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  2. East Ellijay, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    East Ellijay is a city in Gilmer County, Georgia, United States. The population was 546 at the 2010 census, [ 4 ] down from 707 in 2000. East Ellijay was originally the location of Fort Hetzel, one of the Cherokee removal forts built in 1838 to house the Cherokee people before sending them on the " Trail of Tears ".

  3. Georgia Chamber of Commerce - Wikipedia

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    The Georgia Chamber of Commerce is a statewide membership organization centered on a mission of pro-business advocacy and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.. The Georgia Chamber claims to oppose legislation which most small and large business owners would consider a threat to their business succ

  4. List of city nicknames in Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Ellijay – Georgia's Apple Capital [6] Fort Valley – Peach Capital of Georgia [6] Gainesville – Poultry Capital of the World [14] Griffin – Iris City [20] LaGrange – The Greatest Little City [21] Lithonia – City of Granite [19] Macon. The Central City [22] Cherry Blossom Capital of the World [23] Maconga [24] Metter – Everything's ...

  5. Ellijay, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Ellijay (sometimes formerly spelled "Elejoy") is the anglicized form or transliteration of the Cherokee name Elatseyi, meaning "new ground". [9] Other sources say it means "green place". [10] Gilmer County was organized by territory cut from Cherokee County in 1832, and Ellijay was designated as its county seat in 1834. [11]

  6. Gilmer County, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Gilmer County is a county in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia.As of the 2020 census, its population was 31,353. [1] The county seat is Ellijay. [2] named for a historic Cherokee town also spelled as Elejoy in the 18th century.

  7. Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce - Wikipedia

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    The first Atlanta Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1859, and was chiefly concerned with fighting railroad rate discrimination and with sustaining commercial ties with the North. After secession, it focused its attention on direct trade with Europe, which was part of an overall Southern goal of achieving economic independence from the North ...

  8. Blue Ridge, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Route 76 and Georgia State Route 515 (Zell Miller Mountain Parkway) pass through the west side of the city, leading east 22 miles (35 km) to Blairsville and southwest 15 miles (24 km) to Ellijay. Georgia State Route 5 leads north from Blue Ridge 10 miles (16 km) to McCaysville at the Tennessee line.

  9. Economy of Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    The Coca-Cola world headquarters. The Atlanta economy is the 10th largest in the country and 18th in the world with an estimated 2014 GDP of over $324 billion. Atlanta is one of ten U.S. cities classified as an "alpha-world city" by a 2010 study at Loughborough University, [1] and ranks fourth in the number of Fortune 500 companies headquartered within city boundaries, behind New York City ...