Just a short drive from Atlanta in the Greater Valley Area, things are brewing. More specifically, the creation of new jobs, something you don’t hear enough of these days. Almost two thousand alone in the last two years from Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, and with the recent announcement of the addition of a third shift at the plant, 1,000 more jobs are expected to be created by the end of 2011.

West Point developer, Greater Valley Group has witnessed the tremendous growth in the job sector in the Greater Valley Area and has built Quail Run, a masterplanned community offering beautiful West Point Lake homes and Riverside Estates, a golf course community to accommodate all those moving to the region.

Quail Run, located just five miles north of downtown West Point includes elegant three and four bedroom single-family homes beginning in the $180,000s. The community, just miles from Interstate 85, has rapidly become a popular location for Kia and supplier team members looking to live closer to work, and retirees looking to pay less than $1,000 annually in property taxes (just $960 a year on $250,000 home).

Riverside Estates, just four miles west of downtown West Point, Ga., off of Country Club Drive in Lanett, Ala., and only 10 minutes from KMMG, is also growing in popularity.

Homes in this community offer luxury features and amenities with flexible floor plans suitable for retirees, families or young professionals. With large, wooded lots and 101 of the 141 lots on the golf course, homeowners are guaranteed a prime view and privacy. Priced from the mid $200,000s, homeowners have a choice of 18 pre-approved home plans. Custom designs are welcome, but must be approved by the architectural review board.