Documents & Resources

Final Report for DRI#3239 (Project Fortune) – City of Pendergrass

In July of 2020, the US Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission (NEGRC) to assist with regional economic recovery and resilience-building efforts. The NEGRC recently finalized and adopted the Economic Recovery + Resilience (ER+R) Plan for Northeast Georgia to help guide those efforts. The ER+R Plan was developed through data analysis, surveys, and discussions with local public, private, and non-profit entities involved in economic development and key issue areas, including broadband, housing, and workforce. In total, outreach efforts amassed input from over 350 representatives, from every county in the region, multiple municipalities, regional and state officials, as well as from private and non-profit representatives.

Final Report for DRI#3324 (Meadowlands) – Oconee County

Final Report for DRI#3286 (Fowler Farm) – City of Auburn

Final Report for DRI#3254 (Tom Miller Road Project) – Barrow County

Final Report for DRI#3255 (Accent Springs) – Barrow County

Final Report for DRI#3237 (Titan Readymix) – Walton County

Final Report for DRI#3240 (Stanton Springs) – Morgan County (portions also within Newton and Walton counties)

Final Report for DRI#3220 (Oconee Mercantile) – Oconee County

Final Report for DRI#3234 (Dakota Commerce) – City of Commerce

Final Report for DRI#3204 (General Time) – Athens-Clarke County

In July of 2020, the US Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded CARES Act funding to the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission (NEGRC) to assist with regional economic recovery and resilience-building efforts. The Northeast Georgia COVID-19 Impact Assessment, completed December 2020, is one of the first steps toward preparing an economic recovery and resilience plan to guide those efforts. This assessment was prepared in partnership with the Georgia Tech Center for Economic Development Research.

Note that this report contains time-sensitive data on COVID-19 trends in communities accessed from September through December 2020. Databases that Georgia Tech subscribes to and typically uses for sociodemographic analysis may lag by several months or more. Every effort was made to collect the most recent real-time information using publicly available data from widely-recognized and reliable sources. The use and applicability of this data on the Northeast Georgia region may change as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves. 

Final Report for DRI#3205 (Homestead) – Athens-Clarke County

Final Report for DRI#3192 (Oconee Connector Center) – Oconee County

This report is submitted to the Economic Development Administration (EDA) by the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission that serves as an Economic Development District (NEGEDD). Its purpose is to report on the progress of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) implementation. The NEGEDD’s CEDS was adopted in August, 2017 to cover a five‐year period. This report serves as one of the four CEDS Annual Performance Reports (CEDSAPR) required for submission to the EDA Regional Office by 2021.

Final Report for DRI#3061 (Wastewater Treatment Facility Expansion) – City of Jefferson

Final Report for DRI#3038 (Downtown Redevelopment) – City of Loganville

Final Report for DRI#3082 (Bana 85 Commerce Center) – City of Commerce – Final Report

Final Report for DRI#3089 (Haggard Road Industrial) – City of Commerce

Final Report for DRI#3054 (LIDL Distribution Center) – Newton County

Final Report for DRI#3144 (Westfield Village) – Newton County

Final Report for DRI#3141 (Jesse Cronic Rd Tract) – Town of Braselton

Final Report for DRI#3105 (Cedar Shoals) – City of Porterdale

Final Report for DRI#3046 (Braselton Hwy Mixed Use) – Barrow County

Final Report for DRI#3121 (Stone Tract) – Barrow County

Complete Streets is a policy and design initiative formed in response to the danger found on roadways worldwide. Rather than designing the street primarily for automobile usage, this approach designs corridors that are safe for all types of travel, thereby “completing” the street. Based on urban planner Jeff Speck’s definition, a Complete Street is useful, comfortable, interesting, and safe for ages 8-80. Streets designed to account for the inability to drive and the impulsiveness of an eight-year-old, as well as the mobility challenges of an 80-year-old, will naturally be safe for the rest of the population. The Complete Streets philosophy is often paired with the Vision Zero initiative (a strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries) because both share the goal of making streets safe for everyone.

This document offers a brief local analysis of the Northeast Georgia region’s housing and transportation sectors. Housing and transportation are two of the most influential components of our economy, urban form, and daily life. Where and how we live is directly linked to an extensive variety of positive and negative socioeconomic outcomes (https://www.opportunityatlas.org/, 2020). For instance, our mode of transportation has far reaching impacts on our mental health (Avila-Palencia, 2018) and economic mobility (Bullard, 2003). Also, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, housing costs are the single largest expense for most households. When combined, these two necessities account for approximately half of the average U.S. household budget (https://www.transportation.gov/mission/health/housing-and-transportation-affordability, 2015).
For local governments, providing infrastructure and public services to meet the housing and transportation needs of residents has an innumerable impact on the fiscal, environmental, and social health of the community. However, crafting suitable policies is difficult because of the inter-relatedness these complex systems. This document offers a local analysis of the Northeast Georgia region’s housing and transportation systems and associated costs to assist local leaders with gathering data and selecting tools to address their communities’ needs.

The state of Georgia ranks #1 in the US for small business climate by the National Federation of Independent Business: Small Business Association (2018) and ranks #3 overall in the US as Best State to Start a Business (WalletHub, 2019). The purpose of this document is to analyze small business in the Northeast Georgia region and to provide a guide for local governments to improve and expand their resources in the support and creation of small businesses. This document seeks to meet the goals laid out by the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission (NEGRC) in the Regional Plan (2018); specifically, it aims to support the NEGRC’s goal of enhancing economic competitiveness across the region and providing a regional outlook on small-business best practices.

Through the stakeholder input process associated with the 2018 regional plan update, the Regional Commission identified the need for local governments to address aging infrastructure and allocate limited resources efficiently, especially in regards to transportation. This document serves as the implementation measure associated with that work: a feasibility study and guide for cities and counties to develop transportation prioritization and management processes, including a step-by-step Suggested Transportation Prioritization Process in Chapter 4. As a follow-up, the NEGRC will publish a how-to guide for local governments to conduct comprehensive infrastructure inventories and assessments. That work is scheduled to be completed in 2022.

The NEGRC Tourism Marketing and Promotion Guide is intended to assist local governments in developing, expanding, or improving local tourism programs and efforts. This guide was developed through the Regional Plan (2018) Work Program.

This form is used for the Environmental Review process involving historic properties.