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Young Harris Financial Literacy Engagement

As a rural and small Southern city conducting their master planning process, Young Harris leaders identified gaps in their community with financial literacy and security. Combining these challenges with a population comprising largely local college students, city leaders wanted to meet the unique needs of students and their community at large.

The State of City Infrastructure

Streets and roads, water systems, and sewer infrastructure are showing signs of strain in cities across the country, according to a new report from the National League of Cities. Closer to home, GMA projects Georgia cities will need $33 billion for capital projects over the next five years.

U.S. Supreme Court Significantly Reshapes Voting Rights Act Redistricting Standards

A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling has made it harder for cities to use racial demographics as a primary factor in drawing district and ward maps, even when those decisions were intended to comply with the Voting Rights Act.

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Young Harris Financial Literacy Engagement

As a rural and small Southern city conducting their master planning process, Young Harris leaders identified gaps in their community with financial literacy and security. Combining these challenges with a population comprising largely local college students, city leaders wanted to meet the unique needs of students and their community at large.

Report: Five Years of the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Program

The ARPA Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds delivered $65.1 billion directly to the nation's cities, stabilizing budgets, maintaining core services and generating $2.84 in economic return for every dollar spent. This NLC analysis examines how that investment worked, why it succeeded and what it means for future federal funding.

Infrastructure | Transportation | Utilities

The State of City Infrastructure

Streets and roads, water systems, and sewer infrastructure are showing signs of strain in cities across the country, according to a new report from the National League of Cities. Closer to home, GMA projects Georgia cities will need $33 billion for capital projects over the next five years.

Elections & Redistricting

U.S. Supreme Court Significantly Reshapes Voting Rights Act Redistricting Standards

A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling has made it harder for cities to use racial demographics as a primary factor in drawing district and ward maps, even when those decisions were intended to comply with the Voting Rights Act.

How Georgia Cities Are Tackling Housing

Housing has been a growing focus for Georgia cities and for GMA. At the association's May 1 Board of Directors meeting in College Park, GMA staff outlined the organization's policy work and efforts to document what cities are doing on housing, and board members from six cities shared what's happening in their own communities.