[email protected]

The South

Fulton industrial base is getting ready to grow by leaps and bounds.

That's the

message that many attendees took away from last week's annual meeting

of the South Fulton Chamber of Commerce.

One of the

major projects getting ready to start is in the Interstate 285-Camp

Creek Parkway area in East Point.

East Point's

certified economic developer, Helene Caseltine, is meeting this week

with officials of the Duke-Weeks company, which is planning the project.

The project

encompasses more than 500 acres and will bring five to six million square

feet of industrial space to the South Fulton area.

"This

will be a development of regional importance," Caseltine side.

Along with

industrial space will be warehousing and distribution space, which is

already starting to draw interest from some national companies, Caseltine

side.

There is

an existing small industrial area at the entrance to the project that

will be retrofitted to fit the needs of the park, she added.

The Duke-Weeks

project will pump several million dollars into the regional economy

and bring hundreds of jobs. While Caseltine has been on the job for

only a month in East Point, this is one of the biggest projects she

has dealt with during her career as an economic developer.

"I think

the whole look of this area will change dramatically in the next five

years," she said.