1,200-acre site is one of five "mega-sites" the

state will use to encourage large manufacturing

operations to move their business to Georgia.

The site is

next to Interstate 85 at exit 8, just outside the town

limits of Moreland.

Scott

Frederick, director of 21st Century Coweta, told the

Coweta County Commission Tuesday morning that the

property owners had agreed late last week to let the

property be listed as a mega-site for industrial

recruitment.

Mega-sites

typically draw companies such as automobile

manufacturers, and Frederick said Coweta's site has

everything that major industrial projects want.

"It's

close to an interstate, a municipal airport, a rail line

and is a short distance from Hartsfield International

Airport," said Frederick.

Typically,

large scale industrial companies look for 500-acre tracts

and Frederick said this site is even more attractive

because of the additional acreage.

Commission

Chairman Vernon "Mutt" Hunter thanked Frederick

for his presentation, but said this was only the first

step in having the property ready for an industrial

project.

"The

land hasn't even been zoned industrial. All that's been

done is the land has been assembled," he said.

The

commissioners agreed that a mega-site task force should

be formed to keep the public informed of issues such as

environmental concerns, traffic studies and economic

impact.