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Cherokee wins one of top government finance awards

Cherokee County is one of 317 governments in the U.S. and Canada to be a Triple Crown winner by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. (Courtesy of Cherokee County)

Credit: Cherokee County

Credit: Cherokee County

Cherokee County is one of 317 governments in the U.S. and Canada to be a Triple Crown winner by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. (Courtesy of Cherokee County)
By Carolyn Cunningham – For the AJC
Nov 30, 2022

Cherokee County is now a Triple Crown winner by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA), one of 317 governments in the U.S. and Canada to win the award.

The Triple Crown Award designation recognizes governments who have received GFOA’s Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting, Popular Annual Financial Reporting Award and Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for a fiscal year.

GFOA recently notified Cherokee County it earned this designation for the 2020 fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2019 to Sept. 30, 2020).

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