ADVISORY BOARD HIGHLIGHTS
Congratulations to Jimmy Lewis, CEO of Hometown Health and a member of the Rural Center's Advisory Board, for receiving the Legacy Award from HealthTrust Performance Group this year.
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Lewis received this prestigious award at the HealthTrust University Conference in Orlando, Florida.
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Read more about the award and Lewis' lasting mark on rural healthcare on the blog.
SEED TO SHIRT
Through a partnership with Georgia’s Rural Center, the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Georgia Grown, and Magnolia Loom, cotton is being put in the spotlight at the 2023 Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia, in October for over 500,000 people to experience in the Georgia Grown Building.
WHAT IS RURAL?
26%
Georgians live outside
the state’s urban centers
76%
120 of the state’s 159 counties are considered rural
$69.4B
Agriculture is headquartered in rural Georgia, and generates $69.4 billion dollars a year
READ THE BLOG
From small towns to crossroads communities, rural Georgia is not just the state’s far-flung, pleasant places, but also the people who call them home. In fact, 26% of Georgians live outside the state’s urban centers, and 120 of the state’s 159 counties are considered rural. Georgia’s most profitable industry, agriculture, is also headquartered in rural Georgia and generates $69.4 billion a year, and creates over 350,000 Georgia jobs. From military bases to movie sets, there’s a whole lot more to rural Georgia than any singular definition can describe or calculation can quantify.
WORKING FOR YOUR RURAL COMMUNITIES IN GEORGIA
Georgia’s Rural Center exists to build healthy, vibrant, rural Georgia communities with managed support and collaborative partnerships.
