City of Jefferson in Jackson County. (photo courtesy Amber Rhea)
To do that, Jackson County commissioners say they need their county designated as economically depressed through a federal recovery zone listing.
Commissioners say the bond money could be used by an electronics company planning to build a facility and hire up to 400 people.
It’s up to the state Department of Community Affairs to reallocate Georgia’s more than $500 million of federal recovery money for local governments that did not get bonds last year.
