An open love-letter to Dublin and Laurens County does a great job in describing the lifestyle that is the temperate, cooperative, and progressive Georgia community:

In 1975, I moved to Dublin to accept a job as General Manager of a new electronics manufacturing company. While this was a very desirable career move, I was more than a little concerned about moving back to Georgia. I had lived in another Georgia location twenty years earlier while in the military and was not particularly impressed at the time. As it turned out, these concerns were not only unfounded – the actual realization in Dublin was outstanding.

From a business point of view, the tremendous success of Pyr-A-Larm and later Allen-Bradley, was in large part due to the very high work ethic of the people in and around Dublin. Recently, Allen-Bradley celebrated its 16th anniversary and I noted that over 90% of their employees already had their 15-year pins! Conscientious, involved and stable employees are basic ingredients for success.

Dublin is a family town. A large part of the activities in this area center in the churches and the schools. Something that sets Dublin apart from other communities is that its people care. They care for each other and they care for their environment. One of our early concerns in moving here was education. Three of our four children attended Dublin schools and graduated here. Two of these are Doctors and the other is a Human Resources Administrator.

Having recently retired, my wife and I received many inquiries as to where we were moving for retirement. My wife is from Indiana and I grew up in West Virginia. We have lived and worked in New York, Virginia, Illinois and Florida. Our answer was quite simple: “We don’t plan to move anywhere. Dublin is our home and we like it just fine, thank you.”

Dublin is a good place to grow up, a good place to work and raise a family and a good place to retire.

Sincerely, Reggie Hedrick