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Announcing the GPA 2024 Chapter Award Winners!
October 10, 2024
Announcing the GPA 2024 Chapter Award Winners!

Through our Chapter Awards Program, GPA recognizes outstanding work in the planning profession across the state each year. We’re excited to present to you the list of the 2024 winners for the...


GPA Board Updates – Service Awards
October 10, 2024
GPA Board Updates – Service Awards

Georgia Planning Association is a membership-based organization with an all-volunteer board. Serving on the Georgia Chapter board takes time and commitment, and we extend a deep gratitude for those...


Mentor Program 2025 Application Window Open
October 8, 2024
Mentor Program 2025 Application Window Open

Over the last ten years, we’ve had approximately 115 emerging, mid-career, and senior planners participate in the program. We give gratitude for the service of more than 25 committee members and...


Happy 20 Years to the Community Planning Institute!
October 7, 2024
Happy 20 Years to the Community Planning Institute!

The Community Planning Institute has made a lasting impact on hundreds of Georgia communities and enhanced planning practices. On behalf of the State of Georgia, we’d like to express our deepest...


GPA Bylaws Update
September 6, 2024
GPA Bylaws Update

At its summer retreat on July 30, 2024, the Chapter Board proposed an amendment to the Chapter Bylaws, Article IX, Section 9 to create a Climate Action Committee (CAC). Notice of Bylaws amendments is...


Welcome New GPA District 8 Director
September 4, 2024
Welcome New GPA District 8 Director

Amy Martin, Transportation Director for the Southern Georgia Regional Commission, has been nominated and affirmed by the Georgia Chapter Board to fill the unexpired District 8 Director position...