At Monday’s Thomasville Payroll Development Authority meeting, held at the new Courtyard by Marriott, are, from left to right, Shelley Zorn, Tim Sanders, Josh Cone, Greg Hobbs, Stephen Cheney, Mark NeSmith and Felicia Brannen.

THOMASVILLE — Country music singer Luke Bryan and his business partner are set to bring a concrete plant to Red Hills Business Park in the near future.

The Thomas County venture will be Concrete Enterprises LLC’s sixth Southwest Georgia location.

Bryan, a Lee County native, and his business partner, Jason Wiggins, a Lee County resident, have been friends since age 4, Shelley Zorn, Thomasville Payroll Development (PDA) executive director, told the PDA at a Monday PDA meeting.

The company will manufacture gravel, concrete and pavers, and the company wants to break ground by summer, Zorn said.

Concrete Enterprises’ main office is in Lee County. Other locations are Nashville, Valdosta, Moultrie and Albany.

“They want to expand into Thomas County,” Zorn said. “They want to build a 3,000-square-foot building, and they want room for growth.”

The company’s modern facility will produce minimal dust.

“They adhere to a lot of standards,” Zorn said.

Concrete Enterprises wants five to 10 acres in the U.S. 319 North business park. Most of the lots are two to three acres, Zorn said.

PDA Vice Chairman Mark NeSmith pointed out that people locating in the business park lately are asking for multiple acres.

Zorn responded that giving one business too much acreage uses space that could be occupied by other enterprises.

“Nobody wants to be landlocked,” she said, “but I am concerned about giving away land that will just sit empty.”

The PDA will give Concrete Enterprises a two- to three-acre lot with an option to purchase the adjacent lot later.

The business will provide 18 jobs in the beginning and increase to 30 to 40 in two years.

The business park is in unincorporated Thomas County. The company must request approval from the Thomas County Commission.

Any concrete plant has special zoning, Zorn said, adding that environmental concerns come into play.