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TOP LARGEST EMPLOYERS
Early County | 2025
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Early County School System
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Early Medical Center / Nursing Home
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Early Trucking Company
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Birdsong Peanuts
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Nucor Republic Conduit
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Olam
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Early County Gin
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Southern Ag Carriers
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Golden Peanut & Tree Nuts
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White Oak Pastures
SUCCESS STORY
Five Star Credit Union
Five Star grew from the trees of Early County, Georgia. The credit union was founded in 1964 in Cedar Springs, GA as the Cedar Springs Federal Credit Union. It was chartered to serve the employees of the Great Southern Paper Company with the first office being a storage closet. The credit union began with eight members who invested $5 each. The credit union was run, part-time, by a mill employee who was known as the treasurer. By the end of the first year, Cedar Springs FCU had 262 members and $81,363 in assets.
Now 60 years later, the credit union has $790 million in assets, 20 financial centers throughout 42 counties, and serves 57,000 members.
SUCCESS STORY
Blakely Chicken
Fast food can take out a lot of the work that comes with planning a full meal, but just because a fast-food restaurant may be a convenient and often more cost-effective option doesn't mean you have to compromise on flavor or a meal that packs a punch.
Using reviews, awards and accolades as well as first-hand experience, LoveFood compiled a list of the restaurant in each state that serves the best fast food.
According to the site, the best fast-food restaurant in all of Georgia is Blakely Chicken in the small city of Blakely, a spot in the southwest region of the state dishing out incredible fried chicken and other Southern favorites.
SUCCESS STORY
White Oak Pastures
In July 2024, USDA awarded $26.9 million to 33 projects in 23 states through the Local Meat Capacity grant program to expand processing within the meat and poultry industry. This announcement builds on the first round of $9.5 million awarded to 42 projects announced in March 2024.
White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia, is a family-owned meat company with a processing facility located in Early County. White Oak will use the Local Meat Capacity grant to support the cost of converting its poultry processing facility into a dual use facility that can also process lambs, goats and hogs. It is anticipated this will expand their livestock processing capacity by 30%.
THIS IS EARLY COUNTY
Let us help your business rise and shine.
Susanne Reynolds | Director
Development Authority of Early County
229.366.1952 | susanne.reynolds@earlycounty.org
214 Court Square | Blakely, Georgia 39823