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Danny Bivins is the Assistant Director for Infrastructure and Community Resilience.
Danny joined the Institute of Government in 2012. He has extensive experience in downtown
development, planning and design. Danny specializes in working with local governments
utilizing an asset-based, community development approach. Danny co-developed and manages
the Georgia Downtown Renaissance Partnership, an initiative with multiple key partners:
the University of Georgia, the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA), the Georgia Cities
Foundation (GCF) and the Lyndhurst Foundation. His efforts through the Georgia Downtown
Renaissance Partnership have led to the successful implementation of sustainable community
redevelopment initiatives.
His previous experience includes 8 years with UGA’s J. W. Fanning Institute for Leadership
Development. He co-developed the Cities and Downtown: Building Blocks to Recovery
Initiative, a partnership between UGA, GMA, GCF and Georgia Cities. Prior to joining
the Fanning Institute, Danny served as the program coordinator for the Georgia Historic
Resource Survey Program, "Find It." There, he helped initiate a joint venture between
the University of Georgia, the Georgia Transmission Corporation, and the State of
Georgia’s Historic Preservation Division to document Georgia’s historic resources.
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M.H.P. (Historic Preservation), University of Georgia
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