The Womble Carlyle Economic Development Digest, July 10, 2015

Womble Carlyle’s Economic Development Digest aggregates news, opportunities and legislation impacting business in the United States.

In this week's Economic Development Digest:

California

• Californians must not take property rights for granted, The Orange County Register (June 23, 2015) California examines property rights and the entanglement with redevelopment.

Georgia

• Lotus Cars USA leaving Georgia for Michigan, Atlanta Business Chronicle (June 25, 2015) Lotus Cars USA, Inc, based in Lawrenceville, GA is relocating to Ann Arbor, Michigan.
• Poll: Georgia No. 5 state for business; Minnesota No. 1, Atlanta Business Chronicle (June 24, 2015) Minnesota has replaced Georgia at No. 1 in an annual poll "America's Top States for Business."
• Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate jumps to 5.9 percent in May, Atlanta Business Chronicle (June 25, 2015) Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate for May was 5.9 percent, up three-tenths of a percentage point from 5.6 percent in April.

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