAT'LL GAIN NEW NCR JOBS.THE COMPANY WILL EXPAND ITS EXISTING CUSTOMER SERVICE OPERATIONS IN PEACHTREE CITY--ADDING 916 JOBS THERE. IT'LL ALSO OPEN AN ATM MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN COLUMBUS. IT EXPECTS TO EMPLOY 880 WORKERS THERE."
"NCR CORPORATION WAS FOUNDED IN 1884 AS NATIONAL CASH REGISTER. TODAY, IT STILL HANDLES MONEY TRANSACTIONS JUST ON A MORE HIGH TECH SCALE. SOME OF ITS LARGEST LOCAL CUSTOMERS ARE A WHO'S WHO OF ATLANTA BUSINESSES. THAT'S ONE REASON, NCR RELOCATED HERE ACCORDING TO SAM WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT OF THE METRO ATLANTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.((Every time you buy a ticket at Hartsfield from Delta, the machine you're using is an NCR machine, and the same with SunTrust ATMs, and when you check out at Home Depot and do it yourself you're doing it on an NCR product.))ANOTHER LURE FOR NCR. . . .INCENTIVES. OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS, IT'LL QUALIFY FOR 56 MILLION DOLLARS IN TAX CREDITS ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. ACCESS TO TRAINING AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT GEORGIA TECH AND OTHER UNIVERSITIES IS VALUED AT ANOTHER 60 MILLION DOLLARS." © Copyright 2009, WABE
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