Site Selection Magazine a leading publication for corporate site selection and economic development recently named The Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce one of the “Top Micropolitan Groups of the Year” for Economic Development in 2015. The Magazine cites for its reason for the ranking “This years’ Top US Economic Development Groups are based on four objective project criteria: jobs, capital investment, jobs per capita and investment per capita as tracked in Conway’s proprietary New Plant Database. Additional criteria include the creativity of economic development strategy; scope of project activity; and the ability to accurately document the link between the EDO and real results”. A Micropolitian Area is defined as an area centered around a city (Jefferson) between 10,000 and 49,000 in population by the Office of Management and Budget. Out of 576 Micropolitian areas in the US, Site Selection only named 20 Economic Development Organizations to this list. Jackson County lead all 23 Micropolitians in Georgia in total investment into a community for Economic Development projects and second in job creation.