Article by:
Curt Yeomans
The nearly 2,000-acre Rowen development just outside Dacula is expected to take decades to build out, but the prospect of a new research development that would be on par with North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park is bringing a lot of interest to Gwinnett County.
The development will focus on three research areas — medicine, agriculture and the environment — and take advantage of its proximity to the University of Georgia; Georgia Tech, Georgia State University; Georgia Gwinnett College and Gwinnett Technical College.
It is also expected to generate 18,500 jobs in its first 15 years, and eventually create a total of 100,000 jobs that do not currently exist in the area once it is fully built out decades from now. Read the full article here