The City of Columbus is offering 10 potential residents the opportunity to receive $5,000 for relocation to Georgia’s second-largest city.
The Make My Move initiative is a privately funded talent attrition program created to assist in population and infrastructure growth. It has garnered buzz among Georgians and online users across the country and, according to city officials, a marked increase in applications.
“[The response] has been more than we anticipated … the applications have gone through the roof,” said Tabetha Getz, executive director of Columbus 2025. “It’s gotten so many legs and it just continues to build. For so long Columbus has been under the radar.”
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