WALTON COUNTY — Tuesday was a massive day in Georgia’s economic history as the long-awaited Rivian project officially broke ground. Rivian Founder and Chief Executive Officer RJ Scaringe was on-hand for the historic event, emphatically expressing his enthusiasm for what’s to come. “If you look at what you see is those paths and sort of squint and imagine in just a little bit of time, there’s gonna be a building on this site,” Scaringe said. “The Rivian project embodies the vision the JDA set forth 25 years ago, that being creating a high-tech good paying job that stays in our communities.”While Tuesday was a landmark day for those involved in the Rivian project, there had previously been uncertainty on whether the day would ever come. Additionally, there have been local concerns from citizens about the environmental impact of the Rivian project as well as the overall necessity of the project in the first place.