June 25, 2019 - Mayor Larry L. Guest of Elberton announced today that the City of Elberton is expanding the Elberton Industrial Park.  Mayor Guest stated that he and the Elberton City Council unanimously approved purchasing 165 acres of land adjacent to the existing...

The new Development Authority Board of Directors held its organizational meeting on Thursday, June 26, 2019 at the Elbert County Campus of Athens Technical College.  The board elected Greg Gunter as Chair and Dr. Andrea Daniel as Vice Chair.  Kevin Eavenson from the...

In June 2019, the governments of Elbert County renewed their long-standing commitment to Economic Development in Elbert County by updating and amending the activating resolution for the Development Authority of Elbert County, Elberton, and Bowman.  The Authority was...

“Last week, Elbert County was recognized for meeting twelve category requirements to obtain GRAD certification, and we are the only GRAD certified site, east of Athens…

Tommy Lyon, Rusty Warner, Tom Denny, Rick Prince, Allen Nicas, Donna Young (MollerTech), and…

A newly transformed Samuel Elbert Hotel reopened its doors “after decades”, yesterday, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Elberton Mayor Larry Guest, Elberton City Council members, City Manager, Lanier Dunn; Bowman Mayor, Betty Jo Maxwell; County Commissioners, State...

Georgia Trend Magazine just released another article about what is "going on" within Georgia counties. Elbert County stands out again with 'Forward Focused' economic development. In the article, we are noted as encouraging growth with the availability of jobs; worker...