Recent news about the GPA, Georgia, legislation, and more.

Submit your news

EDI Committee Outreach at a High School Career Fair
May 17, 2023
EDI Committee Outreach at a High School Career Fair

Two members of the EDI Committee, Morgan Simmons, AICP with MARTA and Gordon Linton, Planner I with the City of Stockbridge, participated in the Dutchtown High School Career Fair in Henry County....


APA Region II Update – Telling Our Story
May 3, 2023
APA Region II Update – Telling Our Story

There we were, looking out from the seventh floor of a parking deck in downtown Houston, trying to imagine what the historically African-American community of Freedmen’s Town once looked...


President’s Message: April 2023
March 31, 2023
President’s Message: April 2023

Happy Spring from verdant Savannah, where we come together in our squares and on the streets to toast our history and our community. It is a true honor to represent you at APA. The APA Women and...


EDI Committee School Outreach
March 31, 2023
EDI Committee School Outreach

In support of GPA’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) mission, two committee members recently spoke with 15 high school students at Luella High School in Locust Grove (Henry...


News from Around the State: District 8
March 31, 2023
News from Around the State: District 8

District 8 encompasses two of the state’s 12 regional commission areas, the Southern Georgia Regional Commission and the Heart of Georgia – Altamaha Regional Commission. The 12 regional...