Charlie Auvermann

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Charlie Auverman has resigned his position as Executive Director of the Development Authority of Dawson County effective immediately.

As Executive Director, Auvermann was paid out of the Development Authority’s budget which was funded by county taxpayers until last year when the Dawson County Board of Commissioners voted to cut off funding for the organization.

Resigning along with Auvermann is Office Administrator Mary Simmons.

According to the Authority website, Auvermann helped to install multiple Dawson County-based projects with a capital investment of $125 million.

He currently serves as Chairman of the Joint Development Authority for Dawson, Lumpkin and White counties and as adjunct professor at the University of North Georgia’s Mike Cottrell College of Business since 2005. He sits on the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission where he was selected as the 2014 Appointed Official of the Year and is the 2016 Chair of the GMRC 13 County Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Committee.

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