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'Immersive' public art by UGA grad to be installed under a bridge. Here's where it'll go.
Visitors to the Oconee Rivers Greenway will soon be walking on water thanks to an upcoming public art project. An immersive mural entitled "Water is Life" is scheduled to begin installation on Aug. 22 on the Greenway adjacent to North Oconee Access Road, and the area will be closed off to thru traffic until completion in mid-September. ...
Girtz makes an America’s worst mayors list
Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz finds himself on a non-too-enviable list of American mayors. The Immigration Reform Law Institute recently ranked him fourth in its Ranking of America’s Ten Worst Sanctuary Mayors. The IRLI issued the following release:. Mayors of sanctuary cities routinely prioritize illegal aliens over their own citizens....
Grant will Help MENTOR Georgia Expand Literacy Mentoring Program
A $52,250 grant will allow a literacy mentoring program developed at the University of Georgia to expand to additional communities in the state. Supported by funding from the Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy at Georgia College & State University, MENTOR Georgia – which is housed at the UGA J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development – will support community-based organizations in customizing and implementing a novel literacy mentoring program in four additional Georgia communities over the next year.
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