The Coweta

County Commission is taking its need for information to

the state.

For the

last two weeks, the county has been embroiled in a debate

with 21st Century Coweta officials about learning the

name of industrial prospects who visit the county.

21st

Century is a public/private partnership that serves as a

recruitment agency for possible industrial relocations to

the county.

County

officials got into the industrial recruitment business

late last year after acquiring the Shenandoah Industrial

Park and are anxious to get more tenants into the park.

The agency

maintains that if it tells county officials about each

prospect that it also must tell other developers.

Bur earlier

this week, the county drafted a letter to Commissioner

Randy Cardoza at the Department of Industry and Trade

about the controversy.

In the

letter, commission Chairman Vernon "Mutt"

Hunter asks Cardoza to consider Shenandoah operations

manager Buddy Harrison as the county's official contact

person.

"Coweta

County understands Georgia Department of Industry and

Trade has additional designated contacts in Coweta

County, but our desire is to add Mr. Harrison to your

list," Hunter wrote.

The letter

explained the county's recent industrial park acquisition

and said county officials were being "pro-active in

terms of development for the citizens of our

county."

Hunter said

that Harrison would be contacting state officials soon to

schedule a meeting with project managers and said the

Shenandoah development is an asset to Coweta County and

the state of Georgia.