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n January, Georgia House Speaker David Ralston created the House Working Group on Creative Arts and Entertainment. According to Speaker Ralston, the entertainment industry employs 200,000 Georgians and contributes $60 billion annually to the state’s economy. Led by Representative Matt Dollar of Marietta, the group includes 48 members – six Democrats and 12 Republicans. Long-time Newnan resident, former Chamber Chair, and Georgia State Representative Lynn Smith (R) serves on the working group which is charged with studying the tax incentives provided to the film industry and developing strategies to attract new entertainment industry businesses to the state.
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In a 2002 legislative effort to attract the film industry, the state of Georgia began offering tax incentives. As the law stands today, Georgia provides a 20% base transferable tax credit and a 10% uplift for including an embedded Georgia logo on approved projects. As a result, the Georgia logo appears on some of the industry’s hottest properties including Marvel Superhero features; Netflix, AMC, and HBO series such as Stranger Things, The Walking Dead, and the soon to be released Lovecraft Country and The Watchmen; as well as blockbuster actionadventure films such as Baby Driver and The Hunger Games franchise. - Summer 2019
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While the incentives have worked to date, replicating that success is as simple as changing a state’s tax laws. Remaining competitive requires Georgia legislators to think ahead and proactively anticipate the industry’s needs.
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This is the unique charge of the committee on which Smith serves. “What the industry needs,” Smith suggests, “is a systemic talent base from Georgia in all disciplines. They need to know the talent is here as well as the locations and the tax incentives.” While communities like Newnan currently benefit from revenue generated by hosting filming, Georgia is not always home to pre- and postproduction enterprises like editing, scriptwriting, and engineering. As a result, the state leaves a lot of revenue on the table and loses opportunities to Nashville and Los Angeles where the talent base remains strong. There are also opportunities in music production and video gaming that the committee is eager to explore.
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Smith says she’s “excited to be part of the team” working to create a sustainable industry in Georgia with available talent and resources. Smith is also interested in supporting that upcoming stream of young workers by giving them the “tools they need to be successful in this emerging economy. We need to provide students with the skills to perform
the work as well as the skills to manage their financial planning in a new economic paradigm.” In 2018, Georgia Trend magazine reported that “Georgia overtook California as the top location for the production of feature films – 17 of the top 100 grossing movies were filmed here. Feature film and television shoots led to an economic
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impact of $9.5 billion in fiscal 2017 and $2.7 billion in direct spending.” Film Production Capital, a fullservice tax credit brokerage and consulting company that specializes in state tax incentives for film gives Georgia it’s highest rating, five stars. Louisiana and Massachusetts have also qualified for the five-star rating with transferrable tax credits of 25%.
Given the stiff competition, Lynn Smith and the Georgia Creative Arts and Entertainment Working Group have their work cut out for them as they navigate Georgia’s economic opportunities in the film and entertainment industry.
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Stranger Things, an American science fiction series created, written, and directed by the Duffer Brothers and released on Netflix, is filmed in several locations throughout Georgia.
A 2012 article from PEW Research reported that “about 30 states offer tax credits to try to lure moviemakers. In using these tax credits as an incentive, however, states face a complication: Since most film production companies spend only a few weeks shooting in a state, they don’t usually owe much in state taxes. States, though, have become adept at providing tax breaks larger than businesses’ tax burdens—to, in effect, make a company’s tax burden a negative number. One way they do that is through ‘transferable’ tax credits. If the value of a company’s credits is higher than its tax liability, it can sell the excess credits to another taxpayer who owes the state taxes.” In this way, production companies can earn income from the tax credits.
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Lights, Camera, coweta A Tale of Two Cities Paved in Red Carpet By Melissa Dickson Jackson
CONJURING POSITIVE ECONOMIC OUTCOMES It’s late Friday afternoon at Maguire’s Pub in Senoia, GA. The bar is empty except for a young couple at the far end eating an early dinner. She’s in a Nic and Norman’s uniform, clearly about to start her shift. It’s a dead time between lunch and dinner, time to prep, and take a breath before the Friday night rush. But this Friday the rush starts early, when Gabriela Aguilar happens in, reviews a menu, and efficiently orders 60 bangers with veggies; several dozen side salads; pub pretzels; signature Rueben-style spring rolls made with corned beef, swiss cheese and sauerkraut; and a mess of fried cod. She’s feeding 150 cast and crew members at The Conjuring 3 set about half a mile away, and she’s delighted 28 28
that tonight’s appetizers only cost her $500. The day before she spent $1,000 on sushi at Publix. The order is ready by 4:30 and Aguilar returns with an aide to load it into a truck for the short trip back to the set. Aguilar’s business, The Southern Spoon, is the contracted “Key Crafty” for The Conjuring 3 in which Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson play real-life paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren perhaps best known for their Amityville investigation. Aguilar sets up the food - Summer 2019
tables and keeps the cast and crew’s tongues and stomachs happy. She has a food service truck, but she often relies on local restaurants and groceries to provide the dayto-day goodies. When she started her business, she often outsourced labor. Today she has ten full-time employees and spends thousands every week at businesses across Georgia, often in Coweta County. “I’ve already spent $3,000 today,” says Aguilar.
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“If the industry leaves, not only will those of us who live here lose a job, the local businesses will lose millions.” Aguilar and businesses like hers are part of what Senoia businessman and former president of Riverwood Studios, Inc. (now tentatively AMC Raleigh Studios) Scott Tigchelaar calls “the ripple effect.” The numbers are hard to pin down, but anecdotally, it seems that Aguilar is right about the money circulated as a result of support industries. “There’s clean-up, trash collection, dry cleaning, fuel purchases,” points out Aguilar. All of it contributes to the local economy even if you can’t see it on a city or county spreadsheet. Later that night at Nic and Norman’s, Keira from Columbus, Ohio, peruses the menu. Will it be a burger with bison chili or the Lobster and Shrimp Mac and Cheese? If she’s feeling adventurous, she might end her evening with a Norman’s Blind Squirrel: Cask & Crew Walnut Toffee Whiskey with Frangelico and a splash of cola. Several items on the menu seem to feature CocaCola in a shout out to the region’s most famous export. On the booth next to her sits a bag from The Walking Dead store around the corner. Keira from Ohio unloads her purchases to admire them — mostly gifts and a few souvenirs. She bought a pair of zombie socks, several magnets, and a Daryl Dixon T-shirt for her mom, also a Walking Dead fan who loves Daryl most of all. Keira’s already spent $70 before dinner, and she’ll be in the area a week before she drives 600 miles (9 hours) back home. “It’s really neat when you’re an avid fan of something, and you can see the location,” she says. “I was excited to find out there was a restaurant here. I love that Norman Reedus chose to give back to the community in this way.” That gift, the decision to open Nic and Norman’s with Walking Dead producer Greg Nicotero, resulted in jobs for 35 Coweta and Fayette County citizens.
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THE CITY OF HOMES... AND PERSONALITY It can’t hurt that celebrities like Jack Black and Cate Blanchet have recently walked the streets of downtown Newnan. Or that legendary trickster Bill Murray directed traffic at Atkinson Elementary during the filming of Get Low. Local REALTOR Joy Barnes says the impact on her industry is clear:
“These California people don’t think twice about spending $400,000 on a house.” In her opinion, it’s one of the reasons property values in Newnan continue to rise. Though there’s no direct financial link, it’s also made room for lifestyle incentives like the free weekend trolley between downtown Newnan and Ashley Park and the LINC walking and biking trails — clear lifestyle enhancements to a formerly sleepy community. Newnan’s personality wasn’t lost on special effects supervisor Bob Trevino when he worked in the community on Fox’s show The Gifted that filmed in and around Newnan in 2017 and 2018. While he was in the area, Trevino spent over $2,000 buying a vintage camera and audio equipment including a mahogany Victrola for his collection. That’s in addition to the money he spent on everyday amenities like food and gas. “I know that I have, personally, spent hundreds of dollars at various stores and shops [in Newnan],” says Trevino. “I spent money at the local hobby store downtown, antique shops, the grocery store for desserts and various food items, and restaurants for dinners when working there. It was easy to find what I needed, for work and social occasions alike.” Trevino says he hopes to return with his family one fall. “One of my favorite outings was for the Newnan city-wide Halloween event,” he observes. “That was a unique treat that I have yet to find in my travels around this country. I have recommended visiting the city to all of my friends and co-workers while in the ATL area.”
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TRICKLE-DOWN FILM-ONOMICS Compared to support spending like Gabriella Aguilar’s and discretionary spending like Bob Trevino’s, revenue generated from facilities and location rentals seems meager. That’s all part of the broader effort to keep the industry in the state. Another state could easily replicate the tax incentives, but Georgia works hard to create an infrastructure that provides convenience, local expertise, and sustainability as well as financial incentives. Several years ago the state required each county to identify a “Camera Ready Liaison” and provide regional information to the State-run “Camera Ready” web site at CameraReady.Georgia. org. Tray Baggarly serves as the Coweta county liaison. When production companies need to rent the Courthouse or close a county road, they turn first to Baggarly. If he can’t help them, he knows who can. Baggarly’s official position is Director of Event Services, but he admits he spends more and more of his workday facilitating the film industry. He works directly with location scouts and production teams to find the ideal shooting locations for features and TV shows. Baggarly says the favorite rental location in his experience is the historic 1904 Courthouse in Newnan’s downtown square. After a little debacle with damage and problematic behavior from the crew of Drop Dead Diva, the county raised the 34 34
rental rate to $1,500 a day for a courtroom and increased the deposit fee to $5,000. In addition to the Courthouse, popular sites include the vacant hospital on Hospital Road, the Caldwell Tanks site, and historic rural homes. Baggarly also helps to facilitate road closures and to find private property owners for location scouts. All negotiations beyond the initial contact are handled independently with the owners of businesses and homes. The city and county don’t keep records of those individual payouts, so there’s no way of knowing exactly how much money enters the local economy as a result of those private transactions. “If there were a magic way to pinpoint the economic impact,” says Baggarly, “that would be great, but it’s just so hard to do.” Cleatus Phillips, Newnan City Manager, agrees: “I get asked that question all the time, and there’s just no way to know.” Phillips says the recently adopted fee schedule has increased profit from several rentals and services. As a result, the City of Newnan received $7,000 during the filming of The Conjuring 3, and $11,000 during the filming of the HBO civil-rights era series Lovecraft Country. Those proceeds go into the Newnan general fund and help pay for salaries, operation, benefits, and maintenance. Phillips says there’s discussion about earmarking those funds to support specific projects that pose a direct benefit to the community at large, perhaps an alleyway clean-up, a park, or historic beautification. - Summer 2019
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Anecdotally, small, locally-owned businesses in Coweta have received between $500 and $7,000 for their inconvenience (at the low end) or location fees (at the high end). Seth Zimmerman, a freelance location scout, confirms that productions sometimes pay up to $5,000 a day for the use of a private home or mansion for filming. Depending on how long a production uses the facility, the location fees can get pleasantly lucrative for businesses and homeowners. Most recipients are reluctant to disclose the compensation, but one homeowner confided that he took a portion of the proceeds generated from the use of his home and reinvested it in renovations and improvements to his property. He hired local plumbers, painters, landscapers, electricians, carpenters, and heating and air services with an expenditure of $25,000. All that money went into the hands of local craftsmen with local expenses, continuing the cycle of prosperity. City Manager Phillips observes that the deep-pocket projects sometimes make negotiations difficult for smaller-budget productions. Navigating the film industry minefields has become “the hardest part of what we do,” says Phillips. “For every nine people that are happy, there’s one who’s unhappy.” Those unhappy voices are often the loudest and most likely to be covered in local media. Small business owner Phyllis Graham of Let Them Eat Toffee, the tiny but delightful custom chocolate and toffee shop in downtown Newnan, says that the - Summer 2019
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industry “inconvenience fees” have been a blessing to her business, “especially during slow seasons.” In addition to receiving a modest inconvenience fee, Graham says that “the recent production opened a King of Pops tab at my store, and I appreciated that...It doesn’t hurt that the crew is contractually entitled to eat every six hours.” Indeed, industry regulations require that cast and crew be provided opportunities to eat every six hours. Those frequent feedings helped downtown Newnan Thai restaurant Garlic on a recent weekend when they were contracted to feed the cast and crew of The Conjuring 3. Recent late-night feedings also benefited The Alamo/Fabiano’s when they provided midnight pizzas in an otherwise darkened downtown. As one of the larger spaces in downtown Newnan, The Alamo, a former theater turned Bar and restaurant, is a favorite location for the film industry. As a result, its owner Amy Murphy has learned how to manage the contract negotiations. She has a secret asset, her sister-in-law and business partner, Elisa Sanders. Sanders, who coowns Meat & Greet, another downtown eatery, is also a Commercial Production Manager in the Nashville area. Sander’s experience has helped Murphy navigate the ins and outs based on industry standards that aren’t obvious to novice location providers. When Murphy contracts with a production, she includes fees for an on-site representative (site-rep) who knows the facility and 35
operates as a hands-on, eyes-on partner with the production team. This means Murphy doesn’t get calls on a day off about air conditioning and hard-to-find light switches. It also means that an employee gets paid by the production, usually at a desirable hourly rate. Murphy spreads that bonus income among her staff by running the site-reps on shifts during production windows.
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“I think most business owners try to find a round number and close the deal,” suggests Murphy. “It’s better to break it out.” Following her sister-in-law’s advice, Murphy negotiates contracts that include fees for site reps, daily facilities use for filming (business shuttered), and prep and strike days during which the business is open but may be inconvenient to access. She also takes advantage of the “second meal” opportunity, a late-night feeding that she negotiates into her contract. “Where else are they gonna get food at 1 a.m.?” she asks. “They always go over,” Murphy observes. “So we always negotiate hourly and daily fees. Not flat rates.”
In Murphy’s estimation, the film industry has plunged “millions and millions” into the local economy over the last several years. All the local negotiations are private, but Sanders says there’s no reason for the county-wide influx of funds to remain mysterious. The Nashville permit application to which she is accustomed requires applicants to list “Estimated dollars left in Nashville” based on the production’s location fee budget and discretionary spending. It also requires applicants to register the “Number of Nashville Crew” and “Nashville Talent.” By adding those two or three simple line items to Coweta Permit Applications, the county could easily calculate an approximate annual income for the community without unduly burdening the production companies. According to Sanders, these are industry standards that won’t offend companies or drive away business. Seth Zimmerman calls this spending “The Trickle-Down Effect.” It’s not always as tangible as the numbers on a contract. Zimmerman recalls a production several years ago that decided to show its appreciation for the Sharpsburg community by purchasing dozens of $100 Kroger gift cards. When Zimmerman distributed the cards by knocking door to door, he encountered a father who wept upon receiving the gift. He and his wife had just been discussing how they would buy groceries during an especially challenging week. The incident has remained with Zimmerman as a vivid example of the invisible economic impact the film industry has had on Coweta. “People don’t know,” says Zimmerman. “I remember when there was a scare that the state might withdraw the tax incentives. Some friends of mine made up cards explaining that they were here as a result of the film industry, and they handed them out every time they spent money.” A similar strategy might help Cowetans understand those sources of revenue. Like Murphy and Aguilar, Zimmerman estimates that the industry has spent millions and millions in the region.
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District 3 council member George Alexander has seen the impact from inside and out. As a council member, he helped to develop the policies that attract the industry, and as the owner of an 1880s Victorian home, he has directly participated in the emerging economy of the Coweta film industry. He also lives across from one of Coweta’s most desired film locations, The Parrot-Camp-Soucy House on Greenville Street, featured in The Odd Life of Timothy Green, The House with the Clock in Its Walls, and HBO’s upcoming series Lovecraft Country. Alexander’s home appears in House with a Clock in Its Walls as the quirky purple interior of Cate Blanchett’s cottage, and Lovecraft Country contracted his adjacent rental property as a holding facility for extras. Alexander, a retired Delta pilot, remembers when he moved to Newnan thirty years ago: “It wasn’t much. My mother thought I was crazy. And now, look at it. People can’t see the impact if they aren’t directly involved. It’s not just about the physical beauty of the community but the way that Newnan people are. They’re so kind and generous. That’s what I always hear from the crew. They say everybody here is so nice.” Alexander disappears to retrieve a thank you note he’s just received from the production manager of Lovecraft Country. His enthusiasm is palpable. “This is positive,” he beams. “They painted the house,” he adds. “Primer and two coats of paint. And they bought the paint at Sherwin Williams downtown.”
These brick and mortar purchases are the reason Senoia, Newnan, and Coweta have emerged as some of Georgia’s most prosperous and appealing communities. They consistently rank in the top ten statewide. Investing in the film industry through support, innovation, and hospitality seems like a clear pathway to prosperity for Coweta’s citizens. 38 38
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HOORAY FOR Y’ALLYWOOD When Idgie Threadgoode, portrayed by Mary Stuart Masterson in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), eased her hand through a horde of bees to retrieve a glistening comb of honey, cities like Newnan and Senoia were at a crossroads. Long-established businesses were shuttered, and families feared developers would destroy the historic character of the communities they loved. “That is exactly how it was,” says Tray Baggarly, a Senoia native. “A bunch of empty boarded up businesses. Only Hollberg’s Fine Furniture, Hutchinson’s Hardware, City Hall, the Post Office, and a drug store existed.” By 2007, only Dollar General seemed interested in an available property in the heart of Senoia. At that pivotal moment, Scott Tigchelaar and Senoia Enterprises committed to the community: sell us your property, and we will retain the historical character you cherish. -- Summer Summer 2019 2019
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The volunteers and staff at the Coweta County Convention and Visitors Bureau stand ready to assist locals and visitors six days a week, from 9 to 5 Monday through Friday and from 9 to 4 on Saturday. Cheryl Smith, the coordinator of the Visitors Center in Newnan’s historic 1904 courthouse, says she never knows what new situation will walk through the door. Some visitors come to learn more about family history; some come to find out more about the community they’ve just joined. Others may be movie scouts, or families just pulling through for the day to explore the historic homes and local shops. Cheryl says Walking Dead fans used to dominate the visitor demographics, but she’s just as likely to meet Alan Jackson fans and genealogy researchers these days. Traffic through the center continues to increase annually as more travelers become aware of the community. Cheryl and her colleague Mark Puckett, information specialist for the CVB, took a few minutes to share some insights regarding their daily experiences with Coweta’s many visitors.
Mark Puckett I am in a unique position in the Coweta County Visitors Center. I feel like I am on the front line of meeting and greeting our visitors in Coweta County. When people find their way to our Historic Courthouse and walk through the door of our Visitors Center, I feel I have this one chance to make an excellent first impression on our visitors who may be local, a new resident, or someone just passing through and wanting information about our local attractions…or maybe they are fans of some of our local celebrities. It is always my privilege to be as much help to 42
our visitors as possible, and most of the time, they are amazed at the resources we have here. Since we are a regional Visitors Center, we not only have local information, but we have information on the nine different tourism sectors in the State of Georgia. Visitors stop in for information on motels, restaurants, history, genealogical information, movie locations, hiking, wedding venue information, bike trails, cultural events, art displays, museums and maps of Coweta County. Many people who visit are relocating to
our area and always happy to find any different resource materials that will make their transition much more enjoyable. We even keep a supply of paper county and state maps for our retiree-aged residents, and I also keep a stock of phone books and yellow pages; it delights me to see the smile on a visitor’s face when they receive a little bit of the past in the form of a paper directory or a copy of our local newspaper! If I offer a paper map to our younger visitors, it typically makes them laugh, and they will ask, “What would I do with it?” - Summer 2019
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We also have a lot of local visitors who need a comfortable place to sit and someone to listen to them, and they always leave feeling a little better than when they got here. Each day presents a new challenge and is a new revelation on how tourism impacts our community. I am happy to be just a small part of this wonderful industry in our State.
Our visitors, of all ages and genders, are thrilled with our supply of information about historic homes and buildings in the various towns throughout Coweta County. Civil War history, genealogical information, our beautiful parks, and our great Chattahoochee Bend State Park are quickly recognized as wonderful assets to
The Economics of Tourism Direct Tourism Spending:
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our community. The Brown’s Mill Battlefield has also undergone a lot of changes since it opened. The acreage has increased, trails have been cleared and marked, and we now have restrooms which have added to the attraction of this historic site for visitors to walk, run and ride bikes. Because we offer information on the entire state, we can be of help to people who are just passing through. Our Georgia Travel Guide is an excellent resource for tourists no matter where they are in Georgia. I call it our “Traveler’s Bible.” We are open six days per week and having someone here in the CVB, and not just racks of brochures, gives us the ability to provide a human touch, and we always try to greet people with a smile and a helpful attitude. This always gives us a never-ending supply of unique needs and situations that may present a challenge, but we always try to meet the challenge head-on! We have had people call looking for an Avon representative, a visitor from France wanting to take line dancing classes, people looking for long-lost relatives, the address of a childhood home, or some business that at one time had an impact on their lives.
Cheryl Smith One of the fascinating things about tourism in Newnan (Coweta County) is that on any given day, one never knows who will pass through the Visitors Center. It may be a local, having always lived here, who has never visited the Historic Courthouse, let alone has any knowledge of the Visitors Center. Other locals may have visited in the past but stop in occasionally to find out about upcoming events or to peruse our rack cards to learn what is new locally or in the surrounding vicinity. People also visit or call asking for assistance with topics ranging from finding exact locations of their ancestors’ final resting places; what an ancestral tract of land sold for in 1860; wedding venues; entertainment venues; to questions regarding the infamous 1948 case “Murder in Coweta County,” which is still of considerable interest; the
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home place of country music star, Alan Jackson; or the hometown of author Erskine Caldwell and comedian and writer Lewis Grizzard. But the unusual visitor traffic doesn’t stop with locals. Guests from all 50 states find their way to us as do international guests from cities and towns spanning the globe. Guests from all the various locations don’t come just to visit or inquire about local history; they come to film! We greet movie directors, producers, location scouts, and even actors. Recently, on two different days, two actors having portrayed “walkers” throughout several seasons of the popular TV series, “The Walking Dead” found their way to us! One NEVER knows who or what each new day will bring! But each will include a lot of enjoyment while providing the opportunity to continue to learn about any- and everything.
Evaluating the Impact of Tourism in Georgia Generated a record-breaking $63.1 billion in business sales; up 3.8% Sustained an estimated 460,000 jobs, directly or indirectly, making it the State’s 5th largest employer Resulted in $3.3 billion in state and local tax revenues collected Benefited every household with savings of over $800 annual in state and local taxes** (**Source: U. S. Travel Association and Tourism Economics. Includes direct, indirect, and induced impact. Total impact figure includes capital investment, government spending, and construction for the 2017 calendar year.)
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