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STATE BRIEF |
GEORGIA · JULY 2026 |
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THE QUESTION THIS WEEK
How Georgia governments are explaining assessment season.
Assessment notices hit Georgia mailboxes in June and July — the same weeks budgets and millage rates get set. The communicators winning this season are the ones doing the math in public.
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| 📍 37 GA communities posted about budgets, taxes & assessments in the last ~6 weeks · 78 posts |
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THE SIGNAL
Nothing generates confused phone calls like a Notice of Assessment. Georgia's strongest posts this cycle pre-empted the calls: what the notice is, what changed this year (including a new state law), what it does and doesn't mean for the tax bill — and, in one notable case, an unusually honest disclosure about what 'holding the rate steady' really costs taxpayers.
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THE PATTERN TO BORROW
Do the math in public. Explain the notice before it lands, decode the document, and volunteer the rollback arithmetic even when it stings. The posts that pre-empt the confused phone call are the ones that get shared.
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HOW GA GOVERNMENTS ARE SAYING IT
| HALL COUNTY |
101 engagements |
Announce the mailing before it lands, and explain the new state law in the same breath. “The Hall County Tax Assessors' Office will mail the 2026 Notice of Assessments on Monday, July 6… Due to the passing of Senate Bill 566, a Georgia property tax reform law…”
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| COBB COUNTY |
82 engagements |
Walk residents through the document itself — 'it looks different this year' is exactly what people need to hear before they open it. “Your 2026 Notice of Assessment is in the mail! This official notice shows your property's fair market value. Under Georgia law, properties are assessed at 40% of that value… The notice looks a little different this year.”
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| CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE |
34 engagements |
Do the rollback math yourself, in the post. Volunteering the 10% figure costs a headline and buys credibility. “…marking the third consecutive year the City has held its property tax rate steady. However, because the City is not rolling back the rate in response to increased property values, this will result in a 10.00% increase in property taxes over the rollback rate.”
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| GWINNETT COUNTY |
94 engagements |
When you brag, translate it: bond ratings matter to residents only once you connect them to borrowing costs. “Gwinnett County has once again achieved the highest possible bond ratings from the three major credit agencies, earning Triple AAA status for the 29th consecutive year… helping secure the lowest borrowing costs.”
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| MACON-BIBB COUNTY |
164 engagements |
Anchor the budget story on named programs residents recognize, then state the millage impact plainly. “Macon-Bibb County has approved its Fiscal Year 2027 Budget with increased investments in key priority areas while assuming no change to the millage rate.”
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