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4A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, September 19,2018
Dawson Chamber, tourism office honored
For the Dawson County News
Pictured from left: Deputy Commissioner Kevin Langston, Georgia
Department of Economic Development; Courtney Randolph, Dahlonega-
Lumpkin County Chamber and Visitors Bureau; Jennifer Cruce, Visit Sandy
Springs; Janet Rodgers, Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau; Dotty
Etris, Roswell Convention and Visitors Bureau; Christie Moore, Dawson
County Chamber and Office of Tourism Development; Commissioner Pat
Wilson, Georgia Departments of Economic Development; Chairwoman
Rashelle Beasley, Georgia Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus.
From staff reports
The Dawson County
Chamber of Commerce
and Office of Tourism
Development, along with
the six other communities
that make up Hospitality
Highway, received the Bill
Hardman Sr. Tourism
Partnership Champion
Award during the 2018
Governor’s Tourism
Conference on Wednesday,
Aug. 29.
The award is given to an
alliance that collaborates to
increase visitation and
tourism expenditures in
Georgia.
The Hospitality
Highway partnership is
made up of the destination
marketing offices for seven
communities along Ga.
400: Buckhead, Sandy
Springs, Roswell,
Alpharetta, Cumming,
Dawsonville and
Dahlonega. The partner
ship was given the award
for its collaborative effort
displayed in creating the
Hospitality Highway Farm
Trail. The Farm Trail bro
chure was made available
to the public in May of
2018 and promotes the
great variety of agritourism
destinations that are open
to the public along Ga.
400.
“We were so honored to
receive the Tourism
Champion Award for
Partnership,” said Christie
Moore, president of the
Dawson County Chamber
of Commerce and Office
of Tourism Development.
“The Hospitality Highway
partnership is one of our
greatest tourism assets as it
allows us to collaboratively
market our community and
leverage our dollars as a
group to reach much larger
audiences than we could
reach individually.”
The idea to create the
Hospitality Highway Farm
Trail originated in Dawson
County.
“In 2016, the Dawson
County Agricultural
Committee was seeking a
way to better promote their
local agritourism destina
tions,” Moore said. “They
were interested in creating
a farm trail but wanted a
fresh, creative take on the
idea.”
After researching trails
around the state, Moore
determined there were no
trails in Georgia that con
nected urban to rural areas.
This led to the idea of cre
ating the Hospitality
Highway Farm Trail along
Ga. 400.
“The partners of
Hospitality Highway
quickly took the initiative
to create the trail since it
would be an innovative
way to better serve their
agricultural destinations
(who often are left out of
printed collateral due to
their seasonal nature) and
strengthen the brand of
Hospitality Highway,”
Moore said.
Through the support of
the partnership, the
Hospitality Highway Farm
Trail Georgia’s Only
Urban to Rural
Agricultural Trail was
launched with printed and
digital brochures that high
light 118 diverse destina
tions throughout
Hospitality Highway’s
seven communities.
“We are very proud of
the Hospitality Highway
Farm Trail and were
thrilled to lead the process
of creating the brochure so
that we can better market
our local agritourism desti-
nations like Burt’s
Pumpkin Farm and the
Amicalola Regional
Farmers Market,” Moore
said.
Copies of the Hospitality
Highway Farm Trail bro
chure are available at the
Dawson County Welcome
Center, as well as online at
dawson.org or hospitality-
highway.com.
Elderly, homebound can soon apply
for help with home heating costs
From staff reports
Ninth District
Opportunity, Inc. has
announced that Dawson
County households in
which every member is
age 65 and older or is
homebound due to health
reasons may apply for
assistance with their
home heating bills begin
ning Nov. 1.
The Georgia
Department of Human
Services will help pay
heating costs for gas or
electric. A one-time pay
ment will be made by
check issued to the home
energy supplier on behalf
of eligible households.
Eligibility for the pro
gram is based on the
income of all household
members. All eligible
households must be
responsible for their
home heating costs.
Depending on the avail
ability of funds, the regu
lar program will open to
the general public on
Dec. 3.
When applying for
assistance, persons will
present verification of age
for everyone in the home,
verification of all house
hold income received
within the past 30 days
(check stubs, public assis
tance checks, unemploy
ment checks, etc.); verifi
cation of Social Security
numbers for everyone in
the home, verification of
citizenship (driver’s
license, state ID, etc.),
and the most recent heat
ing source or electric bill.
All documentation
must be taken to the
appointment, as Ninth
District Opportunity can
no longer obtain the
information for appli
cants.
All eligible applicants
are asked to contact Ninth
District Opportunity’s
scheduling system begin
ning 12:01 a.m. by tele
phone at (855) 636-3108
or through the website,
www.ndo.org/eap.
The phone lines or
website for scheduling
will not be active until the
opening date of the pro
gram and no appoint
ments will be made by
telephone or online until
this time. No walk-ins,
please. Appointments will
be scheduled until all
funds are exhausted.
Please do not call the
local office to schedule
an appointment. All
appointments must be
made through the auto
mated scheduling service.
Applicants that do not
meet the required criteria
will be denied.
Additional information
will be made available
online at www.ndo.org.
Ninth District
Opportunity, Inc. is an
equal opportunity agency
while providing services
without regard to age,
race, religion, gender,
sexual orientation, dis
ability, national origin or
any other classification or
category.
Home heating help for
the elderly and home-
bound is also available
for Banks, Barrow,
Clarke, Elbert, Forsyth,
Franklin, Habersham,
Hall, Hart, Jackson,
Lumpkin, Madison,
Oconee, Oglethorpe,
Rabun, Stephens, Towns,
Union and White coun
ties.
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Expires 10.24.2018
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
Notice is hereby given that three public hearings shall be held
by the Dawson County Board of Commissioners at the Dawson
County Government Center, 25 Justice Way, Assembly Room 2302,
Dawsonville, Georgia as follows:
• 6 p.m. Thursday, October 4,2018 - Public Comment on Proposed
FY 2019 Budget
• 4 p.m. Thursday, October 11,2018- Public Comment Hearing
required by Georgia law
• and 6 p.m. Thursday, October 18,2018 - Additional opportunity for
Public Comment.
The Proposed Budget will be presented by the Chairman of the
Board of Commissioners to the Board and the public at the Board’s
meeting of Thursday, September 27,2018. Once it has been
presented by the Chairman, the Proposed Budget will be available
for review by the public at the County Clerk’s office on the second
floor of the Government Center during normal business hours.
At the October 18,2018, meeting the Board will consider and may
adopt the FY 2019 Budget. The Public Comment Hearings on October
4 and October 18 are not required by law but are being held to give
citizens a greater opportunity to be heard prior to adoption of next
year’s budget.
Dawson County Board of Commissioners voting session,
6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 20, Government Center
A. ROLL CALL
B. INVOCATION
C. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
D. ANNOUNCEMENTS
E. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of the Voting Session held
on September 6, 2018
Minutes of the Work Session held
on September 13, 2018
F APPROVAL OF AGENDA
G. PUBLIC COMMENT
H. ZONING
ZA 18-03 - Flerman Goforth has
made a request for a conditional use
subject to County
Commission approval to allow for
multiple accessory structures to be
built on a 2.744±-acre
tract prior to construction of a pri
mary/residential structure.The subject
property is zoned
RSRMM (Residential Sub-Rural
Manufactured/Moved) and is located at
TMP 107-044.
I. NEW BUSINESS
Consideration of Request for
Additional Funds for Coroner's Office
Consideration of Request for Coroner
to Provide Only Direct Cremation for
Indigent Persons as Allowed by State
Law
Consideration ofVeterans Memorial
Park Civil Design Update Professional
Exemption Request
Consideration of 2019 Board of
Commissioners Meeting Schedule
Consideration of Board Appointment:
a. Chief Registrar/Chair of Board of
Elections & Registration
i. Glenda Ferguson- reappointment
(Term: January 2019 through
December 2022)
Consideration of County Manager
Contract Renewal
J. PUBLIC COMMENT
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