Commission

Chairman Mike Kenn, and commissioners Karen Elaine Webster and William

Edwards will receive the Progressive Economic Outlook Award for demonstrating

dedicated public service and outstanding leadership in 2001.

Companies and

institutions that have closed industrial revenue bond issues with the

authority will receive the Development Authority of Fulton County 2001

Economic Development Award for Excellence in Business.

The honorees

are Cauley Creek Water Reclamation; Tuff/Atlanta Housing (Georgia State

University); Georgia Tech Foundation; The Trinity School; Graham Packaging

Company; The Lovett School; United Parcel Service; Alpharetta Christian

Academy; U.S. Foodservice; Choicepoint Inc.; Cingular Wireless LLC; Georgia

Tech Athletic Association, and BellSouth Telecommunications Inc.

The Development

Authority was created in 1973 by a Fulton County Board of Commissioners

resolution and Georgia law to promote economic development throughout

the county.

Since then,

the authority has issued over $3 billion in taxable and tax-exempt bonds.

These bonds provide financing for businesses that were relocating or expanding

existing facilities in Fulton County, resulting in the creation or retention

of more than 335,000 jobs.