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Spotlight: Echols County Outreach Highlighted

Posted October 1, 2005
Contact: Harry W. Hayes, hayes@cviog.uga.edu; 706.542.6215


Harry Hayes, far right, poses with students from the Echols County School System after meeting with them to talk about local government and citizen participation. Several of the students had recently completed community-oriented class projects, including a study of the social and economic impacts of having five different zip codes within their county.
Hayes also presented the final report of a consolidation study to members of the county commission and citizens group.
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