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Catching up with Business Investors
Rock Eagle 4-H Center
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Rock Eagle 4-H Center was established in 1955.
How has your business grown over the years?
We continue to offer facilities to compliment the statewide Georgia 4-H program. Over the years we have offer programs to the community as well as providing event space for various user groups across the south.
The business environment in Putnam
We offer event space, catering options, as well as community events for participants of all ages. Rock Eagle 4-H Center also provides employment opportunities for those in the Putnam County community.
We look forward to providing safe and enjoyable programs to our guest and community. As we continue to move through the COVID-19 pandemic, Rock Eagle 4-H Center continues to prioritize our guest’s safety.
From the Chamber Staff:
Rock Eagle 4-H Center, is an invaluable resource to the Chamber, as well as, Eatonton and Putnam County, and the State of Georgia. Rock Eagle 4-H Center aids in the facilitation of several of the Leadership Putnam activities and hosts several of the Chamber's larger events. We are very grateful to have a partnership with the local leadership and are grateful for the opportunity to be able to work with Executive Director, Matt Hammons, and the wonderful staff.
Lake Oconee Life
How long has the business been around and how did it get started?
I moved to the Lake Oconee area in November 2013 and struggled to find information online for local businesses, fun things to do, and summer camps for my four year old daughter. I purchased the domain LakeOconeeLife.com in January 2018, added an event calendar and started scouring the community in search of events I could add to our calendar. Next, I decided to share my hours of summer camp research in the form of a blog post. To make it easier for our followers I started our weekly newsletter packed full of fun things to do and handy community information. It wasn't long before the Lake Oconee residents depended on us to provide them with great local information. We added LakeSinclairLife.com in January 2020 just in time for the pandemic to hit and close everything down in Milledgeville. Lake Sinclair Life is experiencing healthy growth in 2022 and is quickly becoming a trusted resource for locals and visitors of Lake Sinclair as well.
How has your business grown over the years?
Lake Oconee Life has seen significant growth since we launched in 2018 thanks in part to COVID . With people from New York, Atlanta, Florida and California seeking somewhere they could get away to - they found us online. We received phone calls, text messages, and DM's asking us questions about real estate agents, home-watch companies, where to rent boats, and so much more. We now average 12,000-15,000 monthly page views on our website (double that during the month of July), over 100 pages of our website are indexed on page 1 of Google, 6,000+ newsletter subscribers, and 7,500 Local's Guide Books are absorbed into the community every year. Lake Sinclair Life is growing too, we experience 5000 monthly page views on the website, over 1000 email subscribers, and the Lake Sinclair Life: The Local's Guide are pretty popular at Lake Sinclair.
What are some goals your organization has in mind looking towards the future? Is anything exciting coming in 2022?
We are very excited to announce we now offer year round advertising and special event promotional packages. If you missed getting into our 2022 Local's Guide Book, we now offer a digital version that lives on our homepage, plus you get access to our newsletters, The LO Down and Making Waves plus our popular social media platforms.
The business environment in Putnam County is everchanging, how does your business contribute to the Putnam County community?
We are a free resource for locals and visitors to find realtime community information for fun things to do, places to eat and businesses they can trust.
From the Chamber Staff:
The Chamber is grateful to have Lake Oconee & Lake Sinclair Life-Lynward and Holly Lindsey as Legacy Investors. Having an advocate like Holly who is a prior Chamber Employee out in the community encouraging all businesses to invest in the Chamber is amazing! Holly and Lynward always volunteer to be present and help at events and they also assist the Chamber with advertising through their multiple ventures.
