About Us

 

Mission Statement

The purpose of RiverWay South is to preserve, protect and promote the unique heritage of communities within the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee and Flint (ACF) watershed.

In addition, goals have been set.

We hope to accomplish our mission through development of a master plan (for economic development along the river throughout the ACF watershed) to track and measure economic impact results for the entire region, to serve as a coach for new product initiatives and to market ecologically sensitive and sustainable tourism throughout the entire region.

RiverWay South has defined 4 major immediate objectives including plans to:

  • Establish RiverWay South Institute with at least 4 participating universities.
  • Design at least 3 new tourism attractors on the river from the following: river cruises, canoe trips, kayak tours and rafting.
  • Act as a catalyst in strengthening relationships among the watershed counties by recruiting at least 2 members from each county to serve as and Interagency Task Force to coordinate activities throughout all the counties.
  • Establish a resource list of available funding options within the watershed.

Board of Directors

Hank Arnold hank@pinemountain.org Harris County, GA
Frasier Bingham frabin@earthlink.net Florida
Peter Bowden pbowden@colubusga.org Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau
Harold Bryant hbryant@columbusgachamber.com Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Ken Crooks onecolumbus@msn.com Muscogee County, GA
Victor Cross pcrccham@ldl.net Russell County
Mary Jo Dudley mdudley10@bellsouth.net Bainbridge GA
Bill Edwards EdwrWll@aol.com Executive Director Chattahoochee River Watch
Cathy Fussell Fussell_Cathy@colstate.edu Marion County
Wade Harrison wharrison@TNC.ORG Chattahoochee County
Bob Hendrix bhendrix@dothanalcvb.com Dothan AL
Billy Houston bhoustonacf@bellsouth.net Eufaula AL Tri Rivers
Paul Jarrell pjarrell@cfrdc.org Flint River RDC
Dianne Levesque tourism@lagrangechamber.com Troup County
Willoughby Marshall willoughby.marshall@mchsi.com Apalachicola, FL
Virginia Peebles peebles@knology.net Historic Columbus
Ken Penuel kpenuel@alltel.net Fort Gaines, Clay County
Doug Purcell Trace@eufaula.rr.com Historic Chattahoochee Commission
Carole Rutland crutland@knology.net Executive Director RiverWay South
Jim Stewart Jimmy@StewartPropertiesLLC.com Valley, AL
Chad Taylor cct@phonl.com Jackson County, FL
John Turner jturner@wcbradley.com Columbus Ga 31904
Ed Wilson wilson@knology.net Retired Columbus Consolidated Gov
Elinor Winn ewinn071@charter.net Retired Columbus Museum of Art
LaVerne Wright wrightlaverne@bellsouth.net Cusseta, GA, Chattahoochee County