More than 700 county officials from across the state are headed to Savannah/Chatham County from April 30 – May 2 to participate in the 2011 ACCG Annual Meeting. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with your peers, participate in training programs and hear from innovative speakers addressing some of today’s pressing issues for county government. From a sold out County Buyers Mart to an exciting conference celebration featuring Three Dog Night, this is an ACCG gathering that you don’t want to miss.

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ACCG welcomed Lynn Laseter, Ankur Patel, Laura Hernandez and Daniel Hendrix in January to assist the association’s policy, research, communications and legal staff with various projects through May.

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ACCG training opportunities offered in May and June include a Mobile Classroom across northwest Georgia and two days of training courses in St. Simons Island - Glynn County.

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The 2011 ACCG Directory will be arriving soon! Each year, ACCG solicits photos from counties to use on the cover and inside the directory. This year’s membership directory cover features a photo of the Stephens County Courthouse that was taken by Dale Moseley, a member of the Historic Courthouse Restoration Committee.

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For the sixth year, ACCG and Georgia Trend have teamed up to recognize good ideas put into action. Six Georgia counties — Dawson, Sumter, Clayton, Cobb, Glynn and Oconee — recently were selected as Georgia County Excellence Award recipients.

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Promote your county's assets directly to production companies interested in shooting in Georgia by becoming a "Camera Ready" county!

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On May 9-10, at the Cobb Galleria Centre, the State of Georgia will hold its Third Annual Georgia Logistics Summit hosted by the Center of Innovation for Logistics. Themed as "Thriving in a Changing Ecosystem," the summit will explore logistics business opportunities — and their requirements — across a set of six markets: Agribusiness, Air Freight, Energy, Life-sciences, Manufacturing and Ocean Freight.

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Join the Georgia Environmental Protection Division on May 9 in Atlanta or May 11 in Brunswick for a free workshop entitled "Evaluating Water Conservation: Using a Tracking Tool to Assess Utility Benefits and Avoid Revenue Loss."

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NACo is currently accepting applications from rural counties to receive technical assistance to assess their local health needs and improve and strengthen their health care delivery systems.

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