
Residents of Chattooga County will have an opportunity next month to provide input on programs and services for older adults throughout Northwest Georgia.

Residents of Chattooga County will have an opportunity next month to provide input on programs and services for older adults throughout Northwest Georgia.

The Northwest Georgia Regional Commission’s Area Agency on Aging is seeking proposals from qualified organizations to provide programs and services for older adults and caregivers throughout Northwest Georgia, including Chattooga County.

Congressman Clay Fuller, who represents Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, joined federal, state and local officials in Chickamauga Friday to highlight $6 million in federal funding aimed at cleaning up and redeveloping contaminated or underused properties across Northwest Georgia.

The Northwest Georgia Regional Commission has been awarded a $1.5 million federal Brownfields grant to help identify, assess and prepare properties across the region for potential redevelopment.