City officials from across Georgia enhanced their leadership skills at professional development classes presented by Institute of Government faculty and other subject-matter experts during the Georgia Municipal Association's Cities United Summit.
The Institute of Government, the UGA Department of Sociology and the School of Social Work will explore more effective ways of addressing rising incarceration rates in rural jails through a $235,000 research grant from the Vera Institute of Justice.
An Institute of Government community branding project supported by UGA's Archway Partnership provides the City of Hawkinsville and surrounding Pulaski County with additional marketing tools that emphasize the community's unique assets.
