Joint Development Authority Website
2022 Meeting Schedule
July 2022
Want to do business with Rivian?
We invite you to join Rivian and members of the local business community for an open house to explore new partnership opportunities
Representatives from Rivian’s real estate, facilities, design, and culinary teams will be present to answer your questions, share their experiences, and seek out new partners as this landmark facility comes to life. Just as Rivian has done in their manufacturing hometown of Normal, Illinois, the company is dedicated to engaging with the local and regional businesses that make up the fabric of surrounding communities.
When: August 9, 2022, from 12:00 – 5:00 PM
Where: South Walton Community Center, 573 Fairplay Drive Social Circle, GA 30025
Who should join us:
Real Estate
• Local, regional, and national developers with experience in industrial and light manufacturing*
Design
• Local and regional artisans/craftsmen, millworkers, furniture designers with strong experience in salvage or materials repurposing
• Local artists, sculptors, muralist and designers
• Signage/graphic fabricators and installers
• Mass timber experts
• Native plant/vegetation providers
• Historical book collectors
Culinary
• Mobile food service vendors (food trucks)
• Coffee roasters
• Commissary kitchen owners & operators
• Food service equipment vendors (sales & service)
• Culinary schools & training programs
• Vocational training programs for students & adults with special needs
• Composting operations
• Food distributors focused on local products
Click on the link to register, and we look forward to seeing you there!
WELCOME RIVIAN…December, 2021
Quick facts: $5 bill investment, 7,500 jobs, just under 2,000-acre campus in Stanton Springs North,
electric adventure vehicle manufacturing and R&D facility, construction starting in 2022, production
starting in 2024
The JDA and State of Georgia are proud to announce Rivian selected Stanton Springs North as the
home of its newest electric adventure vehicles facility
Rivian will invest $5 billion and create 7,500 jobs at its carbon-conscious campus
The Rivian campus will encompass approximately 2,000 acres within Stanton Springs North which
includes property in Walton County, Morgan County and the City of Social Circle
The Rivian Project represents the single-largest economic development project in the state of
Georgia’s history.
The campus will include technology centers for R&D and a manufacturing facility
Once fully operational, the facility will produce up to 400,000 vehicles per year.
Construction is projected to begin Summer of 2022 with production slated for 2024.
Rivian will preserve much of the natural space within the 2,000 acres, and the company is actively
working to ensure that both the construction process and future facility meet Rivian’s high
standards of conservation and sustainability for a cleaner, wilder future.
QuickStart will build a new facility within Stanton Springs North for training purposes similar to
the site they built in Stanton Springs
Additional details of the project including layout, incentives, etc will be shared after formal
agreements are signed
Rivian joins two Meta (fka Facebook) Data Centers and Takeda Pharmaceuticals in the JDA’s list
of record-breaking economic development projects which have brought thousands of quality jobs
and billions of dollars in investment to the four-county area.
The JDA gives special thanks to the local landowners for their partnership, patience and support.