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PAGE 6A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 21.2023
Amicalola EMC’s Operation
RoundUp Awards Grants
Submitted by
Amicalola EMC
In July, Amicalola EMC’s
Operation RoundUp board
awarded grants totaling
$22,435 to local non-profits
and qualifying individuals in
need.
Among those receiving
grants were Appalachian
Mountain Scottish Rite
Assoc., Georgia Mountain
Food Bank, Good Shepherd
Clinic of Dawson County;
Kids Ferst in Gilmer
County; Lumpkin County
Family Connection; The
Place of Forsyth/Dawson;
St. Vincent de Paul, St.
Luke’s Conference and
Women in Technology.
Individuals received
grants for clothes, shoes,
groceries, propane, health
needs and medical bills.
The monthly cost to you
can never be more than .99 a
month and the average is
only about $6 a year. Please
call 706-253-5200 to join.
Receiving the funds from Amicalola EMC were (left)
Phil Dennis, donor outreach coordinator; and Rebecca
Thurman, interim executive director of the Ga. Mtn. Food
Bank.
Thrift Store kicks off new ad campaign
to promote local businesses
The new Friends of CTS fence with local business signage is under construction to
support CTS's festivals and local organizations not qualified for grants. Quinn Smith
(left) and Tony Williams putfinishing touches on the business sign. Watch for more signs
as the Friends Of CTS campaign continues.
By Suellen Reitz
CTS Public Affairs
Director
New construction at the
Pickens Community Thrift
Store is currently underway
with the addition of a beauti
ful wooden fence to line the
parking lot on both sides of
the festival stage. The sign
offers more than just esthet
ics... it is a place for local
business advertising with
custom made 3x5 signs.
The Friends of CTS cam-
Community Thrift Store volunteers assisted in last
week's field trip for Jasper Middle schoolers to the his
toric jail and Oglethorpe Monument in downtown
Jasper. Store President T. Surge Bishop played the role
of sheriff with store manager Bob Perdue acting as
deputy. Max Caylor was the official guide for the mon
ument.
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paign is a win win for every
one. Customers see options
for their shopping needs they
might not have considered,
businesses get great visibility
with the constant car traffic
in and out of the store.. .and
the thrift store gains funds
from these sponsorship signs
to support the three festivals
held on sight throughout the
year.
Each festival supports a se
lected organizations to re
ceive proceeds after festival
expenses. This allows CTS
to support even more of the
many deserving organiza
tions who help make Pickens
a better place to live. The
festivals offer free food and
entertainment for all ages.
The next festival will feature
a chili cook-off competition
with $500 cash award for
first place.
Space is limited with the
sign campaign, so if you
have a business which you
wish to promote, don’t delay
in contacting the store for de
tails. Ask at the counter for
a promotion packet or email
us at cts30143.
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Film industry generates $4.1 billion
in Georgia’s fiscal year '23
During the last fiscal year, Georgia hosted 390produc
tions including 31 feature films, 55 independentfilms, 241
television and episodic productions, 40 commercials, and
23 music videos.
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
ATLANTA - The film in
dustry spent $4.1 billion in
Georgia during the last fiscal
year, Gov. Brian Kemp an
nounced last Wednesday.
That was below the $4.4
billion film and television
productions spent in the
Peach State during the previ
ous fiscal year but above the
$4. billion in direct spending
the industry posted in fiscal
2021 as Georgia began to
emerge from the pandemic.
“Georgia remains a global
leader in film, TV, and
streaming productions,”
Kemp said. “Those who ben
efit most from the significant
growth we’ve seen in this in
dustry over the past couple of
decades are hardworking
Georgians who fill the many
behind-the-camera jobs that
come with each project.
That’s why we’ve worked
hard to attract these and other
opportunities for those who
call the Peach State home.”
Georgia was an also-ran
in terms of the film industry
until the General Assembly
enacted a lucrative tax credit
for film and TV productions
back in 2008. The year be
fore the tax credit took effect,
the industry generated a
comparatively paltry $135
million in direct economic
impact.
Since then, production
studios have sprung up
across the state, including a
$200 million facility in Dou
glas ville and a $180 million
studio in Forest Park, both of
which began construction in
fiscal 2023.
Athena Studios, a $60
million investment in Athens,
opened its doors last January,
while Electric Owl Studios
opened the world’s first
ground-up LEED Gold-certi
fied studio campus in
DeKalb County in June.
Lee Thomas, direc
tor of the Georgia Film Of
fice, said some of the
productions filmed locally
will have an impact for
decades to come.
“We know that tourists
flock to Covington not only
because of recent projects
like ‘The Vampire Diaries’
but also because five
episodes of ‘The Dukes of
Hazzard’ were shot there
four decades ago,” she said.
“In just a few seasons, ‘The
Walking Dead’ helped trans
form Senoia from six store
fronts to more than 150 small
businesses downtown.
“Beyond the direct spend,
it may take years, even
decades, to understand the
complete economic impact
of a project on an area.”
Gaming, esports, and
other interactive entertain
ment projects are also part of
the production growth in
Georgia but are not included
in the film industry’s direct
spend totals.
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4. Park w/ recently repaved path
5. Stabber
12. Georgia Festival
13. Southern saying, traveling straight line not roads
14. President's monument w/ Pickens marble
15. Landscape feature on lots of logos
16. Arty Main Street event
18. Mascot for Tate Elem, UGA
19. Outdoor Big Canoe event venue
20. Southern meal fav„ comes in drumsticks, comes
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2. Jasper's light pole color
3. Tennis’ cousin, played in rec gym in am
6. Pickens Rescue, for pets
7. Commish before Stancil
8. Longtime locale for tuxes
9. City w/ heated council race
10. Being built by Walmart for fast Asian food
11. Mayor before Lawrence
17. Salty meat in rectangle can
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