Industry Opportunities

Warehousing & Logistics

Waycross and Ware County offer a strong location for warehousing, distribution, and logistics operations, with access to highway, rail, and air transportation as well as convenient connections to regional ports.

Strategically positioned in Southeast Georgia, the community provides efficient access to major markets including Jacksonville, Savannah, Atlanta, and Orlando. This connectivity, combined with available infrastructure and multimodal transportation options, helps businesses move products efficiently while reaching customers and suppliers throughout the Southeast.

LOGISTICS AT A GLANCE
Approximately 55–60 miles to I-95
Approximately 65–70 miles to I-75
Approximately 75 miles to Jacksonville
Regional rail connectivity via CSX
Local general aviation access via Waycross-Ware County Airport
Convenient access to Southeast regional ports

Agriculture and food production are longstanding parts of the Waycross-Ware County economy. The region supports a diverse mix of agricultural activity, including blueberries, pecans, livestock, and other crops, creating opportunities for food processing, packaging, distribution, and value-added agricultural businesses.

Ware County agriculture generates an estimated $93 million in annual farm-gate value, providing a strong foundation for continued growth in agriculture and food-related industries.

Ware County's location within Southeast Georgia's timber-producing region provides access to abundant forest resources and an established wood-products economy. Ware County alone contains approximately 37,835 acres of woodland within agricultural operations, with additional timber resources available throughout Southeast Georgia, North Florida, and the surrounding region.

Combined with highway and rail connectivity, this resource base positions Waycross-Ware County well for timber, wood products, biomass, and related manufacturing

Rail is deeply rooted in Waycross-Ware County's history and remains one of the community's strongest competitive advantages. Waycross is home to CSX Transportation's Rice Yard, the company's largest and most productive automated classification facility.

That rail infrastructure has helped create an established cluster of rail-related businesses providing services such as railcar maintenance, repair, cleaning, storage, recycling, and refurbishment. Longstanding industry partners include GATX Rail, which has operated in Ware County since the 1950s, while new investment continues with PSC Group's railcar repair and logistics operation in the Waycross-Ware County Industrial Park.

Combined with available rail-served industrial property and local workforce training resources, Waycross-Ware County offers a strong environment for rail-dependent industries and companies supporting the rail sector.

Waycross and Ware County offer a strong environment for manufacturing and industrial growth, supported by available industrial property, rail access, highway connectivity, reliable infrastructure, and a skilled regional workforce.

Our existing industrial base includes manufacturers and operations serving industries such as manufactured housing, transportation equipment, wood products, metal fabrication, rail services, and logistics—demonstrating the community's ability to support a diverse range of industrial operations.

With additional industrial property being prepared for future development, Waycross-Ware County is positioned to support both expanding companies and new industrial investment.

INDUSTRIAL AT A GLANCE

• 464+ acres currently undergoing due diligence toward GRAD site certification
• Rail-served industrial property with direct access to the CSX network
• Access to US Highways 1, 82 & 84
• Water, sewer, electric, natural gas & fiber infrastructure available in the area
• Established and diverse manufacturing and industrial base