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Workforce partners, schools, colleges, public safety, health care and life in Middle Georgia.

Students in navy polo shirts watching an SMC automated training machine at the Advanced Manufacturing Pathway lab
Advanced Manufacturing Pathway students. Photo: Macon-Bibb County.

By the numbers

Hospitals
11within 45 minutes of the site
Fire stations
20+within 10 miles
Urgent care
7centers within 20 minutes
Houston County students
30,000+in its public schools, as of 2025

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Workforce

A regional workforce and training partners.

Across county lines

  • Where people liveAbout 39% of people who work in Macon-Bibb County also live there. The rest commute in from nearby counties.
  • A regional drawThe site is backed by three counties, so employers draw on a labor market that crosses all three.

Workforce partners

Temporary and transition space

  • Cumberland Western CampusMacon, at I-16 and I-75, about 34 miles from the site: 290,000 square feet of office space and 1,500,000 square feet of manufacturing space.
  • Peach Regional Workforce Development CenterAn 11,000-square-foot training facility with multiple industrial and computer labs, a short distance from the site. Blue Bird has used it for training, including electric bus technology.

K-12 schools

Three public districts and more than a dozen private schools within reach.

Public school districts

College and career academies

Private schools: Peach County and Perry

Private schools: Warner Robins

Private schools: Macon

Child care

Colleges and training

Universities, technical colleges and training programs, from six miles to under an hour.

Universities and research

Four-year institutions

Two-year institutions

  • Central Georgia Technical College (opens in a new tab)Warner Robins, Macon, the Peach County Workforce Development Center and other centers. Hands-on programs in aerospace, trade and industry, business and computer technology, health sciences and public safety; many are eligible for the HOPE Career Grant. Programs of study (PDF) (opens in a new tab).
  • Middle Georgia State University and Georgia Military CollegeAssociate degrees, often as a path to a bachelor's degree. Georgia Military College has about 2,000 students at its Warner Robins campus.

Training and initiatives

  • Customized employer training (opens in a new tab)Programmable logic controls, motor controls, Lean and Six Sigma, aircraft maintenance, OSHA, powered industrial truck, CompTIA and more.
  • Georgia VECTR Center (opens in a new tab)A gateway for veterans into Georgia's public colleges and the workforce, with accelerated programs that recognize military training.
  • FireStarter FABlabA 7,000-square-foot digital fabrication lab with CNC machining, 3D printing, laser cutting and 3D scanning.

Public safety

Fire, emergency medical and law enforcement coverage close to the site.

Fire and emergency

  • Fire ratingPeach County has a Class 4 ISO fire rating county-wide.
  • DepartmentsThe Peach County Fire Department and the City of Fort Valley Fire Department provide primary protection, with the Warner Robins and Perry fire departments available for support.
  • StationsOver 20 fire stations within 10 miles of the site, with services including fire suppression, rescue, extrication, hazmat response, urban search and rescue, medical first response and confined space rescue.
  • Emergency medicalPeach County EMS is rated Advanced Life Support. Emory - Houston Healthcare EMS runs 24 hours a day in Houston County, and Air Evac Lifeteam is based in nearby Perry.

Law enforcement and training

  • LocalThe Peach County Sheriff's Department and the City of Fort Valley Police Department, with Houston County and Warner Robins adding regional support.
  • StateThe Georgia Bureau of Investigation has an office and dispatch center in Perry, 15 minutes away, with a bomb squad. The Georgia State Patrol has an office and dispatch there, with a helicopter.
  • TrainingGuardian Centers (opens in a new tab), a training facility for emergency response and homeland security, is 15 minutes from the site.

Health care

Eleven hospitals within a 45-minute drive, the closest 12 minutes away.

Hospitals, with drive times

Urgent care within 20 minutes

Specialty care within 20 miles

  • PracticesCancer care, heart care, eye care, ear, nose and throat, behavioral health, women's health, orthopedics, pulmonary and sleep medicine, dermatology, urology, wound and vascular care, pediatrics, plastic surgery and plasma services.

Ambulance and medical transport

  • ProvidersGround ambulance and non-emergency medical transport providers serve Middle Georgia, and air ambulance service is available.

Quality of life

Small-town communities, Macon's downtown and the outdoors, with drive times from the site.

Parks and history

Lakes, rivers and golf

Arts, museums and family fun

Dining, brew pubs and night life

Coast and mountains

  • Tybee Island3 hours 3 minutes.
  • Hilton Head, South Carolina3 hours 10 minutes.
  • Jekyll Island and St. Simons Island3 hours 30 minutes.
  • Panama City Beach, Florida4 hours 30 minutes.
  • Pine Mountain1 hour 32 minutes.
  • Stone Mountain1 hour 45 minutes.
  • Brasstown Bald3 hours 32 minutes.

Housing

  • RangeHomes from historic properties in Macon to new construction in Byron and Warner Robins, at costs below many metro areas. Current listings change often, so this site does not publish prices.
  • MoreVisitor information for Macon: Visit Macon (opens in a new tab).

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