
Success
Shortly after participating in Retail Academy, the City of Warner Robins had 4 of the 19 retail prospects enter the market and is in conversation with several others.
As Kate Hogan, economic development coordinator said, learning to ‘speak retail’ got conversations started that open stores.
“Our team thoroughly enjoyed Retail Academy and learning from their real estate experts on how to ‘speak retail’. We were given a list of prospective retail and restaurant companies that would be a good fit for Warner Robins and that has given us the guidance we need to make outreach and get conversations started.
For any community leaders that are taking on retail economic development themselves, I’d recommend going through the Retail Academy program.”

Kate Hogan
Community and Economic Development Director