The transportation infrastructure in the entire 17-county Heart of Georgia Altamaha (HOGA) Region is in great shape and improving daily! Please pause for a moment to consider how the majority of our city and county airports, bridges, roads, and sidewalks projects have been built, maintained, improved, resurfaced, and widened over the last ten years.

The Greater Vidalia® Workforce Development Strategy project was performed in 2021.  Priority 4 - Fully Implement YouScience in the Greater Vidalia® Region is well underway.

Five years ago, GCA embarked upon the creation of a strategic plan for 2017-2022. Since that time, the world has radically changed. In order to make sure that GCA is changing to address the issues that our artists, arts organizations, cities, schools, libraries, etc. are facing now, we are asking for your input as we start to plan GCA’s post-COVID work.

Because so many different people benefit from the arts in the state, we want to hear from a variety of folks from all parts of the state, including:

WHAT IS GEORGIA RENTAL ASSISTANCE?

The State of Georgia received $552 million under ERA1 and an additional $437 million under ERA2 from the U.S. Treasury's Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program.

The funds are used to provide relief to individuals, families, and landlords whose finances have been negatively impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Furthermore, the funds will bring past-due rent and utility payments current up to 18 months.

The Greater Vidalia® Chamber invites you to nominate that coworker or business contact you think is an emerging leader in our community for our adult leadership program, or, give an application to a rising junior or senior in high school who would benefit from our youth leadership program!

The Toombs County Development Authority, on behalf of Toombs County, is currently accepting pre-applications for low interest funds under the Revolving Loan Program.  Successful applicants will have demonstrated new job creation/retention, private capital investment, and provision of jobs to low and moderate income persons. Funds must be used only in the corporate limits of Toombs County.

Public Service Announcement
The UGA Small Business Development Center at Georgia Southern University

Contact: Liz Overstreet
Phone: 912-651-3200
E-mail: loverstreet@georgiasbdc.org

Experts from UGA Food Science, GA Dept. of Agriculture, UGA SBDC, AgSouth, and more collaborate on NEW “Starting a Food Business” Class.

The Southeastern Technical College (STC) Job Fairs 2022 are scheduled for Tuesday, April 26^th, from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm on the Vidalia Campus and Thursday, April 28^th, from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm on the Swainsboro Campus.  The career fair will be promoted on local