Partner Communities
McDuffie
County, Georgia

Located in eastern Georgia, McDuffie County is part of the rapidly growing Augusta area. Home to blues legend Blind Willie McTell and Clarks Hill Lake, there is a little something for everybody in McDuffie.

  • A map of potential transportation routes in Thomson-McDuffie County Thomson Transportation Study - In 2025, the Thomson-McDuffie Archway Partnership’s “Workforce and Education Issue” work group requested a project to better understand the current state of transportation in the City of Thomson and to explore whether a public transportation system might… ... Full story

McDuffie Executive Committee

  • Brandon Burton, McDuffie County Government
  • Kari Calloway, McDuffie Manna Inc.
  • Charlotte Derry, Grits and Greens, LLC
  • Steve Dwyer, Industrial Development Authority of Thomson-McDuffie
  • Allison Eaddy, UGA FACS Extension
  • Freddie Gavin, The Music Cave Recording Studio, LLC
  • Bea Hart-Moss, Retired
  • Kenya Calhoun, Thomson-McDuffie Chamber of Commerce
  • Penny Lowe, Augusta Technical College
  • Ashley Morey, McDuffie County School District
  • Deanna Moultry, Georgia Power
  • Jennifer Perkins, Town of Dearing
  • Mychele Rhodes, McDuffie County School District
  • Elizabeth Vance, Thomson-McDuffie Convention and Visitors Bureau
  • Teresa Smith, City of Thomson
  • Laura Williamson, Thomson Housing Authority
  • Nic Wood, Piedmont McDuffie
  • Miranda Youngblood, Jefferson Energy Cooperative

McDuffie Priorities

Community Engagement through Collaboration

Health and Wellness

Resilient Living

Community Vitality and Development

Archway Partnership
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Sarah Adams
111 Railroad St.
Thomson, GA 30824
229-921-3170
sadams1234@uga.edu