...Governor announces board appointments ATLANTA -Gov. Sonny Perdue announced Friday appointments to the Georgia Rural Development Council and the State Board of Occupational Therapy. The newly appointed RDC board members include: Brian Keith...

...Atlanta is to offer incentives for homegrown companies to expand. He also announced that he would lead the Georgia Rural Development Council and name new members to it. Last week, Mr. Perdue fired Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor, who had led the group...

...forum Monday offered differing opinions on how to respond to the problem. Joe Whorton, the director of the Georgia Rural Development Council, said the study compels an urgent response from officials in both state and federal government, as well...

...study was conducted by the university's Housing and Demographics Research Center at the request of the Georgia Rural Development Council, formed by Gov. Roy Barnes to spur economic growth in rural parts of the state. Among its chief findings...

...5 percent margin of error. UGA analysts who studied the region issued a blunt assessment in May for the Georgia Rural Development Council. "All of the (council's) research concludes that rural communities in Georgia are characterized as...

...The survey was conducted by the Youth and Rural Georgia Project, a small agency created this year by the Georgia Rural Development Council. Chaired by Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor, the 31-member council of small-town leaders from around the state...

...bad and demonstrates the need for added government attention, according to a report released today by the Georgia Rural Development Council. "When compared with the health status of citizens nationwide, the health status of rural Georgians is...

...information the panel would need to make informed recommendations. Joe Whorton, executive director of the Georgia Rural Development Council, suggested that information could include each agency's minimum space requirements. He said the commission...

...Technology Authority, which will hold its first meeting Monday. Gov. Roy Barnes has sought suggestions from the Georgia Rural Development Council chaired by Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor, the Public Service Commission and other state departments, but he has...

...the fruits of the state's economic prosperity to one lagging far behind. The report, compiled by the Georgia Rural Development Council, will be used as the group tries to decide ways the state can help boost the economies of struggling rural...