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to perform the necessary operations for the as Dart Container Corp., Trojan Battery, The
company. Home Chef Company, Kliklok-Woodman (a
From an employment perspective there division of Rockwell Automation), International
will be approximately 33 contracting firms Paper Co., Cintas Corp., Georgia-Pacific
needed to build the facility and they will hire Chemicals, Marshalls Distribution Center
approximately 600 workers to complete the Company, and Hanson Aggregates.
project. It is projected that 40% of the $65
million allocated will be budgeted for the
workforce.
A projection of 900 indirect jobs is expected
via CSX rail, Stonecrest provides increased to be either created or affected during the
import and export abilities across the Globe. building of the facility.
The Port of Savannah is the largest single Upon completion, The Home Depot will
container terminal in the United States. employ 77 employees.
In FY2018 it handled 4.2 million TEUs In preparation for this growth in Industrial
(Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) in throughput. opportunities for the City, we have established
FY2018 had the highest volume in the Port a robust relationship with the Georgia
of Savannah’s history. Piedmont Technical College to provide
Another attribute is the proximity of the training and develop a workforce that is CLARENCE BOONE
SR. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Interstate highway system. The Home Depot ready to contribute from the first day of
DIRECTOR, CITY OF
Warehouse will be located approximately employment. STONECREST
three miles from Interstate 20 on the newly
improved Lithonia Industrial Boulevard. The ♦ THE ECONOMIC IMPACT DURING
thoroughfare was specifically enhanced to CONSTRUCTION F
accommodate logistical and distribution For this project there will be 33 contractors 3120 Stonecrest Blvd, Suite
opportunities. including the general contractor. This 190, Stonecrest, GA 30038
Additionally, the facility is located 23 miles will translate to approximately 550 - 600 ☎
from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International different people working on the site over
Airport, which has the designation of being the construction period. At the peak of Direct: 770.224.0213
Main: 770.224.0200
the world’s most traveled airport. construction we expect 150- 200 employees
per day on site. ✉
♦ WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT For these types of projects, we see the labor cboone@stonecrestga.gov
The company will open the new portion in the 40% range of labor to material.
615,000-square-foot “flatbed delivery To that end we expect roughly 16 million dollars
www.stonecrestga.gov
center” in 2021 and will rely on advanced will be budgeted for worker’s compensation.
technology to operate the facility. In addition As restaurants, shopping, and hospitality
to rail access to the warehouse, trains will have been the hardest hit sectors during
enter the facility from a spur specifically the pandemic, this positive impact will
designed for the facility. These rail cars will be an immense benefit to those business
be unloaded by robotic technology. Because communities.
of the technology involved there can be a Stonecrest, Georgia is home of operations
need for more skilled logistical employees for such internationally recognized companies

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