A House committee tasked with addressing challenges in rural Georgia kicked off its first meeting of the off-session late last week by hearing testimony from various agency heads, state and local leaders and other stakeholders. The House Rural Development Council was first created in 2017 to work with rural communities to find ways to encourage economic growth and job creation. During the 2023 legislative session, the council was renewed for the current term through the unanimous adoption of House Resolution 488.
State Reps. Mack Jackson, D-Sandersville, and Gerald Greene, R-Cuthbert, are serving as co-chairs of the committee that held its first meeting at the Oak Hill and Martha Berry Museum at Berry College in Rome.
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