Decatur’s Largest Employers
Decatur Metro | April 7, 2011I’m still digesting the many pieces and aspects of the 2010 Decatur Strategic Plan. Appendix B: Market and Fiscal Feasibility Analysis is especially interesting, since we “everyday residents” all too often talk about what we want and not frequently enough of the realities on the ground that determine our pipe dreams’ feasibility.
But for now, here’s an interesting chart from that appendix. If you’ve always known that DeKalb County was the city’s largest employer, but didn’t know what other orgs would make up a top ten list, do I have the chart for you!
If the city’s newest large employer – CCP Games – achieves its goal of 300 employees by 2013, it looks like it will eventually climb into the 5th spot on this list. However, much of the excitement and hyperactivity surrounding CCP wasn’t just about its size, but also the fact that it brought a new industry (video game development) into the city limits, helping diversify the large business community, which is currently very heavily dependent on public administration and legal services. (Not surprisingly, I stole that point from the aforementioned feasibility analysis.)
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Does this list represent the number of jobs located in the City of Decatur with each of these employers? Or the number of Decatur residents employed by each? I’m guessing it’s the former. Does anybody have any reliable stats on how many people both live and work in the City? Just curious.
Interesting that only 2 of these employers are a for-profit enterprise.
Agreed. Perhaps we need new diversity initiative. CCP is a good start.
I don’t think McCurdy & Candler are still on that list after a move of most of its employees to Buckhead.
Surprised that the Emory Clinic doesn’t make the list.
That’s number two on the list, right?
Whoops. Better get my computer glasses on!
This is a disappointing topic. From the headline, I thought it was going to be about super-fat bosses.