March 15 Town Council Meeting has been cancelled.
March Town Council meeting scheduled for the first has been postponed to March 15.
March 15th Town Council Meeting cancelled. The next meeting will be April 5, 2010
Unfortunately, there will be no Old Town Sharpsburg Festival this Spring. The Sharpsburg Merchants Association President, Eric Richards, states that the merchants will be planning smaller events during the Spring and Summer. The events will be listed on this website as soon as they are announced.
Sharpsburg Certified
Tree City USA (2008)
L to R: Robert Farris, Director, Georgia Forestry Commission Beryl Budd, Forester Georgia Forestry Commission |
Councilmember Garlington attended the State Arbor Day Celebration at Macon State College, Macon, GA on Thursday, February 19. The Town of Sharpsburg was presented with a framed certificate certifying the Town as a Tree City USA. The County Foresters will present the Town with a flag and a sign at a later date. This accomplishment was spearheaded by Cindy Neal, Tree Board Chairperson, and Polly Garlington, Town Council Member.
The precess was begun in the Fall of 2007. There were four requirements that were required for certification:
1. The Town have a "Tree Ordinance".
2. Funds in the Town Budget to finance the project.
3. Regular planning meetings
4. Arbor Day Celebration.
The "tree ordinance" was already in place when the Tree Board was organized. The former Town Council approved the funds required and the present Town Council has continued to fund the project.
A work plan has yet to be made for the coming year but the focus will probably be the the care and maintenance of the old oak trees around town. In order to maintain the Tree City USA certification, the Tree Board must once again meet designated requirements.
Councilmember Garlington Attends
Mayors' Day 2009 Conference.
Community and Media Relations was the subject of the one-day training session held at the Atlanta Hilton on January 23, 2009, which was attended by Polly Garlington, Town of Sharpsburg Councilmember.
The purpose of this session was to emphasize the importance of establishing effecting working relations with the media and with the community and the role the media plays in informing the public and shaping their opinion of their local government.
Equally important, methods were suggested to keep the public informed of local government decisions, policies, and activities; suggested were newsletters, websites, radio, along with press releases, and in larger markets, television.
Councilmember Garlington also attended the six hour training class, Municipal Law, in late fall 2008.
Over 700 town officials were in attendance at the Mayors' Day 2009 Conference, representing 500+ towns and cities from all over Georgia. As a part of GMA's ongoing disbursement of information and trainng for municipal officials, GMA sponsored the Mayors' Day 2009 conference. The purpose of GMA is to anticipate and influence the forces shaping Georgia's communities. and to provide leadershp, tools, and services that assist local governments in becoming more innovative, effective and responsive.
GMA's membership currently totals more than 502 municipal govrnments, accounting for fore than 99% of the state's municipal population. Created in 1933, the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) is the only state organization that represents municipal governments in Georgia.
Sharpsburg Merchants Meet With
Corinne Thornton, Department of Community Affairs
The "NEW" Old Town Sharpsburg
Streetscapes on Main Street
To bad the finished result do not look like this!!!!!
There are many trees planted but not in the immediate area around the stores. None of the Crepe Myrtles are planted as show above. Having the sidewalks is nice and the shrubs planted add to the appearance. It is great having lights downtown at night!...and the merchants are back.
The long awaited Streetscapes project began on Monday, March 24, 2008 Above is a rendering of the Project. The charming old stores are still there but now there will be sidewalks, street lights, benches, trees, and shrubs. Everyone is excited at the prospects of a newly designed "Old Town" area.
The Pottery Patio, Pemberton's, Mitchell's Quilts and Antiques & Richard's Studio of Photography, are now open for business.
Tree Maintenance: The Sharpsburg Tree Board has taken bids for the maintenance of the four large trees on Main Street. The trees desparately need pruning and removal of dead limbs, This information regarding bids and recommendations will be presented to the Sharpsburg Town Council on Monday, February 4. Mrs. Cindy Neal is the Chairperson of the Tree Board.
Unfortunately, one of the old trees has been removed but the remaining three trees near the shops will be trimmed and the mistletoe will be removed.
Sharpsburg Town Council Committee,
for the purpose of working with merchants and the Sharpsburg Merchants Associaion (SMA) is on hold awaiting the reorganization of the SMA.
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