Official Newsletter of the Eatonton-Putnam Chamber of Commerce
THE CHAMBER CORNER
Volume 12, Issue 3
March 2012
Tickets Still Available!
Murder Mystery is Friday!
Board of Directors Nominating Report The 2012-2013 nominating committee met on Feb. 6 with the following recommendations for serving a two-year term. Nominations to serve a second term include Wes Lewis, Georgia Power Company; Gene Thurston, Neighborhood Cleaners; Cynthia Wallace, Sycamore Oconee Real Estate; Terry Camp, Rock Eagle 4-H Center; and Lowell White, Calvert & White Custom Homes. Nominations to serve an initial term include Marcia Clanton, Putnam County Charter School Systems; Jay Gregory, Gregory Bridge Company; and Bryce McQuin, The Village at Harmony Crossing. According to the Chamber’s bylaws, members have the right to submit nominations by petition. To make a nomination by petition, call the Chamber at (706) 485-7701. If there are no nominations by petition, then the Board will accept and close the nominations at the March 22 meeting and the nominees will be elected in May at the Annual Awards Banquet.
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The Chamber’s Annual Murder Mystery Dinner Theater: Ho, Ho, Homicide, will take place this Friday, March 2 at 7 p.m. at The Plaza Arts Center. Join us for the Holly, Jolly Christmas Party where you will mingle with all of our magical guests. In the end, it is you who must decipher between the evil and the innocent, the righteous and the responsible, the naughty and the nice. Tickets are $35 a person, dinner is included. The Murder Mystery is sponsored by Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee, Smith Communications, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Putnam General Hospital, The Peoples Bank and Putnam County Charter School System. For more information, call (706) 4857701, email bonnie@eatonton.com or visit the Chamber office to pick out your character. The Plaza Arts Center / Chamber office is located at 305 N. Madison Ave., Eatonton, GA 31024.
Nominations Enclosed
Mark your calendar for the Chamber’s Annual Awards Banquet on Monday, May 7 at Rock Eagle 4-H Center, marking our 33rd Birthday! Every year at the Awards Banquet, the Chamber honors those in the community who have excelled in several different categories. Enclosed you will find a nomination form for Business Person of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Citizen of the Year and the Edward Rice Youth in Excellence Award. Please take the time to look around and nominate someone for the different categories. We are so blessed in this community to have so many outstanding individuals that give of their time, energy and resources to make Putnam County a better place to live. Deadline to submit nominations is April 2. For more information or to see a list of past winners, call (706) 485-7701. In addition to submitting a nomination, feel free to go ahead and sign up to be a corporate sponsor ($400) or sponsor a table centerpiece (cost of supplies to create the centerpiece). Businesses are encouraged to be creative with the centerpiece by incorporating the aspects of their business into the centerpiece. For example, a dentist office could include toothbrushes See Annual Dinner page 2...
Eatonton Makes the List of
Five Great Small Towns!
Chamber attends annual Tourism and Hospitality Day event! Bonnie Simmons, Tourism & Special Events Coordinator at the Eatonton-Putnam Chamber of Commerce, joined Gov. Nathan Deal and the Georgia tourism and hospitality industry for the annual Tourism & Hospitality Day at the state Capitol to highlight the important role tourism plays in Georgia’s economy. Representatives from the tourism industry presented Deal with a check representing $1.185 billion in state tax revenue generated from tourism-related expenditures in 2010. “The tourism industry is a huge economic engine for the state of Georgia,” said Deal. “The more than 391,000 Georgians employed by the industry are an integral part of Georgia’s economy.” Following the check presentation, Simmons assisted the Historic Heartland Travel Association in hand delivering local regional goodies to the state representatives and legislatures. Deal also unveiled the new 2012 annual Georgia Travel Guide. This full-color, magazine-size guide features Georgia’s own Lady Antebellum on the cover. The guide provides visitors with information on Georgia’s tourism assets including trip ideas, attractions, accommodations, events and more. See Tourism page 2...