Scope and Contents The purpose of the Agency is to help stimulate economic development in economically depressed areas. In an effort to fulfill this purpose the agency approves loans to small businessmen and local governmental agencies. The material included in these folders are the following: (1) Applications from businesses or local government agencies for loans, approved under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965; (2) Statements from principle stockholders or local governmental agencies...

Scope and Contents Included are correspondence, reports, newspaper articles, statistical tables and similar papers maintained by the State office that coordinated the Model Cities Program in Georgia. The Model Cities Program was funded as a demonstration grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966. Its goals were to improve housing, recreational opportunities, health, education, and economic well being of urban...