TIP-Targeted Investment Program
July 1, 2024
The JDA has created a loan program to help local businesses in Targeted areas of Camden County get the financing needed to give local businesses an uplift. For more information about the Targeted Investment Program, click the link below! Click here for more info.
Cumberland Inlet Groundbreaking Event Video
September 1, 2022
On August 26th, 2022, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp joined the Joint Development Authority, City of St. Marys, and Jacoby Development Inc. to celebrate the groundbreaking of this significant economic development project. We want to thank the community for showing up and braving the heat to share this exciting day with us. We hope you all […]
State awards JDA $2.3M grant for St. Marys Commerce Park!
April 14, 2022
Just three months after entering into an agreement with the City of St. Marys to repurpose the former St. Marys Airport into a Commerce Park for light industry, the Camden County Joint Development Authority has been awarded $2.3 Million by the State of Georgia to help make the project a reality. Georgia’s new Rural Innovation […]
More progress in Camden County!
January 31, 2022
There have been some developments in the Camden County Industrial Park. We’ve had a few calls about the construction underway at the corner of Harriett’s Bluff Rd. and Old Still Rd. We’re happy to welcome Y&C Trading, a distribution company specializing in Asian Seafood to our industrial park in Kingsland! We look forward to seeing […]
Camden County recognized by the Georgia Economic Developer’s Association for Deal of the Year!
November 16, 2021
The Camden County Joint Development Authority was recognized by the Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA) for “outstanding achievement in the location/expansion of business in Georgia” at its Annual Awards luncheon on Monday. Camden County was recognized because of the Plug Power project, which announced on June 10th of this year. Chris Womack, Chairman, President & […]
Governor Kemp Announces Plug Power
June 10, 2021
Gov. Kemp Announces Plug Power Opening Green Manufacturing Plant in Camden County
Cumberland Inlet to Close
June 2, 2021
On Wednesday June 2nd, the JDA initiated the bond issuance and closing process for Jacoby Development’s Cumberland Inlet Project on the old Gilman Paper Mill Site.
Retail Market Study Concludes
May 28, 2021
In September of 2020 the Joint Development Authority received a USDA Rural Development Grant of $77,000 to be used for a retail market study for Camden County. The information found in the study would be vital to new businesses, current businesses, local real estate agents and brokers, and economic and municipal organizations. Much of the […]
JDA Board Starts New Year With New Faces
January 14, 2021
On January 14th the Board of the Camden County Joint Development Authority kicked off 2021 by adding two new board members and bidding farewell to two of its members.