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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp toured Big Tex Trailers’ Cordele manufacturing and sales facility Monday morning as part of his statewide tour promoting products manufactured in Georgia.

The first-term governor said he is “laser-focused” on bringing jobs into communities like Cordele that want to continue to grow their economic development opportunities.

“We have worked literally around the clock since taking office and I’m very proud of what we have accomplished, but I know we have much more to do,” Kemp told employees after his tour. “I believe that rural Georgia is the right place for investment.”

Read the full story in Wednesday’s print edition of the Dispatch.