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4A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, November 21,2018
Chestatee residents provideThanksgiving meals to 150 families
Photo for the Dawson County News
Residents of the
Chestatee subdivision
in Dawsonville came
together this holiday
season to raise
money to provide
Thanksgiving meals
to 150 Dawson
County families.The
Chestatee Ric-Rack
Thanksgiving Turkey
Drive Committee said
that more than $3,000
in turkeys and funds
were raised during
the drive. Pictured are
the following mem
bers of the Chestatee
Thanksgiving Turkey
Drive Committee and
Ric-Rack employees:
Shannon Hutchins
and Austin Smith
from Ric-Rack and
from Chestatee, left
to right, are Bill
Dumont, Barbara
Dumont, Jim Harvey
and Hugh Holley.
Small Business Saturday this weekend
Why you should shop local for the holidays
By Jessica Taylor
jtaylor@dawsonnews.com
As the holiday season
approaches, that usually
means it’s time to hit the
stores or internet in
search of the perfect gifts
for your friends and loved
ones. But what if that per
fect gift can’t be found on
the vast reaches of the
online world or national
chain stores? What if that
unique gift came right
from your very own
town? Maybe shopping
locally is just what you
need this Christmas, and
here’s why.
You strengthen your
local economy. Money
that’s spent in local stores
and boutiques stays with
in the county. According
to the Andersonville
Study of Retail
Economics, if you spend
$100 in a locally owned
store, $68 stays in the
community where as only
$43 would stay in the
community if you buy
from a national chain.
Studies by private
research firm Civic
Economics also show that
for every dollar you
spend at an independent
business, three times
more money is put back
in to your local economy
than dollars spent at a
chain. The money that
stays in the community
goes towards supporting
local schools, police and
emergency services and
maintaining the roads you
travel every day.
You help create jobs and
opportunities. Not only
does shopping local stim
ulate the economy, it helps
bring jobs to your com
munity. Local businesses
bring local jobs. By stop
ping by an independent
business for your
Christmas shopping
needs, you’re directly
helping people in your
own community. You’re
also helping to give back
to the many nonprofit
organizations in your
community when you
shop locally. Independent
businesses give more to
charitable organizations in
your community than
chain retailers. In fact, the
Seattle Good Business
Network reports that small
businesses donate 250
percent more to nonprofits
and community causes
than chain stores.
You enhance and build
your community. Going
to a locally run business
in your town means you
might just run in to some
familiar faces. The
woman behind the coun
ter might be someone
who goes to the same
church as you. The teen
ager stocking the shelves
could be your son’s high
school friend. That gen
tleman welcoming you to
his store could be your
neighbor. When you stop
by your local stores,
you’re meeting people
who live in the same town
as you and you’re sup
porting the talented entre
preneurs in your commu
nity when you choose to
spend your dollars there.
When you hand your cash
to the smiling woman
behind the counter, you
see exactly who you are
supporting. Your choice
to shop locally helps your
community members pro
vide for their families.
You’ll find unique and
high quality gifts you
won’t find anywhere else.
With all the local talent
and unique passions that
fill the community, you’re
sure to find those special
Christmas gifts you just
couldn’t find at big box
stores. Maybe you’re
looking for some custom
made jewelry to surprise
your wife this Christmas.
Maybe your mother has
been hunting for a one-
of-a-kind wind chime and
the Mom and Pop shop a
mile from your house has
just the one. You’ll never
know what treasures
you’ll find when you stop
by your local businesses,
but you’ll know whatever
you do find has been
crafted with love. When
you buy local, you often
buy handmade products
made with passion for a
more personal touch
than anything you find
in a chain store.
You’ll get great cus
tomer service. Locally
owned businesses are
run by passionate peo
ple who care about their
customers. They have
invested in your com
munity the same way
you have invested in
them. Passionate busi
ness owners know the
ins and outs of their
products and are always
ready to help you make
the right decision for all
your needs. With a
friendly smile they offer
up their best advice and
treat you as their num
ber one customer. When
you choose to do your
spending locally, you
are supporting you com
munity’s dreamers and
their passions — and
who knows, you might
make some new friends
this holiday season.
Dawson Board of
Commissioners
approves county
road projects
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
The Dawson County
Board of
Commissioners unani
mously approved sev
eral roads projects
scheduled for next year
during a meeting Nov.
15.
Construction on a
new bridge on Black’s
Mill Road should begin
in January now that the
board has approved
awarding a $375,000
contract to Georgia
Bridge and Concrete.
The completion date
will depend on when
the new steel bridge is
delivered.
“The actual construc
tion time is not that
long, the long time is
going to be the 18 to
20 weeks it’s going to
take from the time we
order the bridge to the
time it’s here,” Public
Works Director David
McKee said Nov. 8.
The bridge has been
closed since July 2017
when the Georgia
Department of
Transportation closed
it, declaring it was
structurally deficient.
McKee said Thursday
that GDOT has been
involved with the engi
neering process and
will inspect the bridge
once it is built.
Emergency services
vehicles will be able to
pass over the new,
wider bridge after dis
continuing use of the
bridge several years
ago due to weight
restrictions.
Also approved Nov.
15 was an application to
repair county roads
through the state Local
Maintenance and
Improvement Grant pro
gram.
The roads that will be
repaired if the county
receives the grant will
include several roads in
the Dawson Junction
subdivision off Dawson
Forest Road; roads in
the Hightower Industrial
Park off Hwy. 53; and
Amicalola Drive in the
Amicalola Chase
Subdivision off Hwy.
136 and Crane Road.
If the grant, amount
ing to $414,931.34 with
a 30 percent county
match, is awarded, the
projects would start
around March or April
2019.
The board also
approved a contract to
renovate the exterior of
the gym at Veterans
Memorial Park in an
amount not to exceed
$235,140 and approved
a rezoning request for a
property located on
Hwy. 9 S in the curves.
Property owners
Donald and Deborah
Dearwent requested a
rezone from RSR, or
Residential Sub-Rural,
to RA, or Residential
Agricultural, for their
nearly eight acre proper
ty at 3264 Hwy. 9 S.
The property currently
features a single family
home and is on the mar
ket.
The Dearwents asked
for the RA zoning to
allow for the possibility
of potential buyers
opening a bed and
breakfast.
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Photo courtesy of Cineflex
Frank Fritz, left, and Mike Wolfe, stars of "American Pickers," are returning to
Georgia and are looking for participants in their antiques show.
‘American Pickers’ coming back
to Georgia through February
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DOWNTOWN DAWSONVILLE
December i, 2018
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Jingle Market | 3pm - 8pm
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From staff reports
Get some cash from
your clutter, Dawsonville:
“American Pickers” is
coming back through
Georgia and the show is
looking for antiques.
The show follows Mike
Wolfe and Frank Fritz as
the pair prowl through
collectibles throughout the
country, looking for prizes
to pick and resell. They’ll
be filming through
February 2019 and are
currently looking for peo
ple with large, private col
lections of antiques who
want to participate in the
show.
People selected to par
ticipate in the show should
expect to have their col
lections looked through
“for the better part of the
day,” according to an
announcement from
Cineflex, the producers of
the show.
“As they hit the back
roads from coast to coast,
Mike and Frank are on a
mission to recycle and res
cue forgotten relics,”
states the announcement.
“Along the way, the
Pickers want to meet char
acters with remarkable
and exceptional items.
The pair hopes to give his-
torically significant
objects a new lease on
life, while learning a thing
or two about America’s
past along the way. “
If you would like to par
ticipate in the show, send
your name, phone num
ber, location and a
description of the collec
tion to americanpickers@
cineflix.com or call
855-OLD-RUST.
Private collections do
not include stores, malls,
flea markets, museums,
auctions, businesses or
anything open to the pub
lic, according to Cineflex.
This story has been
compiled from a Cineflex
press release.
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