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Chattooga FLEXPO + Lunch & Learn
Feb 4th-10th Displays up today at 1p
Feb 9th, 12p Lunch & Learn
Hurley Community Development Ctr
10050 Commerce St, Summerville
RESERVE YOUR SEAT
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EVENTS or SPECIAL MEETINGS/ACTIVITIES
Feb 4th, 10:00a Habitat For Humanity Info Session, Community Resource Center,50 Eleanor Dr, S'ville
Feb 4th-10th, 8a-5p FLEXPO, HCDC, 10050 Commerce St, Summerville
Feb 5th, 7p Catching Honeybee Swarms, Ag Center, Summerville
Feb 9th, 12p-1p FLEXPO Lunch & Learn, HCDC, 10050 Commerce St, Summerville
Feb 9th, 1p-6p Red Cross Blood Drive, Civic Center, 44 GA-48, Summerville
Feb 19th, 7p Pesticide Recertification Class, Ag Center, Summerville
Feb 22nd, 3p-5p Nourish & Flourish Cooking Class, Wellness BnB, Summerville
Feb 23rd. 12p-1p Heart Health Month Lunch & Learn, HCDC, 10050 Commerce St
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GOVERNMENTAL & OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS
Third Tuesdays at 6p-- Menlo City Council Meeting, Menlo City Hall
Second Mondays at 5p-- Summerville City Council Meeting, Summerville City Hall
Second Tuesdays at 7p-- Lyerly Town Council Meeting, Lyerly Town Hall
Fourth Thursdays at 6p-- Trion Town Council Meeting, Trion Town Hall
Bi-monthly (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov)---Chamber Board Meeting, HCDC Board Room
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CIVIC CLUB & ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS
Rotary Club meets First Thursdays at noon at Torres in Trion, then the rest of the month Thursdays at 12p at Jefferson's (Georgia Room), Summerville
Optimist Club meets Fridays at 12p at Dos Maguey's, Summerville
Menlo Lions Club meets the first Monday at 12p at the Menlo Elementary School cafeteria, Menlo
Trion Lions Club meets the fourth Friday at 12p in Trion---location TBA
Friends of Sloppy Floyd meets the third Monday at 6:30p usually at the Park, Summerville
Chattooga Garden Club February 9, 2026, 3:30p, location TBA, Find Us on Facebook
Chattooga Family Connection TBA
Chattooga GICH Team Next quarterly meeting, April 29, 2026 at noon at the HCDC
Chattooga Literacy Council meets the third Wednesday at the Multipurpose Bldg, Senior Dr, S'ville
Young Farmers, First Thursday 7p, meal & educational program included, Ag Center, Summerville
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Chattooga FLEXPO
Lunch & Learn
February 9th at noon
Hurley Community
Development Center
10050 Commerce St, Summerville
Meet our Fab Five student companies as they tell you about their businesses. We'll have displays up beginning February 4th and running through the 10th, leading up to the Round 2 judging.
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The public is invited to this very special catered luncheon.
Chattooga Chamber Members $12 Non-Members $17
Reservations are required.
Please read the policy on the event page.
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01.05.26---City of Menlo
01.12.26---Town of Trion
01.19.26---Mohawk Industries
01.26.26---Palmour Law Firm
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Adults
Sponsored by Georgia Power and Living Life On Target
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Meet the new class!
Our Leadership Chattooga 2026 class met for orientation in January. This is the first class to start off in the Hurley Community Development Center. We have a baker's dozen this year and couldn't be more excited to nearly fill the room
| | Pictured (l-r, front)---Candy Mickler (Family Resource Agency of North GA), Deseri Murphy (Murphy Chiropractic), Davia Weatherill (Paradise Garden Foundation), Anna Elrod (Summerville Housing Authority), Anna Durham (Chattooga High School), Diane Vinyard-trainer, Living Life On Target, Courtney Simpson (GP Federal Credit Union) ( l-r, back) Scott Lewis (Atrium Health Floyd EMS), William Barley (Mount Vernon Mills), Trey Skelton (City of Summerville Fire Dept), Matt Harris (Northwest Georgia JDA), Adam Wilson (City of Summerville Rec Dept), Jason Burrage (Chattooga Co Sheriff's Office) | | |
We are blessed to have two stellar leadership trainers in Chattooga County, and we have been calling on them to conduct our orientation, a communication session, and an in-depth leadership development session. Pictured above is Diane Vinyard with Living Life On Target, one of our program sponsors, leads the morning session on getting to know each other and developing key skills in starting those conversations. Heather Casey with LeadStrong414 takes the afternoon session to dive deep into their DISC assessments, which they take when accepted into the class.
The first day is always the best---getting to know each other and establishing life-long connections.
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Students
Sponsored by Georgia Power and Living Life On Target
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LCSE26---Tourism Day!
Dress down day. It was a cold one, so maybe we should have specified down feathers....brrrrrr! We started the morning off taking a hike around the lower lake at Sloppy Floyd State Park. After Park Manager Katie Gramling warmed us up with a fire she built, Assistant Park Manager Amber Payne led us on a educational and brisk walk around the lake. We made some stops to talk and snap a picture. I was so impressed that Katie had arranged for a herring to greet us when we got back to the park office.
She really didn't, but it was SO COOL!!!! (see the picture below)
| | | | When we returned to town, we caught up with Susan Locklear, Main Street Director, who took us on a brrrrisk tour of downtown Summerville. We popped in the depot and trekked the tracks to the turntable, passing the Couey House. We crossed the footbridge to end up in the business district. | From there we stopped in the post office to see the "New Deal" era mural on the wall. Afterwards we braced against the north wind and learned more about historic places on Commerce before we ducked into Dos Maguey's for lunch and warmth. | | | | We ended the day in Paradise....Howard Finster's Paradise Garden that is. Mary Shewan, Operations Manager, toured us through the newly-renovated World's Folk Art Church. Then, we were left to explore on our own. So awesome that Koi found his missing shoe!!! | | Next week we'll be travelling to Atlanta for a big day: State Capitol, lunch at the Sloppy Floyd Building AKA "Twin Towers" , and then to the High Museum connecting Howard Finster's Paradise Garden to his worldly influence. Stay tuned for details in the March newsletter! | | |
Chattooga FLEX Fab Five
The Fab Five student entrepreneur companies enjoyed diving deep into brand with brand designer Blake Tannery of BravoCharlieTango. They also went on a field trip to Atlanta, coordinated and sponsored by Georgia FLEX. It's a busy time as we prepare for Round 2 judging which will narrow the field to our
Top 3.
| | Blake Tannery with BravoCharlieTango led the student companies in a workshop on determining their target market, developing their story, and creating their brand. | | |
Georgia FLEX invited our group to Atlanta for an all-day field trip to AmericasMart and the State Capitol. Students participated in a Capitol tour, heard from guest speakers and attended a networking lunch.
We are so grateful to Georgia FLEX, our sponsors, our trainers, and the Chattooga community for helping to launch this inaugural program.
Visit our site
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Drop by the HCDC for Chattooga FLEXPO and see the poster presentations by our Fab Five student companies starting Wednesday, February 4th at 1p and running through February 10th. We have a webpage for them now-->https://www.chattoogachamber.org/chattoogaflex
You can meet the students as they tell you about their businesses on February 9th at the Lunch & Learn. Get more info on that and reserve your seat in the link below.
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Chattooga FLEXPO + Lunch & Learn
Feb 4th-10th 8a-5p Displays up
Feb 9th, 12p Lunch & Learn
Hurley Community Development Ctr
10050 Commerce St, Summerville
RESERVE YOUR SEAT
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We have moved to the Hurley Community Development Center (HCDC), and we couldn't be more thrilled to offer more services to businesses:
Shared Workspaces, Training Center, Private Meeting Spaces.
PLUS, the Welcome Center will be more centrally located for greater impact & reach.
All this would not be possible without the collaboration between
private (Southeast First National Bank and the Hurley Family), public (Chattooga County),
and a non-profit (Chattooga Chamber).
Our number is the same---706.857.4033
Learn More
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This is your last chance to register for our February training sessions, and we don’t want you to miss out!
We still have seats available in the following classes:
- OSHA 30 hr. General Industry – Whitfield Murray Campus, Dalton – February 16-19
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Microsoft Excel Level 1 – Floyd County Campus, Rome – February 17 & 19
Our Winter/Spring list of classes is attached. To learn more about specific courses or to register, please visit our Training & Development Schedule.
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Semi-Finalists have been chosen, and the People's Choice is coming up in March...
Band Instrument Repair Academy
is in the mix. They serve Rome, LaFayette, Rockmart and Summerville.
Stay tuned to vote!
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Find us online at TheTooga.org OR Contact Cindy McGraw at 706.857.4033
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SUPPORT THE ARTS!
The Tooga will once again be a performing arts venue and centerpiece in downtown Summerville. Until that time, please support the local arts in our schools, in our events, in our art environments and everywhere that is Chattooga.
A world without arts is a world without creative thoughts, chosen words, inspiring visuals and magnificent sounds.
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