Think Tifton

Strategically located just two and a half hours south of Atlanta, Tifton can be easily reached by I-75, US 319, US 82, and US 41 - we are central to all that is spectacular in Georgia and North Florida. Tifton is the heartbeat hub of South Central Georgia. Interstate 75 and U.S. 82 is the busiest intersection south of Atlanta. Within a 50-mile radius is a market of more than 100,000 friendly folks who have easy travel access to Tifton from 1-75, U.S. 319 and U.S. 82. Tifton is agriculture - an $80-million agri-farming region of the richest land in the South, producing row crops, turf and vegetables, plus home of the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and the Agricultural Innovation Center. Tifton is education, defending the title of the 'Reading Capital of the World' plus 3 colleges and technical colleges including ABAC, The University of Georgia, and Southern Regional Technical College. Tifton is a regional medical center hub, with Southwell's Tift Regional Medical Center staffed by 125+ doctors and clinics. Tifton is industry, with over 20 major companies (100+ employees) providing over 8,500 jobs. Tifton is business meetings and conventions meeting at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, seating 2,500 for concerts and 1,000 for delicious meals, plus 15 meeting rooms with free parking and a full event planning staff. Tifton is tourism, with more than 1,200 modern, upscale rooms, over 100 fabulous restaurants , unique shopping districts, and an award-winning downtown. Tifton is museums, eight ready for your discovery - The Georgia Agrirama Living History Farm and Village, the National Peanut Museum, the Tifton Terminal Railroad Museum, the Georgia Museum of Agriculture, The Museum of Arts and Heritage, the Atlantic Coastline Artists Guild, CarQuest Museum and a telephone museum. Look for the monument to U.S. President Eisenhower declaring Tifton the site of the first construction of the U.S. Interstate System in 1956. Tifton is sports and sporting facilities, including a sanctioned aquatic center, an updated football stadium as a professional practice field, 8 football and soccer fields, 8 softball and baseball fields, 15 tennis courts, bowling alley, and two public championship golf courses. Think Tifton, the friendly city. S