Oconee County, GA Politics

Many thanks to Watkinsville Mayor Joe Walter, Oconee County Chair G. Melvin Davis and Oconee County State Bank owner Amrey Hardin for voting to include Elder Mill Bridge and the neighboring Mill, the largely unused railroad line and the Apalachee River as regionally important sites by the Northeast Georgia Regional Development Commission Wednesday at the Holiday Inn in Athens. Oconee County Observation blogger and UGA Journalism Professor Lee Becker as always goes the extra mile in covering the event(s) that the local media largely ignored or ignores. Oconee County Observations: Four Resources in Oconee County Get Regionally Important Designation Posted using ShareThis

Elder Mill Bridge Park Forum from Lee Becker on Vimeo .

Please attend this non-partisan forum tonight if you can. Woven brightly,  Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:25:55 +0000 Subject: [oconee] Elder Mill Bridge Park Forum Tonight   The panelists at tonight's Elder Mill Bridge Park Forum will be Dr. Russ Page, Peggy Holcomb, and Wayne Provost. Dr. Page will talk about his efforts to preserve the Elder Mill and its surrounding land; Ms. Holcomb will talk about the tourism implications of such a park; Mr. Provost will talk about governmental aspects of creating and maintaining a park. The forum is tonight, Thursday, March 25th, from 7 - 9 pm at the Watkinsville Library. Thanks! Jonathan Veit __._,_.___

Oconee Democrats are organizing a couple of interesting events in successive Thursday in Watkinsville, Georgia. Please attend either or both if you can. Woven brightly,  Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:39:37 +0000 Michael Mills and Elder Mill Bridge Forum   Please don't forget that Secretary of State candidate Michael Mills will be attending our meeting on Thursday, March 18, 7:30 pm at the Government Annex. I encourage you all to attend. Michael has some interesting ideas about election reform and attracting business to Georgia. Also, it is a gutsy move for him to come into Brian Kemp's backyard. Let's give him an audience. Also, please don't forget to promote and attend the Elder Mill Bridge Forum on Thursday, March 25th at 7 pm at the Library. Confirmed panelists include Dr. Russell Page who leads the Farm Land Protection Program, and tourism director Peggy Holcomb. I am working on getting someone from the government side of things to at...

Please consider signing this petition to ask the Oconee County Board of Commissioners create an Elder Bridge Park around our crowned jewel Elder Mill Covered Bridge. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. To: oconee@yahoogroups.comFrom: jveit@bellsouth.net Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 03:32:13 +0000 Subject: [oconee] Online Petition to Create an Elder Bridge Park   At our last meeting, we discussed efforts to advance the creation of an Elder Bridge Park surrounding the Elder Covered Bridge. One of the things we decided to do was create an online petition where people could sign up to support the idea. I created this petition tonight. http://www.ipetitio ns.com/petition/ elderbridgepark/ I tried to find a petition site that wasn't too filled with advertisements. Unfortunately, that isn't very easy. Please send the link to this petition to as many people as you know who are supportive of the idea of creating and Elder Bridge Park. We also decided that we would host...