Business View Civil Municipal - Sept 2023

52 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 9 he motto of the charming town of Fitzgerald, Georgia-“History, Harmony, and Heritage” sums up the perfect blend of tradition and progress that the town exudes. A tight-knit community of some 10,000 folks that is situated some three hours west of Savannah, Fitzgerald, named for its founder P.H. Fitzgerald was founded shortly after the American Civil War as a retirement community for civil war veterans. Still to this day and true to the founders’ wishes, street names honoring both Union and Confederate generals exist. We recently spoke with Fitzgerald Mayor Jason Holt, city administrator Kathy Young and executive director Jason Dunn of the Fitzgerald and Ben Hill County Development Authority. They told us all about what Holt calls “a perfect, small Georgia town.” T FI TZGERALD, GEORGIA “A PERFECT, SMALL GEORGIA TOWN” WITH MUCH GOING ON