Acronyms-What They Are Saying

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This website is provided to help you understand what a lot of the abbreviations mean that you will see in various municipal and government documents. The first phase is to give you the meaning of the acronyms/abbreviations. Hopefully, this will help you in your understanding of your community and government processes.

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A

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• ACP

Atlanta Committee for Progress

• ACVB

Atlanta Convention & Visitor's Bureau

• ADA

Atlanta Development Authority

• AHA

Atlanta Housing Authority

• ANDP

Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership

• APD

Atlanta Police Department

• APFE

Atlanta Partnership For Excellence In Education

• APS

Atlanta Public Schools

• ARC

Atlanta Regional Commission

• ARCHE

Atlanta Regional Consortium for Higher Education

• ATDC

Advanced Technology Development Center

• AWDA

Atlanta Workforce Development Agency

 

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C

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• CAP

Central Atlanta Progress

• CDHR

Community Development Human Resources Committee-Atlanta City Council Committee

• CID

Community Improvement District

• CIFAL

International Training Center For Local Authorities

• CoA

City of Atlanta

 

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D

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• DNR

Department of Natural Resources (usually Georgia Department of Natural Resources)

 

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E

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• EPA

Environmental Protection Agency (usually refers to U.S. EPA-see below under Section "U").

• EPD

Environmental Protection Department

(usually refers to Georgia Environmental Protection Division-Department of Natural Resources)

 

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F

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• FBI

Federal Bureau Of Investigation

 

 

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G

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• GDOT

Georgia Department of Transportation

• GRA

Georgia Research Alliance

 

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M

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• MACOC

Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

• MARTA

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

 

 

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T

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• TAD

Tax Allocation District

• TOD

Transit Oriented Development

 

 

 

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U

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• UCDC

University Community Development Corporation

• UEZ

Urban Enterprise Zone

• URDC

Urban Residential Development Corporation

• US EPA

United States Environmental Protection Agency