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Rebuilding Homerville: A Community Vision Sparks Downtown Renewal

After two decades of decline following a highway project that wiped out an entire downtown block, Homerville is rebuilding — and a community-driven planning process is turning vacant storefronts into gathering spaces, new businesses and $5 million in added property value.

ADA Web Accessibility Deadlines Extended for Local Governments

The U.S. DOJ has issued an interim final rule extending key compliance deadlines for state and local governments under the ADA’s web accessibility requirements.

Handbook for Mayors and Councilmembers

GMA's essential guide to serving in Georgia municipal office is getting a top-to-bottom revision. The Handbook for Mayors and Councilmembers is designed to help city elected officials navigate their responsibilities with confidence. Updated chapters are available now, covering ethics and conflicts of interest, suspension and removal of elected officials, and liability of public officials and cities.

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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.

GMA, Realtors Take on Georgia's Housing Shortage

GMA's Larry Hanson and Georgia Association of Realtors CEO Brad Mock came at Georgia's shortage of 60,000 housing units from different angles at a Georgia Chamber Foundation meeting recently, but agreed that the problem runs deeper than the most common explanations suggest.

Downtown Development | Economic Development

Rebuilding Homerville: A Community Vision Sparks Downtown Renewal

After two decades of decline following a highway project that wiped out an entire downtown block, Homerville is rebuilding — and a community-driven planning process is turning vacant storefronts into gathering spaces, new businesses and $5 million in added property value.

Downtown Development | Economic Development

Downtown Leesburg’s Vision Becomes Reality

Years of deliberate planning and partnerships with the Georgia Municipal Association, state agencies and regional partners are paying off for Downtown Leesburg — four new businesses have opened, festivals are drawing record crowds, and aging buildings are getting new life.