{"id":52876,"date":"2021-06-21T19:02:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T19:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/negrc.org\/planning-government-services\/?p=52876"},"modified":"2021-06-21T19:02:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T19:02:11","slug":"northeast-georgia-economic-recovery-resilience-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/negrc.org\/planning-government-services\/northeast-georgia-economic-recovery-resilience-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast Georgia Economic Recovery + Resilience Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

The ER+R Plan includes an assessment of the economic impacts of and vulnerabilities accentuated by the coronavirus pandemic. It then introduces an Action Plan to boost economic recovery and, perhaps most importantly, build economic resilience in the face of future disasters. The ER+R Action Plan identifies five action items and details specific strategies, tasks, and measures local entities should take on in order to work to advance the goals outlined for each. The action items are as follows:<\/p>\n