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Chamber holds ribbon cutting for mortgage office
Erica Jones Dawson County News
On June 2, the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce held
a ribbon cutting for Destiny Mortgage Lending in downtown
Dawsonville.
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
On Thursday June 2, the
Dawson County Chamber of
Commerce held an official rib
bon cutting for Destiny
Mortgage Lending, located at
436 Academy Avenue in
Dawsonville.
Destiny Mortgage Lending
offers several mortgage options,
fast customized quotes and great
rates. Melanie Walburg has
owned and operated the compa
ny for 17 years and was working
out of her home, but said that in
2020 she realized that she need
ed to expand with an office
space and an extended staff.
“I had 265 closings in 2020
and I was working out of my
house doing it all on my own
and couldn’t do it anymore,”
Walburg said. “So I hired some
people — the best people in the
world — and we’re just really
happy to be here.”
Prior to cutting the ribbon,
Dawson County Chamber of
Commerce President and CEO
Mandy Power welcomed
Walburg and her staff to the
community and to the chamber.
“This is truly what the
Dawson County Chamber is all
about; we’ve had several small
businesses that we’ve cut rib
bons on in the last week and this
is just an additional small busi
ness that we’re so excited to
have,” Power said. “Mortgage is
a necessity that we all have to
have, so we’re very happy that
you’re here.”
Board Chair Shannon Voss
added to Power’s comments,
telling Walburg how excited she
is to have Destiny Mortgage
Lending as a new part of the
chamber.
“I just wanna say welcome to
the chamber; I know that you’ll
have so many new friends and
new people that you can meet
and greet with and we’re just so
happy to have you,” Voss said.
Walburg said that her business
is built on great customer ser
vice, and that responding quick
ly to her clients and helping
them in any way possible is a
cornerstone of Destiny
Mortgage Lending.
“If you need a qualification
letter on a Sunday afternoon, I
will do it,” Walburg said. “When
I see an email I respond and
send it right back out.”
Power, who had a career in
banking prior to stepping into
the role of president and CEO
for the chamber, reiterated how
important responding to clients
quickly and effectively is when
it comes to a mortgage or a loan.
“I can say coming from the
banking business for 17 years
and dealing with mortgages and
all that type of thing, that is a
huge deal,” Power said. “Having
such a small community — with
such a small town feel but such
a big, vast business community
— relationship is key. In a lot of
other communities these days
it’s not the same, so you fit right
in here with us and I just know
that you’re going to have a very
long tenure here in Dawson
County so we’re very excited.”
Destiny Mortgage Lending is
located 436 Academy Avenue in
downtown Dawsonville. For
more information about the
company and its services, go to
https ://destinymortgagelending.
com/ or call 706-265-2203.
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Rotary
Dawson County holds a
grand opening celebration
for the splash pad.
According to the club’s
president Jo Brewer, the
club has been unable to
hold this celebration for
the past couple of years
due to the COVID-19
pandemic, so this year’s
event was all the more
special.
“We love to give back
to the community — ser
vice above self is our
motto — so we do this
every year to celebrate the
re-opening of the splash
park and just give back to
our community,” Brewer
said. “I love this one in
particular because it
brings families out; you
see and hear so much
negativity in the news and
other places but this is an
event where families can
just come and spend spe
cial time with each other
and with their neighbors
and friends; that’s kind of
what it’s all about.”
This year’s event
included free snow cones,
hot dogs, chips and
drinks, along with several
different fun activities for
all ages like face painting,
lawn games and arts and
crafts. Several local non
profits, including The
Place of Dawson County,
K.A.R.E. for Kids, the
Good Shepherd Clinic
and Alliance Together,
also had booths set up
during the event to net
work with the community
and to showcase their ser
vices to anyone who
might need them.
According to Brewer,
the event is a great exam
ple of what Dawson
County is all about, and
the club is grateful to be
able to host it each year.
“It’s a wonderful, won
derful day, and it’s just
great to see the kids hav
ing such a great time,”
Brewer said. “The kids
love the splash park and
the parents love it too
because they’ll probably
be tired and have a nice
nap when they get home.
And it’s really just a good,
family-oriented, fun-in-
the-sun type of event.”
Rotary Island is at Rock
Creek Park, located at 445
Martin Road in Dawson
County.
Chamber welcomes Little Lending Library
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
On Friday June 3, the
Dawson County Chamber
of Commerce held a ribbon
cutting for the Wee Books
Little Lending Library
located at War Hill Park.
Little Lending Libraries
are boxes scattered
through the community
that contain books avail
able for anyone in the
community to come and
access. Several lending
libraries like the one at
War Hill Park are in place
throughout Dawson
County to provide easy
access to free books for
anyone who wants one.
The lending library at
War Hill Park is provided
by Dawson County Wee
Books, a local nonprofit
aimed at cultivating a love
for literacy in children
through sending them free
books from birth until they
start kindergarten.
While Wee Books
installed the lending
library at War Hill Park
several years ago, the
group has recently
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Runoff
Democrat Bob Christian in the Nov. 8
general election.
Voters selecting Democratic ballots
can vote in the following races:
• Lieutenant governor: Kwanza
Hall vs. Charlie Bailey
• Secretary of state: Bee Nguyen
vs. Dee Dawkins-Haigler
• Insurance commissioner: Janice
Laws Robinson vs. Raphael
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• Labor commissioner: William
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Erica Jones Dawson County News
On June 3, the Dawson County Chamber of
Commerce held an official ribbon cutting for the
Wee Books Little Lending Library located at War
Hill Park.
revamped the structure to
provide an improved asset
to the park. This included
rebuilding the structure
and a fresh coat of paint
added by a local artist,
portraying the Wee Books
annual fundraiser, “Leap
for Literacy”.
According to Wee
Books Chairwoman
Karmen Pharris, the goal
of the lending library is to
bring easy access to books
to the park, and she and
her team couldn’t be more
excited about reopening it
with all of the recent
improvements.
“We hope that this is a
good addition to War Hill,”
Pharris said. “I know it’s
been popular all these
years so we’re excited to
have a new and improved
one.”
Before cutting the rib
bon, Dawson County
Chamber of Commerce
President and CEO Mandy
Power thanked Pharris and
her team for all the Wee
Books does for the com
munity and for the newly
improved lending library.
“What Wee Books does
for our community is super
tremendous so we’re super
excited to be here to cele
brate y’all and the beautiful
lending library; I love how
they’re all just a little bit
different,” Power said.
The Wee Books Little
Lending Library is in War
Hill Park, located at 4081
War Hill Park Road. To
learn more about Little
Lending Libraries and to
learn about where else in
the community they can be
found, go to https ://www.
dawsonchamber.org/daw-
son-county-little-lending-
library/.
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Those who want to vote early in-per-
son may do so the week of June 13-17.
Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
that week at the Central Precinct, which
is the Dawson County Board of
Elections & Voter Registration Office
located at 96 Academy Avenue.
Runoff Election Day is Tuesday, June
21, with polls open at the county’s
Central, Eastern and Western precincts
from the standard 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Central Precinct: Dawson County
Elections & Voter Registration
Office, 96 Academy Ave.
• Eastern Precinct: Dawson County
Fire & EMS station no. 2 at 145
Liberty Drive. It’s on Highway 53
east of Ga. 400 N, just past the
Tractor Supply.
• Western Precinct: Dawson
County Fire Station no. 6 at 2142
Hubbard Road
Each person must vote at their
assigned precinct on Election Day. For
more information, please consult the
Dawson County website at www.daw-
soncounty.org/elections.
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