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For more than 80 years, the Vinson Institute has worked with public officials throughout Georgia and around the world to improve governance and people's lives. From Georgia's early days as a largely agrarian state with a modest population to its modern-day status as a national and international force in business, industry, and politics with a population of almost 10 million, the Institute has helped government leaders navigate change and forge strong directions for a better Georgia.

Danny Bivins

Public Service Associate
Governmental Training, Education, and Development

Danny Bivins joined the Vinson Institute’s Governmental Training, Education, and Development Division in 2012. He has extensive experience in downtown development, planning and design, historic preservation, quality growth, and regionalism. By utilizing an asset-based community development approach, Mr. Bivins helps communities build a vision for working toward a better present and future and better quality of life for residents. His previous experience includes 8 years with UGA’s J. W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development. He co-developed the Cities and Downtown: Building Blocks to Recovery Initiative, a partnership between UGA, Georgia Municipal Association (GMA), the Georgia Cities Foundation (GCF), and Georgia Cities. Prior to joining the Fanning Institute, Bivins served as the program coordinator for the Georgia Historic Resource Survey Program, "Find It." There he helped initiate a joint venture between the University of Georgia, the Georgia Transmission Corporation, and the State of Georgia’s Historic Preservation Division to document Georgia’s historic resources.

Areas of expertise: downtown development, planning and design, historic preservation, quality growth, regionalism

Education: M.H.P., University of Georgia

Danny Bivins

Danny Bivins
706.583.0856
dbivinsuga.edu

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