The Center continues making news. This month we’ve been honored by the Orton Foundation as an example of Stewardship of Community Engagement and Planning. Plus, we were the cover photo! Today, local governments are busy implementing 2050 Plan initiatives. The City of Covington and Newton County have jointly revised their ordinances for a designated growth [...]

We began celebrating our home this weekend.  ”We” are Newton residents who live somewhere on the 175,000 acres that make up this diamond-shaped county.  ”We” are different ages and different races.  ”We” represent a mixture of backgrounds, experiences and achievements.  And “we” have one very important thing in common – our home. At Celebrate Our Home [...]

As spring approaches, so does the upcoming Celebrate Our Home event series. What’s that? Here’s the skinny: Celebrate Our Home (COH) is a series of informal gatherings that showcase all the great features of Newton County that make it a place residents are proud to call home. Starting in March, we—the Center in partnership with [...]

This spring, 11 University of Georgia landscape architect students will be working with the Cities of Oxford and Newborn. Their class lives in Covington, works out of the Center, and immerses itself in Newton County for 10 weeks. As they approach the end of their first month, let’s give them a chance to introduce themselves [...]

Hello, Internet, and welcome to the Center’s new website. This is the perfect time for the Center to launch a new website. The latest crop of UGA Metropolitan Design Studio arrived this week. For all the zaniness of preparing for the Annual Meeting, this roving band of landscape architects adds a much appreciated excitement, especially [...]