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Engineer Your Economic Development Success

Your Vision, Powered by Our Research. At the Center for Economic Development Research (CEDR), we don’t hand down mandates: we co-create solutions. By combining your local knowledge with our research tools, we help you understand your economic opportunities and build a roadmap that respects your community’s unique identity.

CEDR is a unit of the Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia Tech’s chief business outreach and economic development organization. Its core mission is to help business, industry, and economic developers across Georgia grow and remain competitive.

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When you work with CEDR, you gain a neutral and data-driven perspective on your community from a team whose mission is to advance economic development in Georgia and beyond. Our project managers combine the research rigor of Georgia Tech with real-world industry and government experience. We're here to help you gather and interpret the data you need to make the decisions that will move your community forward.

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