Events for May 2015

Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce
May 1 Grand Opening of Pack N Print
Cookies, coffee and a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card.
Come check us out!
  • Date:
    May 1, 2015
  • Time:
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location:
    3189 Winder Hwy.
    Jefferson GA  30549
  • Date/Time Details:
    Drop on  by on May 1st,  9:00 - 5:00 p.m. for Grand Opeing
May 10 - Oct 31 Sunday Center Market
ATHENS, Ga. ? Come out and join us in downtown Athens at the Sunday Center Market, in The Classic Center's new 440 Foundry Pavilion. The Sunday Center Market will run each Sunday from May through October, with the exception of home UGA football game weekends, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. The family friendly Market is free to attendees and will feature artists, farmers, crafters, food trucks, live music, kids? activities and more. For more information and a complete list of dates the Market will be open, please visit www.SundayCenterMarket.com
  • Date:
    May 10, 2015
  • Time:
    11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Website:
    http://www.sundaycentermarket.com/
  • Location:
    The Classic Center's new 440 Foundry Pavilion
  • Contact:
    The Classic Center 706.357.4444
  • EMail:
    danny@classiccenter.com
  • Date/Time Details:
    Sundays from May through October, with the exception of home UGA football game weekends, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.
  • Fees/Admission:
    Free to attend
May 16 Shields Ethridge Heritage Farm "Cultivators' Market"
This will be an open-air market with local farmers, growers, and entrepreneurs in a festival atmosphere on a 200 year-old working farm.  The April event will have demonstrations on planting cotton and pumpkins using mules to till the ground.  There will be seminars on home steading practices in May.  Visitors will be able to purchase fresh produce, jams, jellies, salsa, relish, granola, biscuits, muffins, honey, bbq sandwiches, bbq sauce, homespun  items, soaps, lotions, and wood turned items. Tour historic buildings & watch grits & cornmeal being ground. Blacksmiths creating iron work, handmade split oak baskets being made, & quilting in the Teacher's house. Enjoy all this while listening to local musicians.  
Free to the public! 
 
Event sponsor Jackson County Farm Bureau.
 For information or to become a vendor please contact:
Denise Temple 706-367-8877, dftemple@gfb.org or www.shieldsethridgefarminc.com.
  • Date:
    May 16, 2015
  • Time:
    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Website:
    http://shieldsethridgefarminc.com/
  • Location:
    Shields Ethridge Heritage Farm - 2355 Ethridge Road, Jefferson, GA 30549


    FROM ATLANTA Take I-85 N, Exit at Jefferson Exit 137. Travel 129 bypass for 5 miles. Turn Right on Ethridge Road (SR 319). Travel 2 miles; the Farm is on the right PARKING on the left at Carruth Road. FROM ATHENS Go North out of Athens on Highway 129 (Prince Avenue) towards Jefferson. Highway 129 changes into the Damon Gause Bypass near Arcade. Look for a sign on right for Shields Ethridge Farm. Turn Left on Ethridge Road (SR 319) Travel 2 miles; the Farm is on the right PARKING on the left at Carruth Road.
  • EMail:
    dftemple@gfb.org
  • Date/Time Details:
    Start Date: 4/18/ 2015
    End Date: 10/17/2015
    Every 3rd Saturday from April until October
May 17 Sunday Center Market: Grand Opening
The Classic Center is launching its new Sunday Center Market and will feature food trucks, art vendors, a chalk walk, kid zone, ice skating, live music and more. Local farmers will have stands selling homegrown produce, as well. The event is free. Come celebrate Art in Athens with the GRAND OPENING of the NEW Classic Center Pavilion!
  • Date:
    May 17, 2015
  • Time:
    11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Website:
    http://www.sundaycentermarket.com
  • Location:
    The Classic Center 300 N. Thomas Street Athens, GA 30601
  • Contact:
    Elizabeth Austin
  • EMail:
    elizabeth@classiccenter.com
  • Date/Time Details:
    May 17, 2015, 11am-4pm
  • Fees/Admission:
    Free
May 20 May Women In Business - 2015 - Presented by Tanger Outlets
  • Date:
    May 20, 2015
  • Time:
    11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location:

    Certus Bank
    1465 Old Swimming Pool Road
    Jefferson, GA 30549

  • Date/Time Details:
    May 20, 2015
    11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
May 27 Georgia Chamber Webinar: "Marijuana & the Drug Free Workplace"
With the passing of Georgia's medical cannabis bill HB1 into law last month, these legal changes have created confusion and concern for employees regarding their drug free workplace programs. 

Join us for the "Marijuana & The Drug Free Workplace" webinar, hosted by the Georgia Chamber, to learn how medical marijuana legalization is going to affect your workplace, and what steps to take for accommodation. This webinar event is part of the Jackson County chamber's Small Business Series. 

The webinar will include a PowerPoint presentation that attendees can save as a resource, and will be presented by Mr. Chuck Wade, Executive Director of the Council on Alcohol and Drugs. 
  • Date:
    May 27, 2015
  • Time:
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location:
    The Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce's conference room.
  • Contact:
    Briana Burgess
  • EMail:
    bburgess@jacksoncountyga.com
  • Date/Time Details:
    9 A.M. - 10 A.M. 
  • Fees/Admission:
    Free of charge.