The Northwest Georgia Regional Commission will prepare an update to the Northwest Georgia Regional Plan in accordance with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs’ Standards and Procedures for Regional Planning, Chapter 110-12-6. The Regional Plan update will include Regional Goals, Development Maps, Needs and Opportunities, and an Implementation Program for activities the Regional Commission will undertake in Northwest Georgia in 2024-2028.
The Regional Plan update will be prepared with guidance from a Steering Committee and will include a minimum of three public input meetings across the region. These meetings will be advertised and open to the public. Plan materials will be posted on the Regional Plan Update page at www.nwgrc.org. The update must be approved by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and adopted by the Northwest Georgia Regional Council prior to July 1, 2024.
A public hearing on the Regional Plan update process will be held on Thursday, September 21, 2023, at the Rome Civic Center, 400 Civic Center Dr, Rome, GA 30161, during the meeting of the Northwest Georgia Regional Commission Council, beginning at 11:00 am.
All meetings of the Northwest Georgia Regional Commission are open to the public.