Coastal Georgia Regional Development Center

Planning Services ...

The Planning and Government Services Department provides a wide variety of services to member local governments. These services include regional planning, comprehensive plan development, land use planning and zoning, technical assistance, historic preservation, training and education seminars, grant writing and administration.

We prepare the Regional Plan and review certain local development projects, including those requesting federal assistance and those deemed developments of regional impact (DRIs). In our capacity as the economic development district for coastal Georgia, we prepare a comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS) for the region and assist cities and counties in obtaining state and federal grants to implement the strategy. As an affiliate of the State Data Center we maintain and provide data on current and forecasted conditions for the coastal region.

Coastal Georgia Comprehensive Plan ...

The Georgia Coastal Comprehensive Plan was finalized and delivered to the CGRDC for implementation in March 2008. Addressing Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Glynn, Liberty and McIntosh Counties, the purpose of the Plan is twofold: to examine the existing conditions of the coastal counties; and to prepare for the management of future growth and sustainable development for Georgia’s coastal region.

After six months of discussions, the CGRDC Board adopted the Coastal Comprehensive Plan with minimum revisions in November 2008.

Click here to view the Comp Plan.

The next task is for the inland four counties of Bulloch, Effingham, Long and Screven to participate in the same planning process so that the two Agendas can be melded into the Coastal Regional Commission’s Regional Agenda in July 2009. To learn more about this process, please visit the Inland Four Planning Process project site.

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