Guidelines
The following guidelines are designed to assist applicants in submitting complete OneGeorgia EDGE Fund applications that meet the intent of the program.
The purpose of the EDGE Fund is to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants that are being considered as a relocation or expansion site and are competing with another state for location of a project; and, where the EDGE Fund is used when the health, welfare, safety and economic security of the citizens of the state are promoted through the development and/or retention of employment opportunities. A local development authority must be the applicant for an EDGE application and the application must be supported by a recommendation letter from a state agency, typically the Georgia Department of Economic Development.
No. The purpose of the EDGE fund is to give a qualified county in Georgia the ability to close a deal (business expansion or location) when competing with a community in another state or another country.
A project is considered "competitive" when a company is considering a Georgia community as well as a location from outside the state of Georgia.
Projects relating to public infrastructure, land acquisition, site development, job expansion and retention as well as new business locations.
The EDGE Accountability Agreement was established to ensure that public benefit will be derived from EDGE incentives granted to local governments for businesses that locate or expand within the state. As such, the Agreement provides for: