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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (EDI)

New Location Offers New Opportunities

Technology Square is the new headquarters of the Economic Development Institute (EDI). It's a location that will raise the profile of Georgia Tech's statewide economic development efforts and increase synergies with partner organizations.

"Being located at Technology Square presents a myriad of new opportunities."
Rick Duke
Director, EDI

One of Georgia Tech's most active outreach groups, EDI provides technology-driven solutions to help Georgia companies become more competitive and to help the state's communities address economic growth issues. Last year, some 1,300 companies were provided with strategic management and technical assistance. Since 2000, EDI has provided economic development assistance in 153 of the state's 159 counties. In addition to its Atlanta headquarters, EDI has seventeen regional offices throughout the state.

Through EDI, Georgia Tech provides a comprehensive set of services designed to help companies become more productive and competitive in world markets. The Economic Development Institute advises on issues including quality and international standards, energy and environmental management, lean enterprise transformation, information technology, government contracting, trade adjustment assistance, and marketing and new product development.

The new EDI headquarters at 760 Spring Street reinforces Technology Square's role as a major link between the Georgia Tech campus and Midtown community because it plays a role as a gateway into the university's resources. This location makes EDI part of a thriving Midtown neighborhood that includes BellSouth, EarthLink, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Technology Square also is home to key Georgia Tech partners, including:

  • The Advanced Technology Development Center, Georgia Tech's incubator for technology start-ups and EDI's sister organization, located in Centergy One at Technology Square.
  • The Global Learning and Conference Center, a technologically advanced learning facility devoted to corporate meetings, training programs, and other forms of continuing education.
  • The Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, a research center that studies Atlanta as a living laboratory for mixed-used development and other growth issues.
  • The new Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, a convenient place for out-of-town visitors to stay and to hold meetings.
Empty Stocking Fund collaborates with EDI

About EDI

www.edi.gatech.edu

EDI offers an array of services with a common objective: to grow Georgia's economy by providing technology-driven solutions to the state's businesses and communities. EDI helps keep the state's economy moving forward, whether the goal is attracting new companies to Georgia, expanding existing enterprises, providing technical expertise to help Georgia business and industry be more competitive, or helping communities plan for growth.

Following are just a few recent examples of how EDI has brought Georgia Tech's expertise to bear on behalf of communities and businesses around the state:

  • With help from EDI and other state and federal agencies, the communities of Moultrie and Thomasville brought in new food processing companies—and the jobs that come with them—to replace meatpacking plants lost to closures.
  • Thanks to EDI assistance, Boeing's Macon operation was able to begin producing insulation blankets for passenger cabins of new aircraft. The Macon operation now delivers 20 percent of blankets needed for Boeing's C-17 military aircraft.
  • A Dalton-based company, Universal Textile Technologies, is now producing a revolutionary carpet backing material based on oil extracted from soybeans, thanks to information provided by a Georgia Tech environmental specialist.

For more information, please contact:
Economic Development Institute
760 Spring Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0640
phone: 888.272.2104
e-mail:info@edi.gatech.edu
Web site:www.edi.gatech.edu
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