Today is an opening day in Athens: it’s the grand opening for the Athens Boys and Girls Clubs’ new Youth Force Innovation Hub. Zach McElroy, founder and Chairman of Zaxby’s, is helping fund the center that will be housed at the Georgia Square Mall on Atlanta Highway. Boys and Girls Clubs vice president Sterling Gardner says it’s about connecting club members with tech jobs in new and emerging fields.
Today is a deadline day in Athens: this is the last day for Athens-Clarke County property owners to pay the property tax bills that were mailed in August.
The Sunbelt Ag Expo, one of the largest farm shows in the country, wraps up its three-day run today in Colquitt County: the Sunbelt Ag Expo takes place at Spence Field in Moultrie with extensive involvement from the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Oconee County Commissioners set the date for the next Oconee County town hall: the last quarterly session of the year will take place on November 16 at the Oconee County Civic Center.
Allen Venable was laid to rest after a Wednesday funeral in Banks County: the former Sheriff in Banks County died earlier this week in Lula. Allen Venable was 74 years old.
Stephens County is again in the market for a new Elections Supervisor: Krista Terry resigned Tuesday, stepping down three weeks before election day in Toccoa. She had held the job since April, taking over then for April Roberts, who had resigned as Stephens County Elections Supervisor two months earlier.
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