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DCA Names Executive Director for New Rural Broadband Program

Atlanta, GA (August 29, 2018) – Commissioner Christopher Nunn has announced Deana Perry as the Executive Director of the new Rural Broadband Program, which resides at Georgia’s Department of Community Affairs. The program was created by Senate Bill 402 – the Achieving Connectivity Everywhere (ACE) Act – and signed into law by Governor Nathan Deal this past spring. The mission of this new...

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August 29, 2018

The Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism announces $3.4M in 2018 AmeriCorps grants

Atlanta, GA (August 1, 2018) – The Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism (GCSV), the Governor-appointed state service commission housed within the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA), announced today that Georgia has received $3,442,262 in AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency for volunteering and service...

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August 27, 2018

Governor Deal announces more than $40 million in community development awards

CDBG grants

Atlanta, GA (August 24, 2018) – Gov. Nathan Deal today announced that 60 Georgia communities will receive a total of more than $40 million in federal assistance to help grow their local economies. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development allocated the funding to Georgia’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, which is administered by the Georgia Department of Community...

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August 24, 2018

DCA Announces CHIP Listening Sessions

Atlanta, GA (July 5, 2018) – The Georgia Department of Community Affairs is hosting three (3) listening sessions around the state to answer questions about the Community HOME Investment Program (CHIP) program and to get input on how well the CHIP program is working in local communities.

Each year the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) awards between $4-$6 million...

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July 17, 2018

From Georgia carpet manufacturer to global flooring giant

Community & Economic Development

Calhoun-based Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world’s largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States. Over the past decade, DCA has had the privilege...

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May 01, 2018

Let Freedom Ring!

Martin Luther King, Jr. Council

This past April was the 50th Anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. The MLK, Jr. Advisory Council, which is housed within DCA, honored the occasion with an anniversary bell ringing at Stone Mountain Park. Rev. King's "I Have a Dream" speech famously referenced Stone Mountain during his "let freedom ring" climax. The MLK, Jr. Advisory Council is working on plans to erect a monument...

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May 01, 2018

Federal Opportunity Zones announced for Georgia

ATLANTA, GA (April 18, 2018) — The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have designated Opportunity Zones in 18 States, including 260 census tracts in the State of Georgia. Economic investment in these areas, which are some of the most distressed communities in the country, may now be eligible for preferential tax treatment. These new Federal Opportunity Zones...

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April 18, 2018

Georgia to receive $64.9M in federal disaster recovery funding

South Georgia tornadoes wreak havoc

ATLANTA, GA (April 11, 2018) — The State of Georgia will receive $64,904,000 in federal assistance to address “unmet needs” in areas in the southern part of the state that were affected by major disasters in 2017. Funding, made available through HUD’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program, will be directed and administered by the Georgia Department of Community...

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April 11, 2018

DCA GIO Named One of StateScoop's Top Women in Technology 2018

Mapping and Analytics
DCA is proud to share that our Geographic Information Officer, Susan Miller, has been named as one of the Top 50 Women in Technology by StateScoop. For the past two years, State Scoop has highlighted the women who are leading the way in technology at the state and local government and industry level. Check out...
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April 06, 2018

REBA Funds Kubota Expansion in Gainesville

Kubota For Earth For Life
Regional Economic Business Assistance (REBA)
Outside of Northeast Georgia, many may not realize that one of the world's best-known tractor companies calls Hall County home to its largest North American manufacturing plant. It's Kubota Manufacturing of America (KMA), and their Gainesville manufactuiring plant is probably where your neighbor's Kubota utility vehicle was built, in part utilizing assembly line enhancements put in place by...
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April 06, 2018

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