A special job

fair for employees of an industry that will soon shut down was among items

discussed by an industries council of the Fayette County Development Authority

last week.

Authority President

and CEO Chris Clark led the 20 industry representatives present in planning

monthly programs for 2002 that would be of interest to them.

Sealed Air,

a corporation in Peachtree City, will be closing in the next few months.

A job fair will be conducted at its plant by various industries in the

county to help displaced employees find a way to keep employment within

the county.

Among other

items discussed was a seminar on taxes in February. Topics suggested by

those present included sales tax, property tax and tax credits, with other

subjects on transportation problems, school apprenticeship programs, human

resource needs, possible pooling of purchases, a Web site for existing

industries and needs in finance, banking and economic development.

Council member

Pat Sennett, youth apprenticeship coordinator for the Fayette County School

System, spoke on the need for a university center in the county. Pathway

Communities has offered land for the project and it is anticipated that

a building would be built and then leased out to institutions such as

Gordon College, Griffin Technical College and Clayton College & State

University.

The Development

Authority meets each first Thursday, generally at the Peachtree City Library

meeting room. It can be reached at 770-461-5253.

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