Oconee’s economic development recruiter, Richard Blackwell, announced yesterday that Echo Hills, an industrial park in phase one preparation, has made the grade to be a suitable location for a call-data business center. Blackwell says his office has been able to convince two site consultants that Echo Hills on highway 11 is a viable location for a data center. Such a data center/office type project is considered an “on-going” project by Blackwell’s office. About code-named “Project Zeta,” the EDC said the following: “We have met with the project team several times to convince them to choose Oconee versus a neighboring county. They are looking at a $1.2m capital inv’st with 7 new jobs….”