Growth Strategies: The Georgia Planning Act - An Assessment of the Program
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Youngquist, James L.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
It has been called the best of all comprehensive
statewide planning efforts in the United States because of its
grassroots structure. It has been lauded by regionalists who
value a growth strategies effort that recognizes the importance
of a strong regional component to planning for the enhance
future of their state. It has perhaps been studied and
monitored by more scholars, planners, national associations
interested in planning and development, and other state
administrations than any other state planning effort
Now in its fifth year of implementation, how successful has
it been? Has it raised the consciousness level of the need to
plan, brought about an understanding for the need of
intergovernmental cooperation? Most importantly, has it done
what Growth Strategies Commission set out to do when it
worked for 18 months to devise programs to address quality
growth in those areas of Georgia that are experiencing rapid
growth as well as devise economic development strategies for
those portions of the state in decline or stagnant?
This paper will examine the most recognized piece of
legislation of the Growth Strategies Commission's efforts to
enhance the future of the state of Georgia. A brief overview
will be given on the mission given to the Growth Strategies
Commission in the summer of 1987 to develop a blueprint for
Georgia's future; the logistics of the State Planning Act itself
and its current benchmarks; and, most important, what is
really happening in its quest to accomplish what its supporters
had hoped for in the molding of the program.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date
1995-04
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