Editing Warner Robins, Georgia (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Robins Air Force Base.JPG|thumb|View of Robins Air Force Base from Warner Robins]]

[[Robins Air Force Base]] is one of the largest employers in Georgia and directly contributes over 25,000 military, civil service, and contractor jobs to the local economy.<ref>[http://www.robins.af.mil/main/welcome.asp "Robins Air Force Base, Georgia"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718001251/http://www.robins.af.mil/main/welcome.asp |date=July 18, 2014 }}, Retrieved on 05 July 2014.</ref> It has provided economic stability for Warner Robins that has benefited the entire Middle Georgia community.

The city of Warner Robins is working on redeveloping and renewing areas that have suffered from [[urban decay]] and/or abandonment through neglect and city growth. The city's plans include development of a centralized downtown center "for pedestrian-oriented businesses, culture and community gathering" to be re-established at Commercial Circle  to "connect commerce and culture back to Downtown." {{Citation needed|date=June 2016}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 11, 2024 |title=Warner Robins, Georgia |url=https://businessviewmagazine.com/warner-robins-georgia/ |website=Business Views Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wrga.gov/documentcenter/view/137|title=Downtown Redevelopment Plan: Warner Robins, Georgia|date=January 2009|website=Wrga.gov|access-date=2016-06-07|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810162124/http://www.wrga.gov/documentcenter/view/137|archive-date=August 10, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In June 2011, Warner Robins was listed in ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' as one of 12 small cities that are driving the "Knowledge Economy".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/05/ff_jobsblockbyblock/|title=Small Cities Feed the Knowledge Economy|first=Adam|last=Davidson|website=Wired.com|access-date=August 27, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140215231454/http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/05/ff_jobsblockbyblock/|archive-date=February 15, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>  Georgia was the only Southeastern state listed, and Warner Robins was one of two Georgia cities ranked (the other one being Hinesville-Ft. Stewart). The rankings featured small cities that are luring knowledge workers and entrepreneurs, and which have both a relatively high median family income and a relatively high percentage of creative workers who drive the economy.