Events for July 2015
Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce
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
Jul 18
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.
Jul 23
Leadership Jackson Class of 2015 Graduation Dinner
Registration is closed for this event.
No walk-ins will be allowed.
The Leadership Jackson Graduation Dinner is a portion of the Class of 2016 Leadership Jackson Retreat. The graduation dinner is held the first night of the retreat, its purpose being to recognize and honor the graduates of the Class of 2015 and announce the incoming class of 2016. It is also an opportunity for Leadership Jackson Alumni to connect again and congratulate new graduates.
The retreat for the class of 2016 is comprised of the graduation dinner on Thursday and a day full of leadership activities and exercises all day Friday. The retreat is just that, a time to get away from normalcy the participants know and have the opportunity to get to know their fellow classmates in a true "retreat" setting.
Regardless of payment, all attendees must register.
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Date:
July 23, 2015
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Time:
7:15 PM - 9:00 PM
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Location:
The Braselton Stover House
5257 GA-53
Braselton, GA 30517
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Date/Time Details:
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Alumni and Graduate Reception (for Alumni, Graduates and their guests only)
7:15 - 9:00 p.m. - Graduation Dinner and Program for all guests
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Fees/Admission:
Class of 2015 Graduates and up to one guest - Complimentary
Class of 2016 - Complimentary
All other guests may attend the dinner for $20 per person.
Jul 28
"Secret Tech Tools for Small Business" Webinar
Join Your Nerdy Best Friend, aka Author Beth Ziesenis for the "Secret Tech Tools for Small Businesses" webinar to discover how to use free and bargain technology tools you never knew existed to work more efficiently with your teams, create professional level graphics and wow your colleagues. This high-energy session will give you 30+ tools that will leave people asking, "How DO they do that?"
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Date:
July 28, 2015
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Time:
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Location:
The Chamber conference room
270 Athens St.
Jefferson, GA 30549
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Date/Time Details:
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Fees/Admission:
No charge for attending the webinar at the Chamber office.
$35 fee for viewing the webinar from another location as a Chamber Federation member. If you wish to view the webinar from your own computer,
click here.