The purpose of the Development Authority is to promote new industry and existing industry expansion in the City of Brunswick and Glynn County Georgia. In order to fulfill this responsibility, we engage in various economic development activities that include but are not limited to: • Conducting an aggressive marketing campaign for industrial and commercial prospects • Developing industrial parks and freestanding industrial sites for use by expanding and new businesses • Maintaining legislative liaison with local, state, and national legislative delegations The Golden Isles Development Authority works to package appropriate incentives to recruit new industry including the following: • Issuing bonds to finance loans for industrial development • Offering tax exemptions for unfinished goods that move through the Port of Brunswick. Working with the State Department of Economic Development to package local and state incentives together – with the state providing tax incentives for new or existing industries that generate job growth