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Taylor Regional Hospital rebounds and expands with UGA partnership

Without assistance from the University of Georgia, Taylor Regional Hospital in Hawkinsville might have closed six years ago. Instead, earlier this month, community leaders broke ground on a project to include emergency room expansion, a new lobby and state of… Full story

Burke County becomes Archway Partnership’s newest community

Burke County is the University of Georgia’s newest Archway Partnership community, making it the 14th county across Georgia to participate in the unique community development initiative. “Our entire Archway team is excited to begin work with Burke County. We look… Full story

Winners announced for Colquitt County “Baby Book”

The Youth Development and Education committee, formed by the University of Georgia Colquitt County Archway Partnership, is announcing the winners of the Colquitt County ABC picture/baby book photo contest. Congratulations to the winners – Lea Barrow, Justin Cox, Tommie Beth… Full story

Archway launches new group to look at broadband internet

The covid-19 pandemic brought to light the need to expand high-speed internet into our rural community for education, health care, business and working from home. To address this priority, the Grady County Archway Partnership has just launched a new Broadband… Full story

With the help of UGA students, Moultrie embraces transit

When most people think of public transportation they envision populous, metropolitan areas. Not Moultrie, Georgia. But when local residents started missing doctor’s appointments, were routinely late for work and many had to depend on other people to get where they… Full story

Archway helping to boost local newspaper

With limited resources for local journalists and small-town newspapers, it can be difficult to provide the kind of training in digital tools that is increasingly required in today’s news environment. The Digital Natives program at the University of Georgia is… Full story

Hart County Archway Partnership hosts Georgia Grown Webinar

The Hart County Archway Partnership recently hosted a Georgia Grown webinar as a continuation of the regional conversations to promote agritourism in Hart, Franklin, and Stephens counties. The virtual webinar featured Cheryl Smith, Agritourism Manager with the Georgia Department of… Full story

UGA launches program to increase faculty research in rural Georgia

A new program at the University of Georgia will connect academic faculty who want to do research in parts of rural Georgia with existing UGA Public Service and Outreach and Extension networks throughout the state. Twenty academic faculty members, representing… Full story

Hart Archway Partnership announces new Archway Professional

The Hart County Archway Partnership has made it official and announced that interim Archway Professional (AP) Rosanna Cruz-Bibb has been hired on a permanent basis. Rosanna comes to Hart County after serving as the Program Coordinator for the Archway Partnership… Full story

Griffin+Spalding Archway Partnership announces new Archway Professional

The Griffin+Spalding Archway Partnership has announced the arrival and start of the new Archway Professional, Brittany Bullock. Bullock comes to Archway and the University of Georgia from the Technical College System of Georgia where she worked in the WorkSource Georgia… Full story