Blog Topic: Oconee Observations

In the Loop: Caterpillar Is Employing 364 People

By Lee Becker | February 6, 2014 1:46pm

During 2013, Caterpillar created 364 of the 1,400 full-time jobs it has said it eventually will have at its newly-opened manufacturing plant on the Oconee County and Clarke County border just east of Bogart.

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In the Loop: Warm Reception for Downtown Watkinsville Plan

By Lee Becker | February 5, 2014 1:44pm

Judge David Sweat discusses the Watkinsville plan at a Sunday, Feb. 2 meeting.

Architect Robert Smith got a warm reception Sunday afternoon from the 35 people who turned out for his second presentation of his plan for a revitalized downtown Watkinsville centered around the existing courthouse and a new, nearby government building.

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