May 21, 2021 | Community Development, Economic Development, Infrastructure, PGS HP, Planning
The Northeast Georgia Regional Commission hosted its quarterly County Managers Roundtable on May 5th, 2021 at the Springfield Suites in downtown Athens, joined by Joe Minicozzi of Urban3 (based in Asheville). During his presentation, Minicozzi explained how local...
May 3, 2021 | Community Development, Economic Development, Grant
Smart Growth America and T-Mobile have partnered to create the Hometown Grant program for communities with less than 50,000 people. Communities can apply to the $50,000 Hometown Grant program to “build, rebuild, or refresh community spaces,” such as a town square...
Mar 31, 2021 | Community Development, Economic Development, PGS HP
On Tuesday, April 27th, the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute will host the first of three business recovery workshops focusing on rebuilding your business post COVID-19. As many Georgia companies have shifted, pivoted, and adapted during the COVID-19...
Mar 19, 2021 | Community Development, Housing
The State of Georgia received $552 million from U.S. Treasury’s Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program to provide relief to individuals, families, and landlords whose finances have been negatively impacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds will be...
Feb 24, 2021 | Community Development, Economic Development, Grant
The National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express are partnering to award $1 million in grants to 25 historic restaurants throughout the United States to help improve, upgrade, and preserve their exterior physical spaces and online business. The...
Feb 18, 2021 | Community Development, Economic Development, PGS HP
The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) recently awarded Elbert County the Broadband Ready Community designation. The Broadband Ready designation is primarily intended to attract and facilitate public-private partnerships to improve and expand broadband...
