The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Transportation Forum is Thursday, March 10 on the University of North Georgia Gainesville Campus.
This lunch forum is open to the public and creates discussion with transportation officials, Chamber members, business professionals and community leaders. Speakers will include officials from the Georgia Department of Transportation as well as representatives from the Gainesville-Hall County Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Longtime Georgia Department of Transportation executive Russell McMurry, Commissioner of the Transportation Department, will be guest speaker. Also on the program is Brent Cook, GDOT District 1 Engineer. Cook oversees the 21 counties in northeast Georgia that makeup District 1, which includes Hall County.
The Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization (GHMPO) is the intergovernmental transportation planning body for Hall County and a portion of western Jackson County. The GHMPO conducts the federally mandated transportation planning process for the Gainesville Urbanized Area and portions of the Atlanta Urbanized Area, as identified in the 2010 U.S. Census. Srikanth Yamala, GHMPO Director, will also speak at the forum.
The cost is $15 Chamber Members; $20 Non-Members and at the door; and, includes a Boxed Lunch. The Transportation Forum is presented byIndependence Bank of Georgia and Rochester & Associates. Additional sponsors are Coca-Cola of Gainesville, Highland Mountain Beverage, McDonald's, AccessWDUN and The Times.
Reservations required. Gerri Collins, 770-532-6206 x 106. Email: [email protected]
