Georgia Mountains
Regional Development
Center
Serving the Communities of Georgia Mountains since 1962
• Banks • Dawson • Forsyth • Franklin • Habersham • Hall • Hart • Lumpkin • Rabun • Stephens • Towns • Union • White •
About
Departments
Planning
Planning is a task that requires the use of reason and foresight in
reaching proper community development goals. The Planning Department
fulfills the particular need of the Georgia Mountains Region by
advocating wise resource management and planning, analyzing both current
and potential growth problems, and providing much needed professional
technical assistance in developing local and regional objectives, plans,
and programs.
The role of the Planning Department is one of providing professional
planning skills at the regional level to assist the member governments
in planning and land use related matters. The GMRDC planning program
consists of both regional and local planning projects. These projects
range from transportation, recreation, historic preservation,
environmental resource assessment, population, economic analysis and
water resources, to comprehensive local and regional plans, reviews of
Developments of Regional Impact (DRI), and large-scale development
reviews as authorized by the Georgia Land Sales Act and the Metropolitan
River Protection Act (MRPA). With recent passage of Georgia's new Growth
Strategies Act, planning at the local and regional levels has become a
key element of growth management.
The Planning Department continues to provide mutual coordination and
cooperation with the Georgia Department of Transportation. This project
provides for review of state and regional plans, and the exchange of
valuable information. The department is also working with the Georgia
Department of Transportation in promoting and implementing the State
Transportation Improvement Program.
The planning staff also participates in the Georgia State Data Center Program. Over the past year, hundreds of census maps, tables, and related data were made available to area residents, local governments, consulting firms, industries, and other interested groups.
| Adam Hazell | Planning Director | ahazell@gmrdc.org |
| Carolynn Segers | Regional Planner | csegers@gmrdc.org |
| Chip Wright | Historic Preservation Planner | cwright@gmrdc.org |
| Environmental Planning |
| Transportation Planning |
| Historic Preservation |
| DRI |
| Comprehensive Plans |
| Maysville |
| Homer |
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Events |
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Water
Resource Workshop |
Towns County
Areas of Special Attention
Franklin County, Georgia
Water Supply Watersheds