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August 23, 2022 | News

UGA helps Georgia towns with downtown refurbishments

Buena Vista is ready for a face-lift. Steeped in the turpentine and cotton industries, the small (pop. 1,800) Georgia city about 30 miles east of Columbus today features a city square with wide streets surrounding an antebellum-era courthouse. Trucks carrying logs and gravel swing through town while cars regularly honk or wave to folks walking down the street.

August 22, 2022 | Spotlight
Each summer, the Carl Vinson Institute of Government’s Downtown Renaissance Fellowship program enlists UGA students to envision solutions to building community and place. (Photo by Garrison Taylor)

UGA helping Georgia's rural downtowns experience a renaissance

Faculty, graduate students focused on developing a sense of community

August 22, 2022 | News

UGA helping rural downtowns experience a renaissance

Faculty, graduate students focused on developing a sense of community