A Southside development launched by longtime Atlanta real estate developer Charlies Brown's company could get a boost from a newly created tax credity zone meant to spur economic activity across the area.

Known as the "Union City opportunity zone," it's part of Georgia's job tax credit program for areas that need redevelopment and revitatlization.

Any eligible business locating in the Union City Opportunity Zone would get a $3,500-per-employee tax credit for two or more employees for a five-year period.

The opportunity zone incorporate most of the planned development of Parkway South, or about 2,500 acres centered along South Fulton Parkway, minutes from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

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