July 17, 2019
Covington News
New playground equipment brought curious minds as children enjoyed Asbury Street Park before the park’s opening day festivities began. The zip line was the main attraction as children lined up, one by one, to take a ride down the metal pipe.
July 15, 2019
MainStreet News
A list of committee members was released July 8 by the Jefferson City Council. Jefferson Mayor Steve Quinn has spearheaded discussions about the possibility of the city, along with other local governments, building an aquatics facility.
July 12, 2019
Jackson Progress-Argus
Its first investment in Greensboro was the Mary-Leila Lofts project, as it was the initial developer of this $12 million mill redevelopment project which now houses 71 workforce housing units in the downtown area.
Athens Banner-Herald
Athens-Clarke County commissioners are poised to ask voters to approve a $312 million package of construction and other capital projects in a November referendum.
July 11, 2019
Athens-Clarke County Commissioners are edging closer to deciding what to do about the so-called Murmur Trestle in Dudley Park, made famous by an image of it on a record album by Athens rock group R.E.M.
July 10, 2019
Morgan County Citizen
The Madison-Morgan Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) joins an elite group of Georgia CVBs by earning a top ranking that only seven other CVBs across the state have received.
Walton Tribune
At last week’s meeting, the city council voted unanimously to include a referendum on the so-called “Brunch Bill” or “Mimosa Mandate,” on the ballot this fall.
July 9, 2019
MainStreet Newspaper
A fixture in Statham, Mayor Robert Bridges, will end his tenure at the end of December. Bridges, who has been mayor for 20 years, has made it official — he will not seek another term.
MainStreet Newspapers
Madison County cities will now see the official division of the sales tax pie. City councils in each town will now review the intergovernmental agreement and the commissioners will consider official approval at the end of the month.
July 8, 2019
The Monroe Pavilion shopping center on Charlotte Rowell Boulevard edged toward a groundbreaking at the Monroe City Council meeting on Tuesday, as the council granted developer MAB American a rezone on the 95-acre property.