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EVENTS or SPECIAL MEETINGS/ACTIVITIES
Jul 2nd, 6p-10p City of Summerville Celebrate Independence Festival & Fireworks, Chattooga County Ag Center, Summerville
Jul 4th, 12p-3p Stars & Stripes at the Depot, Summerville TRAIN ARRIVAL
Jul 9th, 530p-630p 530 Club, Jefferson's, Summerville
Jul 18th, 10a-3p Multicultural Festival, Summerville Depot TRAIN ARRIVAL
Jul 25th 5:30p Dancing With Our Stars- Chattooga Style, Chattooga High School, Summerville
SAVE THE DATES!
Aug 1, 10a-3p Celebrating Local Living, Summerville Depot TRAIN ARRIVAL
Aug 6-8 all day Hwy 27 Longest Yard Sale, Dowdy Park (Saturday only), Summerville
Aug 15, 10a-3p Dog Daze, Summerville Depot TRAIN ARRIVAL
Aug 17, 12p Chattooga Chamber Lunch & Learn: "211 by the United Way", HCDC, Summerville (reservation portal opens August 1)
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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 Second Mondays Aug-Jun, location TBA, Find Us on Facebook
Chattooga Family Connection Fourth Thursday, 11a, Community Resource Ctr, 50 Eleanor Dr, S'ville
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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This is a social and networking opportunity for our members to talk shop or talk about anything but that.
We enjoyed our first helping last month and have rebranded this to be a thing on the second Thursday night of each month. Appetizers are on us!
Thursday, July 9th
530p-630p
Jefferson's
Downtown Summerville
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If you missed the Marketing Workshop we hosted with Heather Morgan of Morgan Marketing Associates in May, you missed a good one. BUT, you can download the workbook she handed out, and she will be happy to guide you to Build Your Business Marketing Blueprint. We have found this tool invaluable and are putting it and her Roadmap to good use. We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to boost your business. You may reach out to Heather for a more in depth assessment and get that one-on-one consultation.
Heather Morgan, Founder themorganmarketingassociates@gmail.com 917.623.7680
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Meet five new guests on My Chamber TV, our newest marketing avenue to boost our business members and community partners.
For June, we are presenting Flourish Foster Care Closet & Support, Sweet Beaux Mercantile, the Community Resource Center, H & H Insurance Agency, and Tutton Hughes Auto Sales.
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PROJECT DAY
The adult leadership class took on the river and paradise as their class project in June. Landlubbers were on their knees pulling weeds and freshening up the flower beds in the mosaic garden at Paradise Garden. Meanwhile, the rest of the class had a tough day at the office by cleaning a four-mile stretch of the Lower Chattooga River from Trion to Riverbluff.
It was perfect weather for a float or a sweat. All in all, the class felt they accomplished to brighten the community and get their hands dirty. Afterwards, we all enjoyed lunch at the Arts & Learning Center at the Garden.
| | Our haul... Anna outscored Jason with this chair. | | | | | |
Leadership Chattooga Student Edition is on summer break. We're recruiting high school juniors and seniors now for the '26-'27 class. Orientation will begin September 9th.
Interested?
Please, contact us today.
Cindy McGraw
706.857.4033 (office) 706.466.9014 (cell)
execdirector@chattoogachamber.org
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27 went out, 19 came back
WHAT?!!!
It's all good. Some of the paddlers who participated in the 5th Annual Chattooga River Fest chose to continue downriver. Since we knew them and trusted their abilities, we let them go on.
Plus, they signed a waiver. ;)
| | Evan Langley won the Atrium Health EMS kayak raffle. Caught up with his mom, Valerie, to get it delivered. Congrats!! | | | | |
The Band Chattooga put on a fabulous show covering everything from Allman Brothers to Journey and more. You can catch them at the Chattooga County Agricultural Fair next month. | | |
Visit us online for more information about the Chattooga River Group, upcoming paddles and projects.
SOCIAL PADDLE Saturday, July 3rd 9a Contact Cindy McGraw 706.466.9014
SAVE THE DATE
Chattooga River Folk Art Adventure hosted by Georgia Rivers is July 25th learn more
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2026-2027 cohort.
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Upcoming Open Enrollment Courses
LEADERSHIP
New Supervisor Bootcamp
July 10
Whitfield Murray Campus, WMC
$175
Problem-Solving & Decision-Making Techniques
July 11
Whitfield Murray Campus, WMC
$175
COMPUTER
Microsoft Excel Level 1
August 12 & 14
Whitfield Murray Campus, WMC
$175
SAFETY
Arc Flash NFPA/70E
July 9
Floyd County Campus, FCC
$150
OSHA 10 – General Industry
August 4 & 5
Whitfield Murray Campus, WMC
$225
Forklift Instructor (Train-the-Trainer)
August 15
Whitfield Murray Campus, WMC
$299
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Your Place in Paradise Garden
For decades, visitors have wandered the winding paths of Paradise Garden, discovering the extraordinary world created by Rev. Howard Finster. Built from imagination, faith, and found materials, it has always been a place where people come not only to see—but to connect.
Artists once brought their work to Finster, and he welcomed and celebrated it. Visitors brought meaningful objects—a broken platter, a cherished fragment—and watched them become part of something new. Paradise Garden has never been static. It has always grown through the hands and stories of those who love it.
In celebration of Howard Finster’s 110th birthday, the Living Pathway continues this tradition—inviting you to become part of Paradise Garden itself.
Who will you honor?
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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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