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4A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, January 15,2020
Amicalola Regional Farmers Market eyes April launch
Local market will kick off inaugural season in new location
By Joshua Demarest
jdemarest@dawsonnews.com
The Amicalola Regional Farmers
Market held a meeting of interested ven-
dors Saturday, Jan. 11 at the
Dawsonville City Hall. The informal
meeting was aimed at ascertaining how
many vendors would be interested in
being a part of the market’s first season
at the new location near Main Street
Park and City Hall.
Farmers and artisans from Dawson
County and several tangential counties
met on the dreary Saturday morning.
Many of the farmers had played a part
in the market every year since it started,
but there were an equal number of farm
ers who were there for the first time.
This is great news for the market,
which hopes to offer an even wider
selection of produce and goods than
years past.
Some farmers also raised questions
about produce that is expected at farm
ers markets but won’t be in season in
Dawson County until later in the sum
mer — according to one farmer present,
people just expect sweet corn and water
melon for Memorial Day.
It was agreed at the meeting that
some fresh produce will be brought up
the night before each market from
south Georgia until that crop is in
season here.
Another vendor also announced he
would be bringing fresh seafood from
the coast, as well as taking orders for
the next week at the markets.
While no date was officially decided
at the meeting, organizers announced
that they wanted to target a start date in
April, and most vendors seemed to
agree that they would be ready then.
Dawson County News will continue
to cover the market as it moves towards
opening.
Photo for Dawson County News
Vendors and organizers iron out the details for the opening of the Amicalola Regional Farmers Market.
2 back-to-back fires break
out in Dawson County
By Joshua Demarest
jdemarest@dawsonnews.com
Two house fires broke out
Wednesday, Jan. 8 in Dawson County.
Dawson County E911 fielded calls
reporting a house fire at a single-wide
mobile home off of War Hill Park Rd.
just before noon. Dawson County Fire
and Emergency Services personnel
responded and immediately began
defensive operations to control the
blaze.
Forsyth County and Lumpkin
County both responded with mutual
aid, with Forsyth lending a fire
engine, rescue and battalion chief, and
Lumpkin sending a med unit.
Within 20 minutes of arrival, the
crews had the fire under control.
One male victim was life flighted
from War Hill Park with burn injuries.
His status has not been confirmed as
of the writing of this article.
The second fire was called in just
after 1:30 p.m. at a two-story single
family house off of Caboose Lane.
Crews arrived quickly and made an
interior approach to the fire, which
appeared to be coming from the attic.
The fire personnel were able to
bring the fire under control quickly,
and no injuries were reported.
The causes of both fires are still
under investigation, but according to a
press release issued by Dawson
County Fire and Emergency Services,
neither appear to be suspicious in
nature.
“This is a good time to remind our
community to be mindful and keep
items at least 3 feet away from any
heat source. At the first sign of fire, to
always call 911 and get the fire
department in route as soon as possi
ble,” read the press release.
Photo courtesy of Dawson County Fire and Emergency Services
A fire rips through a singlewide mobile home Wednesday, Jan. 8 off of War
Hill Park Road.
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