Dublin, Georgia

==Government==
[[File:Post Office, Belleveue Ave, Dublin.jpg|thumb|Post Office]]
Dublin's city government is made up of a mayor and a city council composed of seven council members. Four of the council members represent wards, or districts, within the city boundaries; the remaining three members are considered council members at large, representing the entire city as legislative members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.municode.com/ga/dublin/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTICH|title=Municode Library|website=Library.municode.com|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref>

Dublin was chosen as a City of Excellence by the Georgia Municipal Association and ''Georgia Trend'' magazine in 2000.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dublinlaurensgeorgia.com/index.php/living_here/awards_recognition |title=Dublin-Laurens County &#124; Living Here &#124; Awards & Recognition |date=August 28, 2016 |website= |access-date=April 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828093544/http://www.dublinlaurensgeorgia.com/index.php/living_here/awards_recognition |archive-date=August 28, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> This distinction recognized Dublin as one of the ten best managed and most livable cities in Georgia when evaluated on areas like public safety, cultural activities, fiscal management, and downtown viability.

In 2005, Dublin was designated as a "Signature Community" by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.<ref name="auto1"/> Dublin was also recognized by the American Association of Retirement Communities (AARC) as a Seal of Approval Community in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gmanet.com/Advice-Knowledge/Articles-and-Resources/Downtown-Redevelopment-and-Retiree-Attraction-Goo.aspx |title=Downtown Redevelopment and Retiree Attraction: Good Timing |website=www.gmanet.com |access-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327214119/https://www.gmanet.com/Advice-Knowledge/Articles-and-Resources/Downtown-Redevelopment-and-Retiree-Attraction-Goo.aspx |archive-date=March 27, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Dublin Post Office and the Court Square Station in Dublin.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/dublin-514-bellevue-ave-dublin-ga-1354534 Post Office Location - DUBLIN] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616064313/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/dublin-514-bellevue-ave-dublin-ga-1354534 |date=June 16, 2012 }}." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on September 7, 2010</ref><ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/court-square-station-100-n-franklin-st-rm-103-dublin-ga-1359432] {{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

The Carl Vinson Veterans Administration Medical Center is located in Dublin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dublin.va.gov/ |title=VA Dublin Health Care &#124; Veterans Affairs |website=Dublin.va.gov |date= |access-date=April 4, 2022}}</ref> It was originally commissioned as Naval Hospital Dublin on January 22, 1945, as an ideal location for convalescence from [[rheumatic fever]]. As such it was the site of the commissioning of [[Naval Medical Research Unit Four]] on May 31, 1946, to study the disease. The Navy transferred the hospital to the Veterans Affairs Department in November 1947, and it was subsequently named for congressman [[Carl Vinson]] who was responsible for getting it built in Dublin. Today, the medical center provides a range of services to veterans in Middle and South Georgia, including primary care, mental health, ambulatory and urgent care, optometry, women's health, and extended care. The medical center features a 340 operating-bed facility and has approximately 1,100 employees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.va.gov/directory/guide/facility.asp?ID=42|title=Carl Vinson VA Medical Center - Locations|website=Va.gov|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref>

Dublin's Laurens County Library is known for its [[genealogy]] department, with archives and records going back two hundred years.