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Moving Along – Crisp, Emanuel and Marion
The recent UGA workshop provided an opportunity for teams from Crisp, Emanuel and Marion counties to connect with their counterparts around the state as they gear up to execute the plans they have created through their first year in the program.

We Know Georgia: UGA rural development program welcomes three new Georgia Counties
Franklin, Haralson and Lamar join PROPEL

We Know Georgia: PROPEL Rural Scholars visit Crisp, Pulaski counties
A cloud of peanut dust hung in the air this fall as a team of University of Georgia students stood in a rural Crisp County field speaking with a local farmer and sampling green peanuts.

UGA receives USDA funding to support two new rural communities in PROPEL
The UGA Institute of Government recently received $132,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand its work in rural Georgia.

‘Life-changing’ UGA program provides rural leaders with support, guidance
PROPEL communities share successes and gain insights from USDA Undersecretary for Rural Development