Georgia's Local Lens (Week of October 31, 2020): Have a Spook-tacular Halloween

Each week ACCG shares photos highlighting activities from counties

around the state and the ACCG team at work.

Tell us what's happening in your county to celebrate the arrival of fall!

Email photos to bbrown@accg.org.

Oconee County Worker Bees

Direct Early Voting Swarm

County elections offices across the country have been busy these past few weeks with record early voter turnout and absentee ballot returns. The Oconee County Board of Elections and Registration creatively highlighted their worker bees on the last day of early voting (the day before Halloween) and encouraged people to get out to vote at the Oconee Civic Center.

Lumpkin County Early Voting Continues Even After Loss of Power

Tropical Storm Zeta brought strong winds to Georgia and caused issues at many early voting sites on Thursday. While the Lumpkin County Elections Office was without power until almost 5 p.m., more than 300 people were still able to vote thanks to solid planning and implementation by the Board of Elections members, poll workers and staff members - as well as flashlights and generators!

Oglethorpe County Provides One-Time Relief to Property Owners

The Oglethorpe County Board of Commissioners, providing "one-time" financial relief to property owners during the COVID-19 era, voted not to impose a millage rate for this year! School and municipal taxes will still be due. The county's reserve funds will be used in lieu of property taxes that would otherwise be collected.

Cherokee CountyUses CARES Funds

to Support Mobile Testing Unit

Cherokee County commissioners recently toured the new mobile testing unit operated by the Bethesda Community Clinic (BCC). The commission provided a $175,000 grant to BCC through CARES Act sub-grants to purchase the mobile testing unit to assist with COVID-19 testing in the county. BCC is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to providing quality, affordable healthcare services to the uninsured and under-insured citizens in Cherokee County.

Thomson-McDuffie Wins 2020 WebAward for Outstanding Government Website

The joint Thomson-McDuffie, Georgia website won the 2020 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development by the Web Marketing Association (WMA). WMA recognizes the top websites across 96 industries and is one of the longest-running website competitions. The city and county contracted with Municode for the redesign, and it was the first joint city-county website the company has developed. Click here to see the website.

CDC Releases Steps to Take when Trick or Treating

Halloween in the middle of a pandemic presents some unique challenges. The CDC has released helpful steps to take when trick or treating this year to stay safe. Review this information and consider sharing it with your community through social media.

Meet an ACCG Staff Member

Name: Brad Bradley

Program: ACCG Accounting / Budget

Title: Senior Controller

Year Started: 2008 (joined GEBCorp in 2006)

About Brad: I enjoy background acting in my spare time. I played a Hilltop guard extra for five seasons on The Walking Dead, a gangster in the Ozark season 2 finale, and a cop in Boo! A Madea Halloween, to name a few.

Tell Us What's Happening in Your County!

ACCG wants to share positive news about events and projects from your county with your peers from across the state. Photos and story ideas submitted to ACCG for Georgia's Local Lens or the Georgia County Spotlight may be used in this e-newsletter or on ACCG's website or social media. Photos and other information used are provided courtesy of our county constituents and ACCG staff. For questions or information, please contact Beth Brown at bbrown@accg.org.

To submit photos and captions for Georgia's Local Lens, click here.

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