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With your support, the Archway Partnership has

accomplished much over the past year. In this

report, you will see highlights of how our work helps

to address the issues and needs of the communities

in which we serve through the connections we make

with other higher education resources. Because

of the unique way in which we work, the Archway

Partnership is able to assist our communities while

at the same time support faculty research on critical

issues facing Georgia’s communities and provide

University of Georgia students with “real world”

learning opportunities that enhance their classroom

instruction.

It is a tremendous honor to be able to work alongside

our dedicated faculty, staff, and students to make a

positive difference in the lives of the people who live

and work in Georgia’s communities. With your con-

tinued support, I am confident that we can continue

to accomplish all of our goals well into the future.

Thank you, and GO DAWGS!

Rob Gordon, Director

17 UGASCHOOLS/COLLEGES

12 OF 24COLLEGES IN THETECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIA

14 OF 28 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

OF GEORGIA INSTITUTIONS

OVER

1,050STUDENTS

700ISSUE WORK GROUP MEMBERS

131GRADUATEASSISTANTSHIPS

$1,079,906Value of FY ’17 Completed Projects

Front cover photos in clockwise order:

Mural in Hawkinsville; Teacher and students at Metter Elementary School on planting day; Train car at the Metter Depot; Piedmont College clock tower; Anna Strickland viewing Hart County Training School documents

Since 2005 ARCHWAY PARTNERSHIP HAS SERVED

GEORGIA COMMUNITIES12

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Archway Partnership interns from the UGA College

of Environment and Design’s Historic Preservation

department inventoried roughly 120 historic local

businesses and landmarks in downtown Metter to

create a Historic Preservation Assessment. After dis-

cussing the findings with the Chamber of Commerce

and the City of Metter, the students presented their

300-page report to the Candler County Executive

Committee. The assessment will be used by the City

of Metter to pursue certified local government status.

PRESERVING DOWNTOWN METTER

PRIORITY AREAS: POVERTY AND CRIME | LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT | PUBLIC HEALTHCARE | COMMUNITY IDENTITY | PREPARING WORKFORCE

The Archway Partnership connected Candler County

Hospital with UGA’s College of Public Health to com-

plete a community health needs assessment. Fol-

lowing data collection, the Archway Partnership

assisted the hospital in working with the J.W. Fan-

ning Institute for Leadership Development to create

a “Community Health Needs Plan.” In April 2017, the

hospital formed a Community Outreach Council to

begin executing the new implementation plan and

continue its newly identified outreach efforts.

ARCHWAY PROFESSIONAL CATHERINE MUSECandler

C O U N T Y

Over the past two years, the Archway Partnership

and UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government have

worked closely with Candler County officials to build

a “Classification and Compensation Plan” aimed at

offering more competitive salaries and increasing

community recruitment efforts. The county-wide

initiative included one-on-one interviews and sur-

veying to update job descriptions and policies, which

had not been updated since 1997. The final report was

presented to the County Commissioners in April 2017

and has been incorporated into the county’s 2017-

2018 budget.

COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS

CLASSIFICATION & COMPENSATION

H

$

I had fun being part of planting day… Overall, it was a rewarding experience to say the least, and I think that’s my favorite part of being involved with the Archway Partnership: feeling like your hard work can improve a place and/or the quality of someone else’s life.”

Kiley Aguar, COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENT

AND DESIGN GRADUATE STUDENT

Archway Partnership graduate assistant and College

of Environment and Design MLA graduate student

Kiley Aguar designed an outdoor classroom plan for

Metter Elementary School. The plan featured trees

that provide not only shade, but also STEM learning

opportunities for K-8 students. Aguar’s plan was

used in the community’s application for the Georgia

Forestry Commission’s “Making the Shade” Grant,

which awarded $5,000 to the school. A planting day

was held in early 2017 as members of the community

planted nearly 40 trees alongside teachers and stu-

dents from every classroom in the school.

SHADE TREE PLAN

STUDENTS

$127,025VALUE OF PROJECTS

PROJECTS COMPLETED

FACULTY MEMBERS15

12

88

FY ’17 Values

Left: UGA CED students making community presentations

Right: Mural in downtown Metter

Top: Candler County Courthouse

Bottom: Metter Elementary School planting day

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FORD NEXTGENERATION LEARNING

INDUSTRIAL PARK PLANNING

The Grady Executive Committee recognized the need

to identify a destination marketing organization

to carry out proactive promotion and marketing in

response to the addition of several new-and-im-

proved community amenities such as Tired Creek

Lake, a revitalized downtown Cairo streetscape, Wolf

Creek Trout Lily Preserve, and the Ochlocknee River

Water Trail. With the assistance of Georgia’s Depart-

ment of Economic Development’s Tourism Division, a

“Tourism Organizational Structure Evaluation” was

conducted to advise community members on strate-

gies for staffing and funding to promote local attrac-

tions and contribute to economic development.

FOLK ART PRESERVATIONGradyC O U N T Y

The Archway Partnership assisted the Cairo-Grady

County Joint Development Authority (JDA) in devel-

oping strategic plans for new business recruitment

and expansion efforts to improve economic devel-

opment. In addition, students from UGA’s College of

Engineering developed site plans for a parcel located

in the Milestone Industrial Park owned by the JDA.

The proposal included designs for a 33,000-square-

foot speculative industrial building with a parking

lot, erosion control, and utility extension plans. The

project follows a 2016 study, also from the College

of Engineering, on the structural integrity of an

existing building and site design of another JDA-

owned property.

The Archway Partnership’s Education, Business, and

Industry Work Group in Grady County partnered with

the Cairo High School College & Career Academy (CCA)

to take part in the Ford Fund’s (Ford Motor Com-

pany) education initiative. The Ford initiative “mobi-

lizes educators, employers, and community leaders

to create a new generation of young people who will

graduate from high school both college- and career-

ready—an emerging workforce prepared to compete

successfully in the 21st century economy.” The year-

long partnership introduced new thematic academies

into Cairo’s CCA designed to benefit business and

industry in Southwest Georgia. The completion of this

program will name Cairo a “Ford Next Generation

Learning Community,” one of only six in the state.

TOURISM PLANNING

PRIORITY AREAS: EDUCATION FOR A QUALITY WORKFORCE | COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS | LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INTERGOVERNMENTAL COLLABORATION

Working with the resources that Archway brings to the table has enabled me to achieve far more than I could working alone. During these last 6 months, Archway has helped with pointing me in the right direction along with bringing experts in the field. Archway has done a great job helping me collaborate resources and make decisions that will best benefit the historic Heritage of the Pope Store Museum as well as develop the property for an economic asset for Grady County.”

Michelle Dean, PROPERTY OWNER

OF THE POPE STORE MUSEUM

ARCHWAY PROFESSIONAL BETSY MCGRIFF

Local art and historic preservation patrons in Grady

County asked the Archway Partnership to assist in

preserving Laura Pope Forester’s folk art in the Pope

Store Museum. The Archway Partnership coordinated

numerous UGA resources including a Lamar Dodd

School of Art graduate student who created a pho-

tographic archive of existing paintings and sculp-

tures in their current condition and location on the

property and a College of Environment and Design

graduate student who assisted with an application to

the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Other

experts, including representatives from the Georgia

Department of Economic Development-Tourism

Division, Georgia Council for the Arts, Thomas Uni-

versity, Boston Carnegie Library, and Roddenbery

Memorial Library, have joined the effort to identify

and begin to implement best practices for preserva-

tion, conservation, and tourism development.

STUDENTS

PROJECTSCOMPLETED

FACULTY MEMBERS11

18

24

$248,311VALUE OF PROJECTS

FY ’17 Values

Left: Rare trout lily

Top: New Downtown Cairo streetscape

Bottom: Iron work sculpture by Daniel McClendon

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OPERATIONS COORDINATOR SHARON LIGGETT

HIGHWAY 365

One of the first community-identified needs ex-

pressed by the Habersham Executive Committee was

to create an entity to pursue county-wide economic

development initiatives. The resulting economic de-

velopment organization, Habersham Partnership for

Growth (HPG), launched in 2016, hired an Executive

Director in 2017, and completed a strategic plan fa-

cilitated by the Archway Partnership and the Carl

Vinson Institute of Government. HPG has significant

stakeholder engagement and will provide for contin-

ued community-wide collaboration after Habersh-

am’s graduation from the Archway Partnership.

DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS

The Archway Partnership brought experts from UGA’s

Carl Vinson Institute of Government to the Habersham

Water Issue Work Group to present a Georgia demo-

graphic report. The presentation and report included

population projections for Habersham County through

2030 and highlighted an anticipated 20 percent growth

in population over the next 15 years.

PRIORITY AREAS: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT | PLANNING AND VISIONING | HEALTHCARE

HabershamC O U N T Y

The Archway Partnership and the Carl Vinson Insti-

tute of Government developed a comprehensive

guide that directs entrepreneurs and small business

owners through the necessary steps to secure new

business permits in the county. The guide includes

both municipal and county permits as well as all

other requirements, licensures, and documents.

The Habersham Executive Committee asked for

design assistance in creating new county gateways

along Georgia Highway 365 to identify arrival in

Habersham County, welcome visitors and residents,

and promote outdoor, mountain-themed recreation.

A student team from UGA’s College of Environment

and Design worked on gateway signage and plant-

ings with a mountain theme, corridor beautification,

interchange signage, and a planting plan with view-

shed options to promote an opportunity to exit 365

and increase tourism and economic development.

Habersham County and its municipalities are grateful to the University of Georgia’s Archway Partnership and Carl Vinson Institute of Government teams for building the first compilation of permitting forms into one location. This greatly enhances our efforts to create a one-stop shop for businesses and residents who are developing property and creating local businesses.”

Phil Sutton, HABERSHAM COUNTY MANAGER

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

GUIDE TO BUSINESS

$

STUDENTS

PROJECTS COMPLETED

FACULTY MEMBERS10

11

15

$92,581VALUE OF PROJECTS

FY ’17 Values

Left: Brian Horton reviews drought report

Right: Faculty present business permitting guide

Left: Tallulah Falls Lake

Right: Economic development strategic planning

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ARCHWAY PROFESSIONAL ANNA STRICKLAND

INTRODUCING ARCHWAY PROFESSIONAL ANNA STRICKLAND

“While I have been working with the community for one year, Hart

County has been an Archway Partnership community since 2008.

It has been a pleasure to learn from their program’s successes and

continue to build leadership capacity at the local level.”

COLLEGE & CAREER ACADEMY STRATEGIC PLANNING

HOUSING PORTFOLIO BECOMES PRIZED RESOURCE

PRIORITY AREAS: EDUCATION | PLANNING AND VISIONING | TOURISM | LEADERSHIP

HartC O U N T Y

Archway Partnership graduate assistant and Terry

College of Business MBA student Josh Williams com-

piled an economic development profile for 20 acres of

undeveloped land owned by the Hart County Indus-

trial Building Authority (IBA). The land is located at

Gateway Area Parks on I-85 and is currently zoned

commercial. Williams identified key data-sets and

analyzed various return on investment options in

an effort to assist the IBA in making well-informed

decisions about property opportunities in the future.

The tools that Josh has created for the IBA will be incredibly helpful as we move forward. He did an outstanding and very professional job, and I’m already using some of this information with a potential client.”

Dwayne Dye, DIRECTOR OF HART COUNTY IBA

DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS AIDS IBA

Archway Partnership graduate assistant and UGA

Terry College of Business MBA student Tolu Dietz

gathered demographic information about housing

trends in Hartwell and Hart County. The resulting

portfolio and guide became an important resource

for firms researching economic development oppor-

tunities in the community. The response to the infor-

mation was so positive, community leaders requested

that a Housing Issue Work Group be formed to address

the short- and long-term impacts of the information.

The Archway Partnership worked with UGA’s Carl

Vinson Institute of Government to create a five-year

strategic plan for the Hart County College and Career

Academy (HCCA). The strategic planning process was

locally driven by a cross-section of community lead-

ers and spanned three months. The effort included a

series of four listening sessions and workshops where

stakeholders from local business and industry, the

K–12 education system, and community organizations

shared their perspectives on how the HCCA can best

serve both students and industry. Overall, the goals

identified in this plan aim to invest in the future of Hart

County by strengthening the local workforce and sup-

porting economic vitality.

STUDENTS

PROJECTS COMPLETED

FACULTY MEMBERS6

22

12

$118,868VALUE OF PROJECTS

FY ’17 Values

Left: College and Career Academy ribbon cutting

Right: Dr. Nathaniel Clark and Dr. Elizabeth Davis reviewing Hart County Training School documents

Top: Downtown Hartwell

Left: Hartwell City Hall

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PulaskiC O U N T Y

ARCHWAY PROFESSIONAL SAM PERREN

INTRODUCINGARCHWAY PROFESSIONAL SAM PERREN

“My first year with the Archway Partnership has been

incredibly rewarding, thought-provoking, and instructive.

The dedication of the community leaders we work with

is inspiring, and it is amazing to see the impact of our

students and faculty in communities around the state.”

Like many small hospitals, Taylor Regional Hospital

struggles with patient readmission rates. The Archway

Partnership linked Dr. Henry Young from UGA’s College

of Pharmacy with Taylor Regional to dig deeper into

what causes patients with chronic illnesses to return

to the hospital. An Archway Partnership graduate

student and students from Hawkinsville assisted with

the project by reviewing patient records and inter-

viewing patients about a variety of issues related to

hospital readmission. Dr. Young compiled his results

and presented the preliminary findings to the execu-

tive committee and Taylor Regional, which has imple-

mented several of his recommendations.

PHARMACY RESEARCH PROJECT

Free Maximum Marketing classes were offered to

local merchants in February of 2017 by faculty from

UGA’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC).

The classes were held at Central Georgia Technical

College’s Workforce Development Center in Hawkins-

ville and attended by over 30 business people from

across the community.

The Archway Partnership connected Pulaski Tomor-

row, a non-profit organization dedicated to develop-

ing present and future leaders in Pulaski County, with

UGA’s J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Devel-

opment to assist in creating the 2017-2019 Pulaski

Tomorrow Strategic Plan. The plan focuses on sound

non-profit management strategies, fundraising, sus-

tainability, and programming to ensure the organiza-

tion’s continued growth.

PRIORITY AREAS: EDUCATION AND BIRTH TO FIVE | MARKETING, BRANDING, AND IMAGE | WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING JOB GROWTH

The Archway Partnership connected the Lumpkin

Street School in Hawkinsville with UGA College of

Environment and Design Historic Preservation

graduate students to work on a preliminary eligibil-

ity application for the National Register of Historic

Places. The school’s building served as an equaliza-

tion school during the segregation era. The students

worked alongside the Pulaski County Deacons and

Stewards Association, a local non-profit which owns

the property, to complete the application in 2017.

I think this is a great class that will have a good impact on Hawkinsville. With everyone busy these days, we overlook certain aspects of our business. This class will teach us how to rethink the current ways to market our business in a small town.”

Ken Clark HAWKINSVILLE CITY COMMISSIONER (business owner & participant in Maximum Marketing classes)

STRATEGIC PLANNING

MAXIMUM MARKETING

LUMPKIN STREET SCHOOL

STUDENTS

PROJECTS COMPLETED

FACULTY MEMBERS23

20

29

$87,160VALUE OF PROJECTS

FY ’17 Values

Top left: Pharmacy research in progress

Middle left: Downtown Hawkinsville

Right: Pulaski County Courthouse

Top: Mural in downtown Hawkinsville

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SpaldingC O U N T Y

ARCHWAY PROFESSIONAL KRISTEN MILLER

PRIORITY AREAS: HEALTH AND WELLNESS | EDUCATION FOR A QUALITY WORKFORCE | COMMUNITY IMAGE AND COMMUNICATION | INTERGOVERNMENTAL COLLABORATION | COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE

The Griffin+Spalding Executive Committee formed

the Charity Tracker Issue Work Group to better

understand the community’s social service needs

and identify how community resources are being

utilized. Representatives from the Griffin+Spald-

ing Archway Partnership, Spalding Collaborative,

and many local non-profits participated in a webi-

nar from Charity Tracker, an application that tracks

community resource and programming allocation.

The Charity Tracker Issue Work Group focused on

Christmas events by taking inventory of the assis-

tance available across Griffin and Spalding County. A

checkpoint system using Charity Tracker was created

to eliminate duplication while still ensuring clients

in need receive necessary services.

The Archway Partnership formed a Community Image

and Communication Issue Work Group to develop the

“In Spalding” brand, connecting the county’s brand

with the City of Griffin’s new logo and tagline. The

group worked to incorporate the new brand across

the community and to create a centralized landing

web page for agencies across Griffin and Spalding

County. The Griffin+Spalding Executive Committee

was instrumental in encouraging the adoption of

the brand and numerous organizations have started

using the new logos and branding guidelines.

The Archway Partnership supported Leadership

Griffin+Spalding’s efforts to revitalize and reorga-

nize their local leadership program for the 2016-2017

class. UGA’s J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership

Development (Fanning) provided assistance with

restructuring and incorporating additional com-

munity leadership skills training into the program’s

curriculum. Twenty-four individuals participated

in the 10-month program designed to guide com-

munity members as they become better leaders. At

the end of the first year, Fanning hosted Leader-

ship Griffin+Spalding’s Facilitation and Curricu-

lum Training for Community Leadership Programs.

Twenty-two local leaders participated in the train-

ing to learn skills and tools to teach the community

leadership curriculum in future leadership classes. This is a great accomplishment for our community. It’s exactly what we (Archway Executive Committee) had hoped for: identifying current and potential leaders in the community and providing them with a training program that will enhance their ability to function as more effective leaders. These individuals will be better equipped to face the issues, problems, and challenges that will determine our community’s future.”

Clay Davis, GRIFFIN+SPALDING

ARCHWAY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

CHARITY TRACKER INITIATIVE

IMAGE AND BRANDING

LEADERSHIP GRIFFIN+SPALDINGREVITALIZED

STUDENTS

PROJECTS COMPLETED

FACULTY MEMBERS11

24

9

$217,822VALUE OF PROJECTS

FY ’17 Values

Left: UGA CED students working with the City of Griffin on trail designs

Top: Leadership Griffin+ Spalding cohort

Middle: Book drive for local schools

Bottom: UGA Engineering students working with community members

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OPERATIONS COORDINATOR SHARON LIGGETT

STUDENTS

PROJECTS COMPLETED

FACULTY MEMBERS27

14

32

$69,687VALUE OF PROJECTS

EDUCATION DESTINATION

FINDING THE WAY

A NEW MEMORIAL

EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER

Students from the Grady College of Journalism and

Mass Communication and the Lamar Dodd School

of Art worked with the Americus-Sumter Payroll

Development Authority to create a marketing tool

to promote the area’s higher education workforce

development programs and K-12 college and career

pathways. The resulting portfolio, entitled “Today’s

Education Pathways for Tomorrow’s Workforce Suc-

cess,” will be used for business and industry recruit-

ment and expansion efforts and recruiting employees

in the healthcare, education, law enforcement, fire,

and EMS fields.

An Archway Partnership interior design graduate

student from the Lamar Dodd School of Art assisted

Sumter County in creating designs to repurpose the

National Guard armory building into an emergency

operations center (EOC). The designs incorporate

various layout options that give the community the

flexibility to accommodate a local or regional EOC or

provide backup for the 911 center while maintaining

effective and efficient command and control.

PRIORITY AREAS: LEADERSHIP | PUBLIC HEALTH | PUBLIC EDUCATION | COMMUNITY-WIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

UGA College of Environment and Design graduate

students helped Americus in repurposing an existing

memorial to honor two local police officers killed in

the line of duty. The students’ proposed design fo-

cused on elements that evoke feelings of peaceful

reflection while incorporating features such as hard-

scaping and landscaping, lighting and electrical

components, and a possible natural gas extension for

an eternal flame.

The Americus-Sumter Payroll Development Authority

and the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce part-

nered with 17 students and three faculty members

from the UGA College of Environment and Design to

create a community-wide wayfinding signage plan.

Over 35 local, regional, state, and federal stakeholders

participated in the design sessions. Their feedback

was used to create an overarching wayfinding sig-

nage plan that will assist visitors in finding historic

and popular destinations throughout the county.

SumterC O U N T Y

Every community, small or large, has its heroes and its tragedies. Being able to be a part of one community’s desire to memorialize the tragic loss of their officers and community members was a humbling and enriching experience. My favorite thing about Archway is that every project and every community is different, but the passion and drive of these communities behind these projects is the same and drives me to provide the best work I can produce. It is a challenge and a reward.”

Keely McDonald, COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENT AND DESIGN GRADUATE STUDENT

FY ’17 Values

Left: UGA CED students presenting memorial design

Top: Historic Downtown Americus

Bottom: Teacher and student from Sumter County schools

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ARCHWAY PROFESSIONAL CONNI FENNELL-BURLEY

SOUNDS ACROSS GEORGIA MASTER CLASSES AND PERFORMANCE

TRADITIONS HIGHWAY COMMUNITY AND WRITING COLLABORATION

TENNILLE DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE PLAN

The staff at Oconee Fall Line Technical College were

very pleased with the drawings produced for the

Maintenance Facility. From the original proposals

to the final drawings, the students listened carefully

to our needs. The final product was spot on! We

appreciate the Archway Partnership for bringing

this excellent opportunity to partner with talented

students to our college.”

Dr. Kathryn Davis OFTC VICE PRESIDENT FOR FACILITIES, RESEARCH AND PLANNING

“The Archway Partnership connected Oconee Fall Line

Technical College (OFTC) with UGA’s College of Engi-

neering to design a potential new maintenance and

operations center for the college. Following several

months of site visits, communication, and research

on behalf of OFTC, the final presentation was made

to Dr. Lloyd Horadan, OFTC President, and Dr. Kath-

ryn Davis, OFTC Vice President of Facilities, Plan &

Research, in April of 2017.

Over the summer, the Archway Partnership placed

UGA College of Environment and Design (CED)

interns in Washington County to complete a Down-

town Streetscape Plan for Tennille. The work con-

tinued into the fall semester with the assistance

of CED graduate student Kiley Aguar. Plan designs

incorporated new street designs, green space, a city

logo and mural, and integrated Tennille City Park

into the community streetscape. The Tennille City

Council plans to implement the designs as part of

their overall city plan.

PRIORITY AREAS: TOURISM | REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION | EDUCATION/WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT | LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT | HEALTHCARE

The Washington County Archway Partnership hosted

Dr. Elizabeth Davis’ “Writing and Community”

undergraduate class using Highway 15 as their main

writing project focus for the spring 2017 semester.

In addition to fulfilling their experiential learning

requirement, the class provided students with exten-

sive research, class presentation experience, and the

opportunity to travel Highway 15 and visit communi-

ties involved in the initiative. Articles written by the

students will be published in the Traditions Highway

travel magazine.

The Archway Partnership partnered with the UGA

Hugh Hodgson School of Music, Office of Academic

Programs, Office of the Vice President for Public Ser-

vice and Outreach, Performing Arts Center, and Of-

fice of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

and Provost to bring UGA’s “Sounds Across Georgia”

tour to Washington County for a performance. Stu-

dents from the School of Music held master classes

for high school band members to experience music

education at the collegiate level.

WashingtonC O U N T Y

OFTC OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE CENTER

PROJECTS COMPLETED

FACULTY MEMBERS15

12

STUDENTS 88

$104,879VALUE OF PROJECTS

FY ’17 Values

Left: UGA students performing in Sounds Across Georgia

Top: Downtown Sandersville

Left: Writing and community class members

Right: Tennille City logo