SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNITED

A. Zone Vital Statistics

1. Counties (Census Tracts): Crisp (9801, 9802, 9803) Dooly (9701 9702 9703)
2. Community Population: 23,900
3. Poverty Rate: 32.37%
4. Unemployment rate: 7-8% over the 2 county area
5. Education: 32% of adults have completed high school
6. Net Land Area: 610 sq. mi.

B. Number of Jobs Created or Retained: 3,200

C. Total Leveraged Amount: $350 million

D. Key Business Partners: Local banks kicked in for money to support the planning and implementation process ($10,000), but specific business commitments for benchmark implementation are not identified in the plan. Most leveraging is from nonprofit and non-Federal government.

Role of Key Business Partners:

Dooly Medical Center/Crisp Regional Hospital is coordinating three benchmarks and committing small sums to quality of living and domestic violence benchmarks.

E. List of Other Key Partners:

• Dooly County Arts Council
• University of Georgia College of Agriculture/Extension Service,
• Middle Georgia Technical Institute
• South Georgia Technical Institute
• Georgia Department of Family and Children's Services
• Public School systems in Crisp and Dooly Counties
• Farm Bureau
• LEARNetwork (nonprofit literacy group)

Content Archived: January 20, 2009