Marion County committee member Jay Wells shares an update on his county’s work as a PROPEL community.

Rural Georgia communities mark progress with PROPEL

March 21, 2025

Institute of Government program helps rural communities make strides in workforce and community development

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Monica Robinson, executive director of Crisp County Community Council, speaks at the recent PROPEL workshop.

Moving Along – Crisp, Emanuel and Marion

March 21, 2025

The recent UGA workshop provided an opportunity for teams from Crisp, Emanuel and Marion counties to connect with their counterparts around the state as they gear up to execute the plans they have created through their first year in the program.

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Jonathan Jackson, executive director of the Development Authority of the City of Milledgeville-Baldwin County, speaks at a recent PROPEL workshop.

Wrapping Up – Baldwin, Ben Hill and Burke

March 21, 2025

Baldwin, Ben Hill and Burke counties have just completed the two-year program.

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Representatives from Franklin County hold a discussion at the PROPEL kickoff workshop. (Photo by Sara Ingram)

We Know Georgia: UGA rural development program welcomes three new Georgia Counties

March 05, 2025

Franklin, Haralson and Lamar join PROPEL

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Environmental Health and Safety Manager Brad Dearth, center, speaks to PROPEL Rural Scholars at Harris Equipment in Cordele.

We Know Georgia: PROPEL Rural Scholars visit Crisp, Pulaski counties

January 30, 2025

A cloud of peanut dust hung in the air this fall as a team of University of Georgia students stood in a rural Crisp County field speaking with a local farmer and sampling green peanuts.

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