The state is hiring a south Georgia economic developer to lead its efforts to bring more jobs and commerce to rural parts of the state. Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that Tift County’s Brian Marlowe will be the new deputy commissioner for rural Georgia.
Marlowe has been the president and CEO of the Tift County Development Authority. Marlowe will lead the Governor’s Rural Strike Team, which Kemp announce last year to improve the economy of rural parts of the state. State rankings show the least developed counties are overwhelmingly rural and almost all are south of Interstate 20.