2022 National Award for Community Engagement
Partner Communities
Newton
County, Georgia

Newton County is Archway’s newest community. The county is at the eastern edge of the metro Atlanta region and is quickly becoming known as an advanced manufacturing hub as the home of a Rivian plant and Archer Aviation’s air taxi production.

Newton Funding Partners

Newton Executive Committee

  • Debbie Harper*, Newton Chamber of Commerce
  • David Eady, City of Oxford
  • Nancy Schulz
  • Charika Davis, City of Covington
  • Arline Chapman, City of Porterdale
  • Gregg Ellwanger, City of Newborn
  • GW David, Jr., City of Mansfield
  • Marcello Banes, Newton County Board of Commissioners
  • Mike Hopkins, Newton County Water & Sewerage Authority
  • Samantha Fuhrey, Newton County School System
  • Shamica Tucker, Covington Housing Authority

* Chair

Archway Partnership
Sharon Liggett
1197 S. Lumpkin Street
Suite 188
Athens, GA 30602
229-507-6869
sliggett@uga.edu