Walking around downtown Baxley, Georgia, Keri Orvin shares some of the community's ideas for the mostly vacant storefronts: An outdoor café in a breezy alleyway, a welcome center and event space in a former department store, a niche restaurant in a turnkey space -- investments to breathe life into this small rural town.
J. Scott Pippin, a faculty member at the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, was honored with a 2022 Walter Barnard Hill Award for Distinguished Achievement in Public Service and Outreach to kick off University of Georgia Honors Week on April 18.
The University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government partners with governments to address critical issues. Cybersecurity and infrastructure issues have presented growing concerns for local governments. Here, Hall County administrators Zach Propes and Katie Crumley share their experience dealing with a cyberattack ahead of the institute's webinar "Is Your Government Cyber Aware?" launching April 14.
