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The True Citizen, Wednesday, July 28, 2021 — Page 15A
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Burke County mayors gathered with other city leaders July 22 to discuss what a partnership with UGA’s Archway program
means.
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Mayors from Waynesboro,
Sardis, Vidette and Keysville
gathered at the Waynesboro Ice
Plant July 22 to find out more
about what a partnership with
the University of Georgia’s
Archway program means.
Thomson Mayor Ken Usry,
along with local community
leaders, joined the mayors for
a discussion over lunch. The
city of Thomson partnered with
Archway four years ago.
“It’s probably the first time
all five mayors have been in the
same room,” Suzanne Sharkey
remarked.
Usry encouraged the use of
public meetings in order to get
a better grasp on what changes
citizens want addressed. He
said the Archway program pro
moted teamwork in McDuffie
County.
“This will affect everyone in
your county and help address
the issues in your county and
in your small cities,” he said.
“We had an old gym in town,
it looked awful, we requested
and the university sent down,
a young lady who was in archi
tecture school.”
City and county leaders ap
proached Archway for assis
tance in beautifying the land
scape of the historic property in
order to make progress on their
goal of improving the image
of the community, said Sam
Perren, Thomson-McDuffie
County Archway Professional.
“To meet this need, Archway
brought in a Master of Land
scape Architecture student
from the College of Environ
ment and Design at UGA to
The first session runs from
11:30 a.m.until 1 p.m.,andthe
second one is from 5:30-7 p.m.
The sessions are intended
to help UGA Archway Part
nership learn more about the
challenges and opportunities
facing the community. Public
support and engagement is es
sential to identifying priorities
and developing a work plan
for community and economic
development.
“We can get together on a
regular basis, as a governing
body of this county, to help
address our needs and work
together and to listen to each
other,” Vice-Mayor James
Chick Jones said.
develop a new design for the
landscape,” he said. “The stu
dent visited the area recently
and is currently working on
a design. This is just one ex
ample of the sorts of project
that Archway can complete in
our communities.”
Additionally, Usry spoke of a
storm-water project that a team
of students assisted in solving.
Operations Coordinator An
gel Jackson said Archway is
looking to hire an Archway
professional whose office will
be located in the historic Burke
County courthouse. Originally,
the plan was to have somebody
in place by August 1, but thus
far, the position is still open.
There is a cost associated
with having access to the Arch
way program. Local funding
partners include the City of
Waynesboro, Burke County,
Burke County Board of Educa
tion, Burke County Develop
ment Authority, the Chamber
of Commerce and Augusta
Technical College. Most of
the funding goes to paying the
salary of the local Archway
professional.
Two listening sessions are
planned for August 26 at the
Augusta Technical College,
Waynesboro campus, 216
Highway 24. The public is in
vited and encouraged to attend
either session.
Archway Operations Coordinator Angel Jackson speaks during
the luncheon at the Waynesboro Ice Plant July 22.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Alfonzo Shondell Green
1973-2021
Thank you all for helping us during this
very difficult time. Your kindness and
concern for our family means a great
deal to us. We appreciate all the love
and support you have extended to us
during this period of sadness. Special
thanks to Phinazee and Son Funeral
Home Staff and Plant Vogtle Unit 3
Concrete for all they have done.
The Archway office located in Thomson.
Meet Burke County’s
First Responders
Lt. Vasquez Talbert
Lt. Vasquez Talbert began his career with
Burke County Emergency Management
Agency in December of 2004. He
received his initial medic training and
initial firefighter training from Burke
County EMA and is stationed at Engine
Company 4 in Midville. He is a certified
firefighter and an EMT Intermediate.
Talbert says he enjoys his job because he
enjoys helping people.
Lt. Talbert is originally from Liberty, Miss.
He and his wife, Grettar, live in
Hephzibah. Talbert is the proud father of
four young men: Travelle, Cordarryl,
Lagarius and Devante. He enjoys
coaching track and football for Cross
Creek High School, spending time with
his family and mentoring kids.
We appreciate your service to Burke
County Lt. Talbert!
Burke County EMA Office
Sgt. Annette Hodge
Sgt. Annette Hodge is currently assigned as the
administrative sergeant to the Burke County
Detention Center. She received her Jail Officer
Certification at the CSRA Police Academy in
1989. Sgt. Hodge started her public safety
career with the Waynesboro Police Department
and then shortly joined the Burke County
Sheriff’s Office. During her career, she has held
several other positions to include dispatcher,
jailer and terminal agency coordinator for the
Georgia Crimes Information Center (GCIC)
within the records division.
Sgt. Hodge and her husband, Isaiah, live in
Waynesboro and have three children: Whitney,
Ciera and Austin. In her spare time, she enjoys
spending time with her family and cooking. Sgt.
Hodge just reached her 35 years of service
within our agency, and we could not be more
proud to call her one of our own. Thank you for
your hard work and distinguished service.
Burke County Sheriff’s Office
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