Article: Large company eyes Bibb County, Ga., for distribution center.

By Linda S. Morris, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 4--Another distribution center is being courted to settle in Bibb County, the Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority board was told Wednesday.

The company, given the code name Bounty, is looking to build a 700,000-square-foot facility that would serve the company's Southeast region, said Chip Cherry, president of the Macon Economic Development Commission. Code names are used while companies are searching for a site.

The company expects to initially employ about 275 workers and increase that number over five years to more than 500, Cherry said.

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