Georgia County Government - January 2009 - (Page 11) County Leaders Burner The Bulloch County Board of Commissioners, front row (seated, from left): Anthony Simmons, Vice-Chairman; J. Garrett Nevil, Chairman; County Manager Tom Couch. Back Row (standing, from left): Commissioners Roy Thompson, Jan Tankersley, George Jackson, Robert Rushing and Walter Gibson. the locals. Southern hospitality cannot be avoided in these parts, nor can it be artificial – virtually everyone extends the welcoming warmth the community prides itself on, to strangers from Atlanta and all other points north. The sense of history is pervasive here, too, and not just evident in the exquisite Victorian architecture. As one often finds throughout Georgia’s coastal region, a reverence applies with regard to the community’s place in U.S. history. The origins of this allegiance to tradition are untraceable, but Georgia’s legacy as one of the 13 original colonies of the British Crown is The Splash in the ‘Boro Family Aquatic Center is more than a huge recreationplus for the community, it is an important revenue-generating facility, and attracts some 60 percent of its annual visitors from surrounding counties. probably responsible. Commissioners too are mindful of their own place in Georgia’s governmental history. But a modern county and anchoring city – the county seat of Statesboro – thrive within the borders of this traditionally rural and largely agricultural jurisdiction. Bustling Statesboro is one of Georgia’s preeminent college towns, as home to Georgia Southern University. A small teacher’s college for many years, things changed when Erk Russell came here to coach football in 1982. After his BULLOCH COUNTY continued on page 13 OUTLOOK continued on page 11 JANUARY 2009 www.accg.org 11 http://www.accg.org
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