Arlington DDA receives $300,126 OneGeorgia loan

The Downtown Development Authority of the City of Arlington received a $300,126 equity loan to assist with the expansion of Damascus Fertilizer Company, d/b/a Early Trucking Company, in Arlington.

ETC is one of the largest employers in Calhoun County with 42 full-time employees who reside in nine counties. The company provides several services to Southwest Georgia’s peanut industry, including transporting peanuts, shipping hull fiber to regional feed mills and chicken processors and delivering bulk oil grade peanuts to regional processors.

The company is expanding its truck fleet from 28 to 42 trucks, purchasing 26 additional trailers and adding 14 additional full-time drivers. The existing location is no longer adequate for ETC’s expanded operations. Equity funds will be loaned to ETC for land acquisition, site preparation and building construction.