DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Gov. Brian Kemp received a warm welcome in Lumpkin County Friday when he arrived for a bill signing ceremony in the Library Technology Center on the campus of the University of North Georgia. State Sen. Steve Gooch (R-Dahlonega), who sponsored four of the five bills the governor signed, welcomed the governor to […]
Read More »Commissioners approve addition of a $100,000 emergency contingency to the general fund budget
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – By the narrowest of margins, Dawson County commissioners voted Thursday to add $100,000 contingency to the general fund budget that County Manager David Headley will have the authority to spend in case of an emergency without receiving Board authorization. Prior to the vote, Dist. 2 Commissioner Chris Gaines asked for three stipulations: […]
Read More »Dawson County celebrates Manufacturing Appreciation Week
PRESS RELEASE DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — April 15-18 is Manufacturing Week in Dawson County. During the week, the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce and the Development Authority of Dawson County will celebrate local manufacturers and industrial suppliers with staff visits to show appreciation and spotlight posts on social media. To kick off hte celebration and […]
Read More »Board of Commissioners schedules work session Thursday
DAWSONVLLE, Ga. – Dawson County Commissioners will consider awarding a contract to Ross and Associates in the amount of $8,100 to update the county’s Land Use Plan commercial and residential zoning classifications when they meet for a work session at 4 p.m. in the Government Center Assembly Room Thursday (March 28). The county sent our […]
Read More »Labor Secretary announces records set in first two months
ATLANTA –Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that the state opened 2019 by setting a series of records. In the two-month cycle of January and February, Georgia posted gains in jobs, labor force and employed residents. Records were posted in all three areas during the cycle. “We’re only two months into the year,” Butler […]
Read More »Rezoning request postponed until April meeting
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The Dawson Village Partners, LLC rezoning request that was scheduled to go before the Dawson County Planning Commission on March 19, will be postponed until the next meeting in April. Dawson Partners, LLC is proposing a massive mixed use village to be located on a 974-acre site at the northwest corner of […]
Read More »BOC will register opposition to two bills in General Assembly that would ban local government regulation of building standards
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The Dawson County Board of Commissioners will join a growing number of local governments all across Georgia in opposing two bills now being considered in the General Assembly that prohibits them from regulating design standards on one- and two-family homes in their communities. The Board will vote on a resolution opposing Georgia […]
Read More »GMRC asks public’s help in drafting a regional plan
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — The Georgia Mountains Regional Commission (GMRC) is in the process of updating its regional plan, the state-required document that helps shape the commission’s work program and its ability to coordinate support for member local governments. As part of this process GMRC has created an online survey asking people to give their thoughts […]
Read More »UPDATE: Wreck with entrapment on GA 400 and GA 53
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Two people were injured when a Ford dump truck overturned onto a Honda Pilot Monday afternoon near the intersection of GA 400 and GA 53. According to the Georgia State Patrol report, 59-year-old Jackie Wilson of Decatur was traveling north on GA 400 in a Ford dump truck as a Honda Pilot, […]
Read More »Firefighters battle mobile home fire on Elliott Family Parkway
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. –Dawson County Fire units were dispatched to a reported mobile home fire at 10:48 a.m. today (Feb.15) on Elliott Family Parkway. Engine 1 arrived on scene at 10:55 with heavy smoke and flames showing from a single-wide mobile home. Crews mounted an aggressive interior attack and the fire was under control and […]
Read More »City Council approves mayor’s pay raise, 3-1
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The Dawsonville City Council voted 3-1 Monday (Feb. 4) to approve an amendment to the city charter that will increase the mayor’s salary from $600 to $1,000 per month starting in 2020. Councilman Mark French, who has opposed the pay raise from the beginning, cast the dissenting vote. Other changes to the […]
Read More »Rep. Kevin Tanner talks issues at Saturday breakfast meeting
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Rep. Kevin Tanner (R-Dawsonville) returned to Dawson County Saturday morning to treat constituents to breakfast at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame and to share news from the General Assembly. Key topics included the current fiscal year amended budget, the proposed new budget, education, health care and transportation. Tanner’s subcommittee is working […]
Read More »State Patrol identifies adults injured in Thursday crash on SR 136
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – The Georgia State Patrol has identified the adults injured in Thursday’s single-vehicle wreck on SR 136 just west of Eagle Creek Farm Road that sent two adults and three children to the hospital. SFP Curtis Bradshaw of Post 37 in Cumming said in an email that a 2005 Buick LaCrosse, driven […]
Read More »Board approves comprehensive plan with future land use map
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The Dawson County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted the county’s comprehensive plan during Thursday’s work session that includes the future land use map. Commissioner Chris Gaines’ motion to approve included directions to Planning and Development Director Jameson Kinley and Terri Tragesser, chairwoman of the Long Range Planning Committee to meet in the […]
Read More »Board of Commissioners delays approval of comp plan again
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — For the second straight week, the Dawson County Board of Commissioner couldn’t decide if would be best to approve the comprehensive plan using the same future land use map it has used for years or replace it with a character area map. Both maps display every parcel in Dawson County. The future […]
Read More »Dawson County surrenders operation of Fire Station 8 to Pickens Co.
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Following the resignation of 12 of 13 volunteer firefighters at Fire Station 8 in the Wildcat Community, Dawson County has relinquished operational control of the station to Pickens County. Commissioners ratified a new intergovernmental agreement (IGA) at Thursday’s work session that also gives Pickens County responsibility for training and equipping the volunteers […]
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