January 14, 2025
Veteran city manager Al Crace reflects on 52 years of public service in Georgia, sharing lessons learned, key challenges, and advice for future leaders in local government.
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Larry Hanson, GMA CEO and Executive Director
Georgia’s unlimited municipal liability threatens cities, businesses, and homeowners with higher property taxes and financial strain. Adopting liability caps, like those protecting the state, would shield taxpayers and preserve Georgia’s business-friendly environment.
January 2, 2025
December 18, 2024
Sara Baxter
A literate population serves as a key driver for economic growth, social development and individual empowerment. Here’s what Georgia and local cities are doing to improve literacy across the state.
December 17, 2024
Nikki Perry
Georgia's film industry boom is a big win, not just for bustling cities like Atlanta and Savannah, but for smaller communities across the state.
Alia Hoyt
Few things can empower a person the way that a stable income can. To that end, the cities of Douglas and Forest Park are each promoting innovative workforce development programs designed to help constituents reach new personal and professional heights.
Fred Perriman, GMA President
"As the holiday season approaches and we close out another year, it’s the perfect time to pause, reflect, and dream ahead. In doing so, I'm reminded of the opportunities we have to not only strengthen our cities but also contribute to the greater good of our state."
Revitalizing downtowns and addressing workforce challenges are key to Georgia’s cities thriving—success starts with planning, collaboration, and vision.
December 12, 2024
Carol Schwinne, the Executive Director of the Georgia Departments of Audits and Accounts, and her coworkers Jackie Neubert and Eric Moody, recently held a webinar for GMA and ACCG members to review some of the changes in this year’s immigration compliance and reporting requirements. You can find the presentation from that webinar here.
December 9, 2024
Alex Brown, Stateline
A new federal rule will require water utilities across the country to pull millions of lead drinking water pipes out of the ground and replace them, at a cost of billions of dollars.
December 5, 2024
Gov. Brian Kemp announced the latest round of grant recipients for the Rural Workforce Housing Initiative on Thursday, December 5. The awards, totaling over $5 million, will fund infrastructure projects supporting 140 housing units across three communities.
November 19, 2024
A new report from the National League of Cities (NLC) and Google examines how artificial intelligence (AI) can transform local government operations, offering strategies to improve public services and drive efficiency.