About Us

Launched in 2004, The Initiative grew out of Georgia’s experience with the National League of Cities’ Affordable Housing Program and the success stories that were celebrated at the annual Magnolia Awards for Excellence in Affordable Housing. Since 2005, seventy-one communities have directly benefitted from the program.

Currently Participating Communities

Freshmen	Sophomores	Juniors
Arlington	Byron	Bartow County
Centerville	Cochran	Commerce
Conyers	McRae-Helena	Dublin
Social Circle	Norcross	Fairburn
Smyrna	Troup County/Hogansville/LaGrange/West Point	Union City
		Warrenton

Alumni

• Albany
• Americus/Sumter County
• Athens-Clarke County
• Auburn
• Brunswick
• Calhoun
• Camden County
• Cartersville
• Cedartown
• Colquitt
• Cordele
• Covington
• Dalton
• Douglas
• Douglasville
• Eatonton
• Evans County
• Fort Valley
• Gainesville
• Garden City
• Greensboro
• Gray/Jones County
• Griffin
• Hall County
• Harlem
• Hawkinsville
• Liberty County
• Lithonia
• Madison
• Metter
• Milledgeville
• Millen
• Monroe
• Moultrie
• Nashville/Berrien County
• Newnan
• Pembroke
• Perry
• Pine Mountain
• Porterdale
• Rincon
• Rome
• Roswell
• Rockmart
• Sandersville/Tennille
• Sylvester
• Thomasville
• Thomson/McDuffie County
• Tifton
• Toccoa
• Trion
• Valdosta
• Vienna
• Wadley
• Warner Robins
• Washington
• Waycross
• Waynesboro
• Winder

Our Partners

  

Founding Sponsor
 

 

The Archway Partnership, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, and UGA Extension provide in-kind support, and the program is partially funded by a USDA Rural Development RCDI grant.