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Archway Partnership

The Archway Partnership enhances connectivity between UGA and communities across Georgia to address the state’s
critical community and economic development needs. This exciting initiative works with “portal” counties, allowing
communities to gain the wealth of faculty and student expertise, who, in turn, gain practical experience outside of the
classroom. Collaborative projects are tailored to address priority issues uniquely identified by each community.
For example, the Washington County Archway Partnership and the UGA College of Engineering, with support from a
$1.7 Million EPA grant, retro-fitted diesel engines in both Athens-Clarke County and Washington County with hi-tech
filters that reduce emissions to improve air quality. UGA graduate students worked with the Glynn County
Archway Partnership to create a long-term community recycling plan which served as a model for other Archway
communities. Students from the College of Environment and Design have worked on various projects throughout the
state in which they recommended designs for the repurposing of old, dilapidated buildings.