Georgia Department of Corrections

• HQ Relocation Personnel Timeline
• Engineering/Construction Updates

Photos:

• July 27, 2011 - Recent Photos of the Renovated Campus
• April 6, 2010 - Photos of the Campus During Renovation
• March 24, 2010 - New Warden Roundtable
• May 23, 2006 - Ground Breaking and Job Fair Photographs
• February 17,2006 - Inaugural Tour Photographs

Videos:

• Tift Campus Groundbreaking
• Forsyth Tour Compilation

(the most recent articles regarding the relocation)

• November 9th, 2011 - What hath DOC wrought to Monroe County
• August 17th, 2011 - Corrections dedicates new $3.2 M fleet garage
• June 17th, 2011 - Vacated Historic College Campus Gets Second Life as Headquarters for Georgia State Agency
• November 3rd,2010 - Tift college bloomed in the 1970s
• Oct. 20th, 2010 - Tift college soared in the 1960s
• Oct. 13th, 2010 -"Sacrifice Enabled Tift's Survival"
• Oct. 6th, 2010 -"At Tift, At Last"
• Sept. 29th, 2010 -"Civil War closed the college, but not for long"
• Sept. 22nd, 2010 -"Part 1: How Tift College was Conceived"
• Jan. 27th, 2010 -"Perdue Beams at Tift"
• Jan. 20th, 2010 -"Look Who's Moving In"
• Dec. 1st, 2009 -"Forsyth/Monroe County, Change on the Horizon"
• July 16th, 2009 -"A Sign of Progress at Tift"
• June 24th, 2009 -"Welcome Home DOC"
• April 15th, 2009 -"Warm and Welcoming"
• April 8th, 2009 - "Here it Comes" (article)
• March 6, 2008 - Forsythia Festival to celebrate 21 years
• February 19, 2008 - New Corrections HG said on-track
• January 3, 2008 - Forsyth mayor, council take office
• May 11, 2007 - Monroe BOE buys land for school
• January 4, 2007 - Monroe wealthiest county in midstate
• June 2, 2006 - Tift Reborn
• May 23, 2006 - DOC holding job fair in Forsyth
• March 30, 2006 - Tift money still in budget
• March 8, 2006 - DOC staffers look over Forsyth

This information was complied from staff responses to relocation surveys distributed in 2006 and again in 2007. Updates will be issued as new surveys are developed and completed by central office staff.

• 2009 Headquarters Relocation Survey (October)
• 2009 Headquarters Relocation Survey (May)
• 2008 Headquarters Relocation Survey
• 2007 Headquarters Relocation Survey (December)
• 2007 Headquarters Relocation Survey (April)
• 2006 Headquarters Relocation Survey

Human Resouces' plan to support GDC's move to Forsyth/Tift Campus that ensures the well-being of the department's central office employees is being considered and addressed in these meetings.

• 5/22/2007 Meeting Notes
• 6/19/2007 Meeting Notes
• 7/17/2007 Meeting Notes
• 8/21/2007 Meeting Notes
• 10/17/2007 Meeting Notes
• 12/17/2007 Meeting Notes
• 7/15/2008 Meeting Notes

Commuter transportation/supplement options:

• XPress Georgia (select Route 430)

Outplacement Assistance:

• Careers with the State of Georgia
• GDC Outplacement Package
• Telework and Alternative Work Schedule Agreements

• Forsyth Public Schools

• GORDON COLLEGE
  (about 15 miles; BARNESVILLE, GA; Full-time enrollment: 2,263)
• MERCER UNIVERSITY
  (about 25 miles; MACON, GA; FT enrollment: 6,260)
• MACON STATE COLLEGE
  (about 25 miles; MACON, GA; FT enrollment: 5,403)
• CENTRAL GEORGIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE
  (about 25 miles; MACON, GA; FT enrollment: 6,845)
• FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
  (about 34 miles; FT VALLEY, GA; FT enrollment: 4,086)
• CLAYTON COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY
  (about 47 miles; MORROW, GA; FT enrollment: 6,700)
• GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY
  (about 49 miles; MILLEDGEVILLE, GA; FT enrollment: 6,506)