Savannah Offers Free Rent to Video Game Developers
March 23, 2009
This article on the Global Atlanta Website is interesting…
Savannah is offering one year of free rent in a new facility for digital media companies that set up new operations in the region.
The Savannah Economic Development Authority and the Creative Coast Alliance, which seeks to attract knowledge-based businesses to coastal Georgia, are providing the space on the first floor of their office building on the Savannah River.
The section of the building, called the Game Development and Digital Media Center, is currently being developed.
Bill Thompson, deputy commissioner for the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s film, music and digital entertainment division, called the offer “a very novel and timely idea” as the state seeks to attract new companies.
“With the economy the way it is right now, offering an incentive that saves potential customers money at virtually no additional cost to the property holder is brilliant,” Mr. Thompson told GlobalAtlanta in an e-mail.
Companies locating in Savannah will be able to tap into an ample talent pool. The Savannah College of Art & Design has undergraduate and graduate degree programs in video game and digital media production and is one of the top target schools in the country for recruiters in those fields.
The Georgia Institute of Technology also has a campus in Savannah, and the region boasts a total of 17 universities.
Fifteen universities across the state have gaming courses or “full-blown” curricula, Mr. Thompson said…
Cool-now let’s get some more co-working/work incentives here in Atlanta!
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