Grant Opportunity: Backing Historic Small Restaurants
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...
Elbert County Designated “Broadband Ready”
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...
USDA Rural Business Development Grant
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting applications to support economic development and create jobs in rural America. The Rural Business Development Grant program is for eligible entities to support business opportunity and enterprise projects...
DCA Variance for Local Government Planning Deadline
Georgia Department of Community Affairs Commissioner, Christopher Nunn, recently issued an order allowing local governments with June 30, 2021 planning deadlines to seek a deadline variance. To request a variance to extend this deadline to October 31, 2021, the local...
Northeast Georgia COVID-19 Economic Impact Assessment
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 to assist with regional economic recovery and resilience-building efforts. The...
Regional Hearing for the Regional Plan Annual Implementation Report: 1/20/21 @10am
The Northeast Georgia Regional Commission (NEGRC) announces a regional hearing for the annual implementation report on the 12-county regional plan. The purpose of the regional hearing is to inform interested parties about the contents of the report and the process by...
RFQ for Engineering Services: Madison County Water
Plans are to contract a reputable engineering firm for design services for federally and locally funded projects related to the water system improvements. This project may include Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in compliance with CFR 200 for...
Census Officially Extended to October 31st
In response to a recent court order, the Census Bureau will continue 2020 data collection operations will through October 31st, 2020. As of today, Georgia falls in the bottom five states when it comes to enumeration (response) percentages. Respond to...
Final Days of the 2020 Census Count: Georgia Enumeration Behind in the Nation
September 30th is the final day of the 2020 Census Count and Georgia currently has one of the lowest "enumeration" or "response" rates (as % of housing units) in the country. An estimated 7.7% of Georgia households still remain uncounted (US Census Bureau). So, what...
Three Northeast Georgia Communities Selected for 2020 CDBG Program
Governor Brian Kemp recently announced the award of nearly $41 Million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to 58 Georgia communities. Georgia's CDBG grant program is funded by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocations and...
