Jobs funding for Chattahoochee Valley

Columbus, The Chattahoochee River, and Phenix City, Ala. (Dave Bender)

The Georgia Office of Workforce Development presented a $3 million grant to the Valley Partnership on Wednesday.

The group spearheads economic development in Georgia and Alabama along the Chattahoochee valley, and includes representatives from Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot and Taylor counties in Georgia, and Phenix City, Alabama.

The funds are part of a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor and will be used to create jobs in automotive maintenance and aerospace manufacturing; communications and IT, and industrial construction, and are earmarked, in part for nearby Fort Benning according to the Columbus Chamber of Commerce.

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