The Information in This Packet Is Provided by the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce

The information in this packet is provided by the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce

1 A historic and spirited community, Dawsonville is a place where families and businesses flourish. The City strives to capture the spirit of healthy living. Sidewalks that connect areas of the city, dining delights, entertainment and shopping venues, make Dawsonville an active, thriving community.

City of Dawsonville City Hall 415 Highway 53 East For more information Suite 100 please visit Dawsonville, GA 30534 Phone: (706) 265-3256 2 www.dawsonville-ga.-gov

Dawson County is located 40 miles north of Atlanta, nestled in the foothills of the North Georgia Mountains. We’re home to the start of the Appalachian Trail, Amicalola Falls, Lake Lanier, North Georgia Premium Outlets, and many other exciting destinations.

23,000+ residents Dawson County Courthouse 25 Justice Way, Suite 2313 For more information Dawsonville, GA 30534 please visit Phone: (706) 344-3501 Fax: (706) 344-3889 www.dawsoncounty.org 3

(Saturday before Easter) (Fourth weekend in October) Annual Community Egg Hunt presented by The Mountain Moonshine Festival explores Dawson Dawson County Parks, and Kare for Kids. County’s history during Prohibition and the Great Depression when running moonshine through the foothills of the Northeast Georgia Mountains was a way of life. (Memorial Day Weekend) Thousands of tourists flock to the birthplace of NASCAR racing to hear about storied legends like Lloyd Seay, Annual Car Show with heritage craft vendors and Roy Hall, Raymond Parks and Gober Sosebee. demonstrations at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame.

(July 4th) (Veterans Day—November 11th) Sparks in the Motorsports Park—Independence Day We are looking for all Veterans to participate in our parade and Celebration at Atlanta Motorsports Park in Dawsonville celebration as we honor you, our heroes. is the place to be to get your fill of family fun, get a variety of food, and see an excellent fireworks display. Join us in celebrating and honoring our nation’s birthday. (First weekend in December) The event will be a fun filled afternoon to (Last weekend in July) enjoy the spirit of Christmas with our community. The parade Shine Pedalers Metric is a bike ride through rural/scenic Dawson will run through Downtown Dawsonville ending at the County held on the last Saturday of July, please contact Dawsonville Municipal Complex. Following the parade, City (706) 265—6278 for more information Hall will hold the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony 4 for the family. The Jingle Market will be at The Georgia Racing Hall of Fame from 3 pm to 8 pm. Sign up for utilities & services Pg. 6-7

Update your healthcare Pg. 8

Update your vehicle information Pg. 9 Register to vote Pg. 9

Change mailing address Pg. 9 Enroll your children in school Pg. 10 Parks and Recreation Pg. 11 Local Resources Pg. 12

5 Mills Fuel Service Phone: (770) 887-5285 City of Dawsonville Water Millsfuel.com Windstream & Sewer Department Phone: 611 or (800) 777-7445 Phone: (706) 265-3256 (800)347-1991—Phone Dawsonville-ga.gov Windstream.com Townley Construction Etowah Water & Sewer Company, Inc. Comcast Authority Phone: (706) 216– 2387 Business: (770) 375-1596 Phone: (706) 216-8474 TownleyConstructionCompany.com Business.comcast.com/ EtowahWater.org smartoffice

Georgia Communications Atlanta Gas Light Company Cooperative Phone: (800) 427-5463 ngn.coop AtlantaGasLight.com Phone: (706) 754-5323

Amicalola EMC Amicalola Propane Phone: (800) 992-6471 Phone: (706) 344-1427 AmicalolaEMC.com Amicalolapropane.com

Georgia Power Company Atlanta Gas Light Phone: (706) 864-3614 or Phone: (770) 337-4082 or (706) 253-5200 (877) 427-4321 GeorgiaPower.com Atlantagaslight.com

Sawnee EMC Mark Heard Fuel Company Phone: (770) 887-2363 or Phone: (706) 265-2994 Markheardfuel.com (800) 635-9131 6 Sawnee.com *sources gathered from Dawson County Chamber of Commerce Membership directory Atlanta Home Renovators Diamond Glass Company, Inc. 400 Waste & Scrap Phone: (404) 966-9759 Phone: (770) 475-3468 Phone: (706) 216-1485 AtlantaHomeRenovators.com diamondglasscompany.com 400WasteAndScrap.com Brown Haven Homes Edge Roofing, LLC City of Dawsonville Phone: (706)896-0891 Phone: (833) 468-3343 (706) 265-3256 BrownHavenHomes.com Elite Roofing & Restoration Dawsonville-ga.gov/garbage ContractorMen, Inc. Phone: (678) 781-1998 Grogan Disposal Phone: (706) 216-2244 EliteRoofingga.com Phone: (770) 887-2135 Contractormen.com JTC Concrete GroganDisposal.com Cooper & Company Phone: (706) 216-3645 Lookout Dumpster, Inc Phone: (770) 888-2650 JerryTownleyConcrete.com Phone: (770) 887-2333 Coopergc.com Pelfrey Electrical Contractors LookoutDumpsters.com Harmony Homes, Inc. Phone: (706)344-2097 Phone: (770) 844-0000 R&R Welding & Maintenance, LLC Smith Select Ventures, Inc. Phone: (678) 677-5497 Phone: (770)887-0475 RGN—Granite Countertops SureClean Phone: (706) 216-7642 All Green Outdoor Center Phone (770) 887-1611 Renovatinonsng.com Phone: (678) 725-1929 Summit Industrial Construction Screens Unlimited, Inc. Agoc.net Phone: (281) 941-4541 Phone: (770) 480-1656 Atlanta Landscape & Fertilization Summit.us Servepro of North Atlanta Phone: (844) 369-8873 Taber Residential Phone: (404) 2612625 Akfga.com Phone: (706) 216-5237 Serveproforsythdawsoncounties.com Bennett Landscape, Inc TaberResidential.com Steve Watson Trucking, LLC Phone: (706)216-1784 Tanner Properties & Custom Homes Phone: (706) 265-6383 BennettLandscapeInc.com Phone: (678) 776-5059 Story Custom Decks

Townley Construction Company Phone: (678) 477-4749 Phone: (706) 216–2387 Southern Comfort Heating & CitruSolution of Dawson TownleyConstructionCompany.com Air Conditioning, Inc. Phone: (678) 231-2090 Victory Custom Homes, Inc. Phone: (706) 216-8238 CitruSolutionDawsonLumpkin.com Phone: (706)216-1814 Southerncomfortcoolingandheating.com KG Cleaning Service-Expert-Carpet VictoryCustomHomesInc.com Superior Arbor Management, Inc. Cleaning Water Removal Services Phone: (706) 265-6336 Phone: (706) 525-91021 Phone: (770) 225-2420 Samtreeservices.com KGcleaningservices.com WaterRemovalServicesToday.com Sudz in a Bucket, LLC Phone: (470) 528-4002 Duncan Exterminating SureClean Phone: (706) 216-1906 Bobby Tucker Grading and Hauling Phone (770) 887-1611 DuncanExt.com Phone: (678) 7706-0738 Tiffany’s Cleaning Oasis Gilstrap Exterminating CertaPro Painters Phone: (478)731-9159 Phone: (678) 697-4430 Phone:(770) 554-9275 GilstrapExterminating.com CetraPro.com Chestatee Kitchen & Bath AHC Contracting, Inc. Phone: (706) 216-0030 Phone: (770) 365-9736 ChestateeKitchenandBath.com 7 AHCContracting.com *sources gathered from Dawson County Chamber of Commerce Membership directory

Gastroenterology Associates of Gainesville, P.C. Children’s Healthcare of 108 Prominence Court, Suite 210 Aspen Dental Atlanta at Forsyth Phone: (770) 536-8109 Phone: (706) 265-3191 410 Peachtree Parkway Gastrogainesville.com Aspendental.com Cumming, GA 30041 Phone: (404) 785-3100 Good Shepherd Clinic Atlanta Oral & Facial Surgery CHOA.com 200 Dawson Commons Circle Phone: (706) 265-1274 Phone: (706) 429-9914 Atlantaoralsurgery.com Northeast Georgia Medical Center Goodshepherddawsonco.org 743 Spring Street Dawsonville Distinctive Gainesville, GA 30501 Lakeside OBGYN Dentistry Phone: (770) 535-3553 300 Commons Circle, Ste 310 754 Hwy 53 West, Suite 100 nghs.com Phone: (706) 216-2345 Phone: (706) 265-2505 DawsonvilleDistinciveDenistry.com Northside Hospital-Forsyth North Georgia Vein Institute 1200 Northside Forsyth Drive 1230 Bald Ridge Marina Rd, Ste 500 Dawson Dental Group Cumming GA 30041 Cumming, GA 30041 78 Dawson Village Way North Phone: (770) 844-3200 Phone: (678) 513-1600 Suite 160 Northside.com Phone: (706) 265-0005 Northeast Georgia Physicians Group DawsonDentalGroup.com 108 Prominence Court Northeast Georgia Medical Plaza 400 Medical Plaza #400 Smile Doctors 108 Prominence Court Phone: (706) 216-3238 671 Lumpkin Campground Phone: (706) 344-6940 ngpg.org Phone: (706) 344-3900 nghs.com Wilsonbraces.com The Dawson Clinics Northside/Dawson Medical Campus 1078 Lumpkin Campground Road 81 Northside Dawson Drive Phone: (706) 265-7414 Phone: (706) 216-6000 Dawson Eye Group Northside.com The Little Clinic—Kroger 5938 Highway 53, East Suite 250 378 Marketplace Parkway Phone: (706) 2166595 Phone: (877) 852-2677 Dawsoneyegroup.com Health Department Thelittleclinic.com 54 Highway 53 East Dawson Vision Phone: (706) 265-2611 The Longstreet Clinic, P.C. 391 Quill Drive DawsonCounty.org 725 Jesse Jewell Parkway Phone: (706) 531-9900 Suite 270 Dawsonvision.com Anderson Family Medicine Gainesville, GA 30501 81 Northside Dawson Dr, Ste 205 Phone: (770) 718-1122 Spectakular Boutique Phone: (706) 265-1335 LongStreetClinic.com 29 Dawson Village Way South AndersonFamilyMedicine.com Phone: (706) 216-7732 Spec-takular.com Children’s Healthcare of Dawson Family Physicians Atlanta at Forsyth 35 Lumpkin Campground Road 410 Peachtree Parkway Benchmark Physical Therapy. Phone: (706) 265-8439 Cumming, GA 30041 78 Dawson Village Way N, Ste 230

Phone: (404) 785-3100 Phone: (678) 865-8449 Elite Primary Care CHOA.com Bmrp.com 1230 Bald Ridge Marina Rd., Ste 550 Cumming, GA 30041 Dawson Pediatrics, P.C. The Rehabilitation Institute Phone: (470) 695-7264 300 Dawson Commons Circle 5959 Highway 53 E, Ste 200 Elete-PrimaryCare.us Suite 320 Phone: (706) 216-4012 8

Phone: (702) 216– 2771 Nghs.com/rehabilitation-services DawsonPediatrics.com *sources gathered from Dawson County Chamber of Commerce Membership directory Dawson County Tax Commissioner DDS Cumming Customer Service Center #37 25 Justice Way, Suite 1222 400 Aquatic Circle Dawsonville, GA 30534 Cumming, GA 30040 Phone: (706) 344-3520 Phone: (678) 413-8400 DawsonCountyTax.com dds.ga.gov/secureid

Dawson County Board of US Post Office Elections & Registration 452 GA-53 96 Academy Avenue Dawsonville, GA 30534 Dawsonville, GA 30534 Phone: (706) 265-2677 Phone: (706) 344-3640

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*sources gathered from Dawson County Chamber of Commerce Membership directory

Dawson Learning Center Dawson County Junior High Lanier Technical College Phone: (706) 216-2033 5126 Highway 9 South 408 Highway 9 North Phone: (706) 216-5801 Phone: (706) 216-5461 Dawson Head Start Fax: (678) 513-5220 407 Allen Street Dawson County Middle School LanierTech.edu Phone: (706) 265-2980 5126 Hwy 9 South Phone: (706) 216-4849 University of North Georgia White Oak Learning Academy Fax: (706) 265-1426 Phone: (678) 717-2377 281 Prominence Court UNG.edu Phone: (706)216-5437 WhiteOakAcademy.com Dawson County High School Dawson County Board of 1665 Perimeter Road, Education Phone: (706) 265-6555 Black's Mill Elementary School Phone: (706) 265– 3246 Fax: (706) 265-3936 1860 Dawson Forest Road, East DawsonCountySchools.org

Phone: (706) 216-3300 Hightower Academy Fax: (706) 216-6822 175 Tiger Circle Kilough Elementary School Phone: (706) 265-1244 1063 Kilough Church Road Fax: (706) 265-2867 Chestatee Regional Library Phone: (706) 216-8595 System Fax: (706) 216-7424 Mountain Education Charter Phone: (706) 344-3690 175 Tiger Circle ChestateeLibrary.org/ Riverview Elementary School Phone: (706) 216-5820 370 Dawson Forest Rd W MyMEC.org/sites/dawson Phone: (706) 216-5812 Fax: (706) 216-0182

Robinson Elementary School War Hill Christian Academy 1150 Perimeter Road 8847 Highway 53 East Phone: (706) 265-6544 Phone: (706) 216-3524 Warhill.academy Fax: (706) 265-1529 10

*sources gathered from Dawson County Chamber of Commerce Membership directory Rock Creek Park Chestatee Golf Club 445 Martin Road Phone: (706) 344- 3646 445 Martin Road 777 Dogwood Way

Phone: (706) 344-3646 Phone: (706) 216-7336 Toto Creek Park DawsonCounty.org ChestateeGolfClub.com Toto Creek Park Road

Crystal Falls Lake & Golf Club Living War Hill Park Dawsonville Fit Body 210 Marina Way 4081 War Hill Park Road Boot Camp Phone: (770) 894– 4040 Phone: (706) 344 3646 145 Forest Boulevard CrystalFallsinfo.com Suite 430 Amicalola River Trail Phone: (770) 630-7886 Access at the Highway 53 FitBodyDawsonville.com Bridge over the Amicalola Amicalola Falls State Park and River. (ADA compliant) Edge Kinetix Health Club Lodge of the World Rapids and 214 Northside Dawson Drive 418 Amicalola Falls fishing platform Phone: (706) 265-1398 Lodge Drive KinetixHealthClub.com Phone: (770-389-7275 Len Foote Hike Inn AmicalolaFallsLodge.com 240 Amicalola Falls Fitness 1440 of Cumming State Park Road 6120 GA Hwy 400 North Veterans Memorial Park Phone: (706) 429-0224 Cumming, GA 30028 186 Recreational Road Hike-Inn.com Phone: (770) 888-4434 Phone: (706) 344-3600 Fitness1440.com/cumming River Park Canoe Nitya’s Yoga and Bodyworks Launch 145 Forest Hill Blvd Suite 305 Highway 9 South Phone: (706) 216-1241 Phone: (706) 344-3646 nityabodyworks.com

*sources gathered from Dawson County Chamber of 11 Commerce Membership directory

189 Hwy 53 W, Suite 105 Dawsonville, GA 30534 Dawson County Phone: (706) 265-1981 137 Prominence Court, Suite 230B Chamber of Commerce Fax: (706) 265-1295 Dawsonville, GA 30534 44 Commerce Drive Phone: (706) 265-8761 Dawsonville, GA 30534 DevelopDawson.org Phone: (706) 265-6278 Dawson.org 393 Memory Lane Senior Center Dawsonville, GA 30534 201 Recreation Road Phone: (706) 344-3666 Dawsonville, GA 30534 Main Switchboard Phone: (706) 344-3700 (706) 344-3501 Fax: (706) 344-3702 Superior Court (706) 344-3513 Magistrate Court (706) 344-3730 25 Justice Way, Suite 2322 Probate Court (706) 344-3580 Dawsonville, GA 30534 Juvenile Court (706) 344-3510 Dawson Transit Phone: (706) 344-3500 Clerk of Courts (706) 344-3510 Phone: (706) 344-3603 Court Administration (770) 532-1895 Law Enforcement Center Public Defender’s Office 19 Tucker Avenue (706) 216-3853 Dawsonville, GA 30534 District Attorney’s Office Phone: (706) 344-3535 (706) 344-3620 Fax: (706) 344-3537 Legal Organ - Dawson County News (706) 265-3384

12 *sources gathered from Dawson County Chamber of Commerce Membership directory