Life in North Georgia, Real Estate in the Mountains

The Rotary Club of Jasper has launched a project to bring a new youth park to Pickens County. The new Rotary Youth Park is located across from the Pickens County Middle School in the Roper Park complex. With all the competitive playing fields, the new County Recreation Center and future Boys & Girls Club facility, the location will be a perfect spot for parents and children of all ages to take a break from all the more structured activities. The plans for the park are complete and there are lots of opportunities for individuals or organization to add Legacy features to the park as it matures and grows.

If you are interested in joining a great local organization with international reach come visit the Rotary Club of Jasper. We meet every Wednesday at Noon on the Appalachian Campus of Chattahoochee Technical College. Just tell them you are Don’s Guest.

The link below has a great story, photos and videos provided by Know Pickens.com.

Rotary Club of Jasper Youth Park

What a great little corner of God’s earth we have to live in!

See you ’round the mountains,
Don

Greetings from Beautiful Bent Tree,

I just received this article and video on Hans Rueffert on the Huff Post from my little sister way up in New Jersey. It looks like it was posted in October, but I haven’t seen it before, so I am posting so anyone else that missed it can have a look. (Thanks Marilyn!)

Huff Post Food Article and Video

Have a Happy New Year and a Blessed 2012,

See you ’round the mountains,

Don

We have talked here before about “Shop Pickens First” and the importance of buying services and products locally. The Video below ran on NBC news and on their website. It is about Thomasville, GA and what they have done in their small town.

NBC Video

We can do the same thing here. We just need to make a conscious community effort.

Whatever you need, whenever you can, “Shop Pickens First”

Tuesday’s Pickens County Chamber Breakfast was no ordinary event. The crowd of well over 100 local business owners and professionals was treated to an update on the nation’s financial situation by Tom Cunningham.  Dr. Cunningham is the Vice President and Director of Research for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and is also currently the Director of the Center for Real Estate Analytics.    Dr. Cunningham’s presentation was informative, insightful, and well received. Tom has been with the Federal Reserve system since 1985 and I have been fortunate to hear several of his presentations over the years.  For more information on Dr. Cunningham  you can visit the Federal Reserves website: Tom Cunningham .

The presentation was recorded by KnowPickens.com and you can have your own private economic lesson by following this link:  Tom Cunningham, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

And yes, that is yours truly with the brief introduction.

Have a Blessed Day,

Don

Congratulations to the Owner’s & Staff of 61 Main.  We already new it was one of the best restaurants around, but verification arrived from afar today as Georgia Trend magazine awarded  61 Main a  Silver Spoon indicative of its position as one of  Georgia’s Top 10 Restaurants.

That puts them in the same tier with names like Rathbun’s and Bacchanalia.  You can read the entire article here:  Georgia Trend Magazine

Congratulations and Keep Up the Good Work!

Have a Blessed Day,

Don