GICH News and Events

 

Loft Housing & Beyond Page Available - December 2011

Five New Communities Chosen to Participate in GICH - November 2011

The Georgia Initiative for Community Housing (GICH or Initiative) announced the selection of five Georgia communities– Gainesville, Garden City, Harlem, Wadley and Warner Robins - to participate in a three-year program developed to assist them with their housing needs. Read Article.

Five New Communities Chosen to Participate in GICH - November 2010

The Georgia Initiative for Community Housing (GICH or Initiative) announced the selection of five Georgia communities – Auburn, Berrien County, Eatonton, Sylvania, and Washington - to participate in a three-year program developed to assist them with their housing needs. Read Article.

GICH Achievement Awards luncheon

Five cities: Calhoun, Cordele, Douglas, Griffin, and Toccoa completed the 3-year housing program and representatives were presented with an achievement award from GICH partners and sponsors at a luncheon on September 16, 2010. View photo album here.

GICH Columbus Retreat 2010

Fifteen housing teams met in Columbus on September 15-17 for the second GICH retreat of 2010 - GICH Columbus retreat. View photo album here.

Five New Communities Chosen to Participate in GICH - November 2009

The Georgia Initiative for Community Housing (GICH or Initiative) announced the selection of five Georgia communities – Americus, Covington, Gray/Jones County, Thomson/McDuffie County, and Winder - to participate in a three-year program developed to assist them with their housing needs. Read Article.

The Georgia Initiative for Community Housing Program Successfully Graduates Five More Communities: Group Completes 3-Year Program that Helps Communities Address Housing Needs

Five New Communities Chosen to Participate in GICH

The Georgia Initiative for Community Housing (GICH or Initiative) announced the selection of five Georgia communities – Brunswick, Hawkinsville, Rome, Sandersville/Tennille/Washington County, and Vienna - to participate in a three-year program developed to assist them with their housing needs. Read Article .

2009 GICH Communities

Front row (L to R): Carmen Chubb, Connie Bryant, Nick Kouloungis (Hawkinsville), Chris Williamson and Robert Eubanks (Sanderville/Tennille/Washington County), Karen Tinsley, Janet Joiner and Tom McFarland (Vienna).

Back row (L to R): Johnna Allen, Bekki Parris and Ron Sitterding (Rome), Wilson Credle and Jerry Murkerson (Hawkinsville), Henry Watts (Sanderville/Tennille/Washington County), Bill Thornton, Tom Rodgers, Don Watt,  Karen Moore (Rome), Commissioner Beatty. Not pictured but present Eric VanOtternen (Brunswick).

2008 GICH Communities

Front row (L to R): Connie Tabor (Toccoa), Karen Tinsley, Stacey Abernathy (Calhoun), Shannan Buckner (Griffin), Tom McFarland (Cordele), and Commissioner Beatty. Not pictured City of Douglas.

Back row (L to R): Carmen Chubb, Bill Thornton, Tom Rodgers, and Don Watt.

GICH Wins Special Achievement Award at the NCSHA Annual Convention

At the NCSHA Annual Convention in Denver on October 27, 2008, DCA accepted the award for GICH in the Special Achievement category. This award category recognizes Housing Finance Agency programs, projects, or actions that respond in an outstanding manner to an important state need, have significant impact on a population, geographic area, or economy, and cut across traditional program lines. GICH received the award over eighteen other nominations.

• Letter to GICH cities regarding award
• NCSHA Annual Awards website

August 14, 2008 - Five GICH communities receive achievement recognition awards after completing the three-year program.

Dalton / Whitfield County	Moultrie
Hall County	Waynesboro
Camden County

GICH is featured in College of Family and Consumer Sciences Magazine Spring 2008 - G.I.C.H Giving Communities "Boocoodles" of Housing Tools