On Tuesday, FOX54 was first to tell you about a letter sent to the Georgia Legislature requesting a change to the city's charter. That change would give the mayor a vote on all Commission decisions, not just a tie-breaker vote.
In late 2020, the City of Fort Oglethorpe received a grant through the Lyndhurst Foundation to work with the University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government to develop a vision for the historic area centered around Barnhardt Circle and Lafayette Road. The Fort Oglethorpe Renaissance Strategic Vision and Plan (RSVP) emerged from the public input of approximately 1,000 residents.
A recent study by the USDA Forest Service and UGA's Carl Vinson Institute of Government on 10 Georgia counties estimated that nearly 40,000 acres are likely heirs' property, or "a home or land that passes from generation to generation without a legally designated owner."
