Planning & Economic Development
Garden City, the Savannah Economic Development Authority, Chatham County and the State of Georgia offer many incentives to qualifying new or expanding qualifying businesses within Garden City. Some of those incentives include:
Local Incentives Within Town Center Enterprise Zone
Local Garden City Town Center Enterprise Zone Ordinance(PDF, 4MB)
- Property Tax Abatement
- Additional Local Incentives and Fee Waivers
Georgia Business Incentives
- Job Tax Credit
- Quality Jobs Tax Credit
- Port Tax Credit Bonus
- Research and Development Tax Credit
- Mega Project Tax Credit
- Film, Television and Digital Entertainment Tax Credit
- Work Opportunity Tax Credit
- Investment Tax Credit
- Optional Investment Tax Credit
- Retraining Tax Credit
- Child Care Tax Credit
Chatham County and State of Georgia Tax Exemptions
- Inventory Tax Exemption
- County Inventory Tax Abatement
- Computer Equipment Sales Tax Exemption
- Pollution Equipment Tax Exemption
- Primary Materials Handling Sales Tax Exemption
- Manufacturing Machinery Sales Tax Exemption
- Foreign Merchandise in Transit Credit
- Sales and Use Tax Exemption
Georgia Workforce Incentives
- Employee Screening
- Quick Start Pre-employment Training
- Intellectual Capital Partnership Program (ICAPP)
- Go Build Georgia
- Operation Workforce
- Coastal Workforce Services/Coastal Workforce Investment Board
- HOPE Scholarship
- Right to Work Laws
State of Georgia Small Business and Entrepreneurs Assistance
- Angel Investor Tax Credit
- Entrepreneur and Small Business Loan Guarantee Program
Miscellaneous Incentives
- Fee/Payment in Lieu of Taxes
- Georgia Centers of Innovation
For more information on Economic Development Opportunities in Garden City please contact Jackie Jackson at 912-963-2768.