PSO News Stories Taggedrural georgiaSelect cardSelect horizontal Archway PartnershipJ.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership DevelopmentOffice of Service-LearningSmall Business Development CenterUGA new faculty get a tour of the stateAugust 26, 2022After a two-year hiatus, the University of Georgia New Faculty Tour returned this year with 26 new employees spending four days traveling across Georgia and... Archway PartnershipJ.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership DevelopmentOffice of Service-LearningSmall Business Development CenterMcDuffie County expands leadership pipeline with UGA supportAugust 22, 2022Census data on Thomson-McDuffie County caught Elizabeth Brown’s attention. Fifty-nine percent of households in the community were run by single parents. “As a social... Carl Vinson Institute of GovernmentSmall Business Development CenterUGA faculty and grad students help Georgia’s rural downtowns experience a renaissanceAugust 22, 2022Buena Vista is ready for a face-lift. Steeped in the turpentine and cotton industries, the small (pop. 1,800) Georgia city about 30 miles east... Carl Vinson Institute of GovernmentUGA map helps state leaders distribute federal money for broadband expansionJune 01, 2022Nearly a year after unveiling a groundbreaking map that showed far more Georgians than previously thought were without broadband access, the University of Georgia ... Archway PartnershipCarl Vinson Institute of GovernmentOffice of Service-LearningBoosting rural GeorgiaMay 25, 2022Support from UGA Foundation benefits students and communities A generous $500,000 gift from the University of Georgia Foundation board of trustees to support rural... Archway PartnershipCarl Vinson Institute of GovernmentJ.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership DevelopmentSmall Business Development CenterCharting a Brighter FutureMay 04, 2022Innovative UGA program gives rural communities the tools to prosper and thrive Walking around downtown Baxley, Georgia, Keri Orvin shares some of the community’s... Around PSOGeorgia Works: Workforce development is job one for UGA outreach programsJanuary 12, 2022Workforce development is perhaps the most critical issue facing many of Georgia’s communities. Even before the pandemic, businesses across the state were struggling to... Carl Vinson Institute of GovernmentUGA partners with Fort Benning to help spur economic development in surrounding countiesAugust 23, 2021The University of Georgia is part of an innovative project that will create recreation areas along the 35,000 acres surrounding Fort Benning, an attempt... Archway PartnershipCarl Vinson Institute of GovernmentHealthcare, infrastructure and education are among the topics UGA academic experts will explore...July 01, 2021Eight individual or teams of UGA academic faculty members were awarded seed grants to conduct research in rural communities alongside faculty from Public Service... Archway PartnershipAround PSOWith the help of UGA students, rural southwest Georgia community embraces transit to...April 29, 2021When most people think of public transportation they envision populous, metropolitan areas. Not Moultrie, Georgia. But when local residents started missing doctor’s appointments, were... Carl Vinson Institute of GovernmentJ.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership DevelopmentOffice of Service-LearningA revolutionary map created by UGA is leading to expanded statewide internet accessMarch 31, 2021Wide swaths of South Georgia lack access to high-speed internet service. But where are the most households lacking broadband access in the state? Fulton... Archway PartnershipAround PSOArchway communities provide opportunities for UGA College of Public Health studentsSeptember 03, 2020As a high school student in Hawkinsville, Georgia, Helley Patel was involved in a youth leadership program developed through the Pulaski County Archway Partnership,... Around PSOSmall Business Development CenterClosed, but not “closed”: SBDC helps St. Marys business thrive during COVID shutdownJuly 20, 2020Cottle & Gunn in St. Marys, Georgia, closed its doors in April when the state’s shelter-in-place directives took effect. But the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t... Around PSOSmall Business Development CenterAgricultural manufacturer keeps business moving during critical growing season with assistance from the...July 14, 2020When COVID-19 forced Peerless Manufacturing in southwest Georgia to shut down in March, employees had no way to know how long they might be... Archway PartnershipAround PSOUGA Archway Partnership joins forces with College of Public Health to help plan...July 06, 2020Healthcare professionals in Colquitt County have been better able to plan for their providers’ and patients’ needs during the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to a... Archway PartnershipAround PSOCarl Vinson Institute of GovernmentUGA partnership helps Georgia communities manage their infrastructureJune 17, 2020Angela Nguyen has been sheltering at home since March, but the UGA College of Engineering graduate student is still hard at work researching how...1234NextView All News