Project Riverway

The Chattahoochee River flows through Georgia, Alabama and Florida in an area where county-wide poverty rates soar as high as 31 percent.  The river’s economic potential has yet to be tapped.  Project Riverway is a multi-discipline service learning course engaging the University of Georgia’s Fanning Institute – Public Service and Outreach, School of Environmental Design, Odum School of Ecology, the Center for Community Design and Preservation and the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. These partnerships discover ways to revitalize this region economically through its largest asset, the river.  The solutions formulated by students during the service learning course provide the area with real, implementable tools and products.  Communities receive work they otherwise could not afford and students obtain real-world experience that positively impacts communities in need.