New ARC member tapped to represent Henry

Richard Sylvia has joined the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Board of Directors to represent Citizen District 1, which includes portions of DeKalb and Henry counties. Sylvia is one of eight new members that have joined the 39-member ARC board, which includes the county commission chair from each of the 10 member counties, the mayor and a council member from the city of Atlanta, and a mayor from each of the 10 counties with the exception of Fulton, which has two mayoral representatives, one from North Fulton and one from South Fulton. The board also includes 15 citizen members selected by the board’s elected officials and a representative from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.