As the fastest growing state in the fastest growing region in the country, Georgia is an engine of business — so much so that CNBC recently ranked Georgia among the top states for attracting business. Georgia’s desirable location, its workforce of 4.8 million and its premier transportation system are a few reasons why the state perennially appears atop such rankings. In the first half of 2007 alone, Georgia welcomed more than $52 billion in trade.

With its pro-business environment and exceptional concentration of business talent, Georgia is home to more than half of the world’s top 100 global and logistics supply-chain companies, and Atlanta is among the top cities for Fortune 500 headquarters. From Savannah, the fastest growing port in the country, to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International, the world’s busiest airport, to South Georgia, one of America’s premier agricultural regions, Georgia is recognized as a leader in global commerce. Georgia is close to your customers, partners, and suppliers.

Georgia offers unparalleled access to key markets and labor at every skill level. Recognized in Fortune, Training and Expansion Management magazines, Georgia’s Quick Start worker training program helps employers ramp up fast. Since 1967, Quick Start has assisted nearly 4,000 companies and over 300,000 workers.

From manufacturing to food processing, agribusiness to biotechnology and call centers to aerospace innovation, Georgia is where business grows.