About Us

The Southwest Georgia Regional Commission is a planning agency that was created as a result of the 1989 Georgia Planning Act and House Bill 1216 and it serves Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, and Worth counties in southwest Georgia. We provide a variety of services to local governments, including traditional planning services, such as zoning ordinance planning and economic development, to more specialized areas such as human services, geographic information systems and transportation planning. Regional Commissions have gone through dramatic changes over the years and continue to evolve to meet the ever changing needs of the regions.

The commissions Board of Directors is composed of representatives from all fourteen counties and forty-four cities in this region. The Board of Directors meets monthly to review and discuss the activities of the Commission. Committees have been formed to focus on specific issues related to the region such as transportation, human services, and economic development. The committees meet bi-monthly.