Tallapoosa, Haralson County announce 1,000-acre industrial site after rezoning and annexation

Tallapoosa City Council approved rezoning for 1,000 acres on May 11, 2026, as the city and Haralson County move forward with plans to market the land for industrial development.

The rezoning and annexation bring the announced industrial-development area in Tallapoosa to 1,600 acres, according to a city announcement. The Haralson County Development Authority is authorized to market the property to potential industrial users.

What has been approved

The action creates a large site that could be considered for a manufacturing plant, distribution warehouse or data center. Those are potential uses identified in the announcement, not projects that have been selected or approved for construction.

The city and county have not announced a development partner. As of the announcement, no company or end user had been contracted for the site. That means Tallapoosa has established a development opportunity, but the next major step—securing a company or project—has not occurred.

The Haralson County Development Authority will handle marketing efforts for the land. The governments said they are confident the site can be an appropriate fit, but the announcement did not include an implementation schedule or infrastructure-cost estimate.

What the expansion could mean

A 1,600-acre industrial-development area could eventually affect Tallapoosa’s tax base, employment prospects, traffic and demand for utilities. Those effects remain prospective because no plant, warehouse or data center has been chosen and no development agreement has been announced.

The announcement also does not identify the property owner, parcel boundaries, utility capacity, required road improvements, environmental review or expected job count. Those details would help residents and businesses evaluate the scale and practical impact of any future proposal.

For now, the May 11 council action is a land-use and economic-development step rather than a construction announcement. It authorizes the larger opportunity to be marketed while leaving the eventual use of the property unresolved.

Next public step

The city and county said they will hold a community forum after a development deal is secured. No date was provided for that forum, and the governments have not announced a development partner or project that would trigger it.

Until a deal is reached, residents can expect the site to remain in the marketing stage. Any future proposal would determine whether the property becomes a manufacturing, distribution or data-center location and what additional decisions may be needed for roads, utilities and other infrastructure.