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

We Know Georgia: 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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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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Workforce Pipeline Snapshot: Georgia's Labor Force

December 18, 2024

We're taking a deeper look at data from our recently-released Georgia Workforce Pipeline Snapshot.

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