The City of Tucker began formulating its Economic Development Strategic Plan in Fall 2021. The City’s Economic Development Manager Jackie Moffo researched plans from many regional metro cities, targeting those that most closely resembled Tucker. The information she gathered provided the necessary industry sector data points along with inflow and outflow maps to generate a better understanding of Tucker’s current businesses – all to determine future programs the City needs to create to better foster those industries and attract more businesses.

With the goal of drawing more businesses and industries to Tucker, the plan also will identify where residents work to determine if they have to leave the community for certain industries. The plan would then create a blueprint to recruit industries that would require less commuting by its citizens.

To accomplish this, the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) may be able to provide incentives such as tax abatements, expedited zoning and other similar programs that would appeal to those targeted industries. The DDA intends to work closely with Tucker Summit CID and Tucker-Northlake CID and plans to collect community input through public meetings and surveys. Check the City of Tucker calendar for meeting updates.

The City has begun work with KB Advisory Group on the plan and it is slated for completion in March 2023.

We are extremely excited that Pontoon Brewery: The Lodge and Bite of Korea are set up to open in our district within the next few weeks. The Lodge’s taproom is complete and Bite of Korea’s staff is currently undergoing training.

Once all the permits have been confirmed and approved, we look forward to grabbing good food and refreshing drinks at our newest establishments.

Follow Pontoon Brewery: The Lodge on Instagram and Bite of Korea on Facebook for updates.

The City of Tucker is hosting the next Tucker Manufacturing Day at Tucker High School on Thursday, October 13. The event’s goal is to celebrate and support our manufacturing sector by sharing examples with students, teachers, and parents of what manufacturing is like today, and the career opportunities that are available in the field.

The City of Tucker is looking to fill booths with manufacturers, workforce development experts and economic development partners to represent their companies and speakers for hourly expert panels on careers in manufacturing, manufacturing and technology, green manufacturing and a peek into how all the departments of a manufacturing plant work.

For more information please contact Angela Brooks, 470-481-0214, abrooks@tuckerga.gov, or Jackie Moffo, 470-366-1856, jmoffo@tuckerga.gov.

It’s that time of year again where Tucker Brewing celebrates Tucktoberfest!

Don’t miss the last weekend of Tucktoberfest featuring a big Carnival in the beer garden from 12 – 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 1, 2022.

There will be fun and exciting activities like a mechanical bull, axe throwing and a hilarious game of human Hungry Hungry Hippo! There will also be live music during the day by LA Tuten Polka and in the evening by Deemsters!

Stay up-to-date with all things Tucktoberfest here.

The Public Works Referendum will be on the November ballot for the Tucker citizens to vote yes or no in adopting this service for the community.

In preparation, the city is making every effort to ensure residents are fully informed by hosting meetings on:

Meetings will be held in-person at 1975 Lakeside Parkway, Suite 350B or via livestream at: tuckerga.gov/pwmeeting.

Learn more and Get Familiar with Tucker’s Public Works Referendum.

The TSCID-sponsored FIRST Robotics Team Reboot is now a nonprofit! For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is an international youth organization that hosts FIRST Robotics competitions nationwide.

The Tucker team, Reboot #4080, which was the 2012 winner of the Highest Rookiest Seed Award in Georgia and 2013 winner of Georgia’s Peachtree Regional, was founded in 2012 and been mentored by TSCID engineers for the past 10 years! Since the pandemic, the young robotics enthusiasts have been in search of a location to build and test their robotic creations. That search may be soon coming to an end! More information to come while details are confirmed. Congratulations, Reboot, on achieving nonprofit status!

If you would like to help or support the robotics team, please contact Deneise Turner.

Make sure your planned signage and architectural structures are within regulations! Review the Tucker Overlay District Regulations on our website.