LOCAL GOVERNMENT DESIGNATIONS
"Entrepreneur Friendly Community"
Millen has earned the “Entrepreneur Friendly” designation from Georgia Department of Economic Development. This initiative backs those counties who are pro-business and are dedicated to supporting existing business entities while supporting new industries.
Jenkins County is recognized as an Entrepreneur Friendly community as a result of these local initiatives:
1) Buy local campaign
2) Guide to Starting and Growing a Business
3) Entrepreneur Resource Center at the Chamber
Millen Better Hometown
The Better Hometown Program, sponsored by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, is a self-help community development program designed to improve a downtown's quality of life. Each designated city receives technical assistance and resources, which assist the local community in its efforts to build a stronger local economy through revitalization of the downtown area. Technical assistance and advice designed to stimulate downtown revitalization are provided to designated cities through a public/private partnership between the DCA and various state agencies and private sponsors.
Better Hometown Millen is an active organization that provides financial and technical assistance to the community and coordinates with local, regional and state officials.
Join people with vision: the vision to make Millen and Jenkins County a better place to live.
Millen Better Hometown members have:
- The vision to preserve our heritage
- The vision to promote a positive image of our county, town and attractions
- The vision to bring the community closer together
- The vision to bring economic revival to downtown
- The vision to create a more attractive community
- The vision to bring a variety of events to Millen for community enjoyment and enrichment
We've been busy!
- MBHT works to preserve and restore our historic buildings
- MBHT has developed a Millen/Jenkins County Brochure to be placed in Georgia Welcome Centers and provided information for the website. It has produced a "Dining in Millen" brochure, has co-sponsored the Scenic Byway designation, has been instrumental in the erection of the train viewing platform on Cotton Avenue, and has erected Welcome to Millen signs at the six main entrances to Millen.
- MBHT annually sponsors the Eggstravaganza (Easter Egg Hunt), Hometown Patriotic Celebration, Fair-on-the-Square (annual arts and crafts fair), and Harvest of Fun (Halloween night), as well as art opportunities, plays, musicals, and concerts throughout the year.
- MBHT helps sponsor the Market Park for vendors; it has been instrumental in Millen's being named an Entrepreneur Friendly Community; it works with the Millen Downtown Development Authority to promote business retention, expansion, and recruitment.
- MBHT co-sponsors with Jenkins County Commissioners and the City of Millen "Keep Jenkins Beautiful Day" as part of "Keep America Beautiful;" it has developed the design and landscape guidelines adopted by the Millen City Council; it offers a Facade Improvement Grant to encourage businesses to improve building appearance.
This group just might be the best in town; it has no membership dues and no membership requirements except a sincere desire to improve the community and make a difference in where we live.
Meetings are the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM at the Charm Barn on Cotton Avenue. Call (478) 982-5595 for more information.
Work Ready Community
Jenkins County is a certified "Work Ready" Community under Georgia's Work Ready Initiative.
Coordinated through the Governor’s Office of Workforce Development, the Georgia Work Ready Region initiative is a catalyst that links education, workforce and economic development together and ensures that Georgia's Work Ready communities have the talent to fill the jobs of the 21st century economy.
For more information, visit our report and graph information at http://www.gaworkready.org/Certificate_Data/jenkins.html
To see our Work Ready Report, click here.
For our Work Ready Graph, click here.
How You Can Benefit From Ready to Work
Are you struggling to hire employees with the rights skills to do the job? Do you want to know what employee job-specific skills are needed to give your company the competitive edge?
How Work Ready Works?
http://www.gaworkready.org/Employers/benefits.html
Customized Job Profiles
http://www.gaworkready.org/Employers/jobProfile.html
Case Studies
http://www.gaworkready.org/Employers/caseStudies.html
For information locally, please contact the Work Ready Center of Jenkins County at 478-982-8004.
