A place apart. A place to be.

The Stanton Springs development draws on a diverse talent base. More than 140,000 people within a 20 mile radius are in the Stanton Springs labor market area.

Work Ready Program

As part of Georgia's Work Ready initiative, counties throughout the state have made a commitment to earn Certified Work Ready Community status, a designation showing they have the talented workforce that business demands and the means to drive economic growth and prosperity.

Earning Certified Work Ready Community status ensures citizens have the talent necessary to staff existing jobs and to master the innovative technologies new jobs will require in the future. By taking part in the effort, Georgia counties are transforming their economies and giving themselves a competitive advantage in attracting new businesses and jobs.

Newton and Walton counties earned Work Ready status in 2010, ensuring businesses locating Stanton Springs can tap into the talent they need to move new facilities forward faster.

Georgia's Quick Start Training Program

Georgia's Quick Start Training program is free to qualified businesses in Georgia. The internationally acclaimed program leverages the state's technical college system to support new and expanding industries. Quick Start delivers training in a range of environments, including classrooms, mobile labs, directly at a company's plant or any other location that best serves a company's training needs. Quick Start also offers the Certified Economic Developer Training program to economic development personnel performing the training are equipped with the latest strategies and skills for workforce training. Sectors served include, but are not limited to

• Biotech/Healthcare
• Warehousing/Distribution
• Automotive
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Food/Agribusiness
• Service

Georgia's Hope Scholarship and Grant Program

HOPE — Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally — is Georgia's unique scholarship and grant program that rewards students with financial assistance in degree, diploma, and certificate programs at eligible Georgia public and private colleges and universities, and public technical colleges. HOPE is funded entirely by the Georgia Lottery for Education, which also funds Georgia's statewide pre-kindergarten program. Since the HOPE Program began in 1993, over $4.6 billion in HOPE funds have been awarded to more than 1.2 million students attending Georgia's colleges, universities, and technical colleges. You can benefit from HOPE in several ways.

GeorgiaHIRE Online Resume Database

GeorgiaHire allows Georgia employers to access a database of resumes for students and alumni Georgia's 35 public colleges and universities. The services is part of Georgia's Intellectual Capital Partnership Program (ICAPP), an economic development program of the University System of Georgia.