GEORGIA ACADEMY

The creation process included facilitating representatives from 35 organizations from across the state to develop the initial curriculum. The organizations included: Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA), Georgia Municipal Association (GMA), Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern University, regional commissions, statewide economic developers from the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the electric utilities (Georgia EMC, Georgia Power and MEAG), and many local economic development professionals... The resulting initiative became the Georgia Academy for Economic Development. It was debuted for founding partners, ACCG and GMA as a One Day Introductory Training Program in 1994 and was debuted in Southeast Georgia in the fall of 1994 as a 4-day regional training program... The Georgia Academy for Economic Development was started in 1993 by a consortium of public and..