Covington and Newton County officials want to attract high-quality jobs. So does nearly every other community in the U.S. The Covington-Newton County Chamber of Commerce is hosting an economic development forum from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday at DeKalb Technical College, 8100 Bobby Williams Parkway, Covington, to educate elected officials, government employees and community leaders about how communities successfully recruit new industry. "Basically, when the city and county funded our (economic development leader position) , what does that money go toward?
Chamber offers development forum