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County winners of Excellence Award Are Honored at Banquet

Posted October 3, 2007
Contact: Courtney Yarbrough, yarbrough@cviog.uga.edu; 706.542.6221

The county winners of the 2007 Georgia Excellence in Public Service Awards were recognized at a banquet during the Fall Policy Conference of the Association County Commissioners of Georgia, held in Atlanta on October 2. Shown here receiving their awards from Vinson Institute deputy director Richard Milford are Sam Olens, top photo, Cobb County Commission chairman, and Steve Szablewski, Columbia County Administrator.

The Georgia Excellence in Public Service Awards program is a partnership between the Vinson Institute and Georgia Trend magazine.

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