About

Welcome to Dawson County Development Authority

The purpose of the Authority is to promote and provide for economic development of Dawson County. The Authority works to enrich local employment, improve the greater tax base and increase business opportunities within the whole of the county while honoring the history, heritage, natural beauty, character and future development strategies of the county.

The Authority is most effectively used when its financing, enabling and project administration abilities are reserved for unusual endeavors which include:

1. Complex, unique or special projects which the  Authority can concentrate on to the exclusion of other things
2. Enterprises which are essentially entrepreneurial and beyond the range of functions and scope of local government entities
3. Public/private partnerships
4. Long range, long-term projects that will extend well into the future eclipsing any singular governmental term
5. Projects that require partnerships, including regional, or with other Authorities in order to secure grants, financing or other specific benefits

Board of Directors

Consisting of seven members appointed by the Chair of the Dawson County Board of Commissioners, all must be legal residents of Dawson County. Members are appointed for four-year terms in accordance with O.C.G.A. §36-62-4(a). Officers are elected at the first meeting of the year for the Development Authority.

Meetings

Development Authority of Dawson County Meeting Schedule

Meetings are held at Dawson County Chamber of Commerce, 44 Commerce Drive, Dawsonville, GA 30534

For a copy of previous Agenda and Minutes please contact a staff member at: 706-265-6278

All meetings are open to the public