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Nine million people are actively seeking employment and 5 million jobs are going unfilled annually. Baby boomers are retiring, and the list of job openings without enough skilled applicants to take them is long: it includes skilled tradesmen; welders and machinists and other skilled manufacturing jobs; in health care,… Read More »

For nearly 35 years, LAT Apparel, previously LAT Sportswear, has called Cherokee County home. Based in the Ball Ground area, LAT is setting their sights on future business growth with the announcement of a land purchase of approximately 45 acres to build a new headquarters facility.

 

Currently located on…

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Georgia has done it again with Area Development’s 2015 Top States for Doing Business ranking. The results come from an independent survey of site consultants who are most aware of a state’s strengths in the categories of:

Business Environment Labor Climate Infrastructure/Global Access

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Clark Creek Elementary School STEM Academy has made history by being the first in the Cherokee County School District to earn prestigious State STEM Certification.

A Georgia Department of Education State STEM Certification Team visited the school on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 to determine if the school had met the…

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Inalfa Roof Systems continues to impress. The automotive manufacturer of sunroofs and open roof systems has achieved their TS-16949 Certification, which is crucial to their success and growth in the automotive sector. This certification is evidence that the Cherokee team has successfully developed a quality management system which provides for continual improvement,…

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While many school districts offer students the chance to hone specific skills through high school magnet programs, educators in the Cherokee County system decided the best way to get kids involved in specialized fields was to start them early — in grade school. Three years ago, they…

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The Cherokee County School District continues to rank in the top 5 school districts in Georgia for average SAT scores, and earned the highest county average in metro Atlanta!

The School District’s Class of 2015 earned an average total score of 1560, which is the fifth-highest score out of 180…

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Canton automotive manufacture, Piolax USA, has announced an expansion of their facility located in the Canton-Cherokee Business & Industrial Park. The company, specializing in plastic and metal automotive parts, has been a part of the community for nearly 30 years. The ground breaking for the 82,000 sq. ft. expansion was…

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Three Cherokee County cities have found themselves in the Top 25 of The Safest Cities in Georgia list provided by SafeWise.com. The cities of Canton, Holly Springs and Woodstock have been identified due to their wonderful public safety and other systems they have in place to make the community feel…

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Cherokee County School District’s Class of 2015 earned record high scores and the second-highest county average in metro Atlanta while continuing to exceed their peers across the Nation on the challenging ACT college entrance and placement examination.  CCSD’s average score ranks it among the top districts in Georgia on this…

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Woodstock has been named to Money Magazine’s 2015 list of Best Places to Live!

Check out what they had to say about this Cherokee County city:

AT A GLANCE Population 26,059 Median Income $71,715 Job Growth 12.6% Median Home Price $184,775 Property Tax $1,454

Woodstock has more than doubled in…

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Canton, GA (August 13, 2015) We have all heard the saying “It takes a village to raise a child.” A concept that also speaks true to the making of Champion the movie, the village being Cherokee County. The Cherokee Office of Economic Development (COED) had the opportunity to spend some…

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