The 81st anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor will be observed on Wednesday, December 7, 2022. The Douglas-Coffee County Veterans Park Committee will host the second annual Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance Ceremony on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at 10 AM at the Douglas Municipal Gene Chambers Airport.
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day honors and remembers the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the attack by the Japanese on the US naval base in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese led the United States to enter World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed it a "date that will live in infamy" issuing a call to arms throughout the nation.
According to www.PearlHarborEvents.com, “The goal of the commemoration is to ensure that future generations will understand the valor and legacy of those who perished and those who fought throughout the war. The commemoration also highlights t
The City of Douglas received redesignation as a PlanFirst Community, 2nd Year RAS participant, and City of Douglas officials and Action Pact leaders receive $1,000,000 from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. This project is a collaboration between the City of Douglas, Action Pact, Coffee County, and the Coffee County Board of Education to expand the current Early Head Start and Head Start facility.
Pictured Back Row (L-R): Penny Houston (Georgia Representative 170th District/Chairman, Appropriations: Economic Development), Gloria Paulk (Action Pact Executive Board), Angela Carr (Assistant Headstart Director), Christopher Nunn (DCA Commissioner), Michael Jacobs (SGRC Senior Planner), Charles Davis (City Manager), Michael Hudson (Douglas Utilities Director), and Wesley Vickers (Coffee County Administrator)
Front Row (L-R): Melody Henderson (Headstart Leadership Team Representative), Commissioner Kentaiwon Durham, Commissioner Olivia Pearson, Georgia Henderson (Community Devel
The City of Douglas is among forty Georgia communities that will receive more than $35 million in federal grants to help grow their local economies. The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) announced on September 23, 2022 that Douglas has been awarded $1,000,000 in grant funds through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. The funds will be allocated to expand the current Early Head Start and Head Start facility.
Nine of the community’s brightest youth leaders took their oath of office for the 2022-2023 Douglas Mayor’s Youth Council on Monday, August 22, 2022. The new group of teen leaders has been busy this summer promoting the youth leadership program throughout our community and even as far as Arkansas.
Substantial regional planning efforts led by the City of Douglas, Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC), and Douglas-Coffee County Economic Development Authority have enabled three grants to be awarded to the City of Douglas for Economic Development. The City of Douglas will receive approximately $5.2 million in grant funding for water and sewer expansions for economic development.