Georgia's Innovation Crescent

Welcome

Georgia's Innovation Crescent is anchored by the nation's busiest airport, with Atlanta on one end and Athens-Clarke County, home of the University of Georgia, on the other. The Innovation Crescent is both a geographic area and a coalition of more than a dozen counties and entities focused on life sciences and economic development.

This fast-growing region was one of the life science industry's best kept secrets... until now. We invite you to learn more about the companies, the institutions and the people that call the Innovation Crescent home.

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News and Achievements

Georgia State University will start a center to investigate inflammation and infectious disease treatments -- a move that will bring a pharmaceutical company to Atlanta. Read more.

The Barrow Economic Development Council announced official designation of 104 acres +/- site in Statham, Georgia as a Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development (GRAD) site. Read more.

In September of 2008, Hewlett-Packard (HP) took over information technology (IT) provider Electronic Data Systems, and then proceeded to cut 24,600 jobs. Today HP announced that it will be cutting about 9,000 more. Lately, technology firms in Silicon Valley have starting recruiting more aggressively again. But will there be enough technology jobs in the Valley for the 9,000 Hewlett-Packard employees that will be laid off over the next several years? Read more.

Georgia is ranked 7th in total number of life science companies in the country, and has seen a 140 percent growth in the life science industry since 1993. More than 250 life science companies call the Innovation Crescent home. Read more


Georgia has the 4th largest public university system in the nation, and the region ranks 7th in the nation in producing college and university graduates with a bachelor's degree or higher. $1.01 billion is spent by the region's colleges and universities on research and development, with approximately half on life science research. Read more.	Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world's busiest, offering convenient direct connections to countries worldwide. Atlanta is one of only five cities in the U.S. served by three major interstate highways, and one of five with a rapid rail station inside the airport terminal. Read more.	Georgia has created a Work Ready initiative that links education and workforce development. The Innovation Crescent is specifically aligned to the life science industry, with specialized training certification programs to ensure there is a skilled labor pool for highly regulated life science clinical, research and manufacturing facilities. Read more.