Downtown Revitalization within the context of Historic Preservation
 

Social Circle

Better Hometown
 

Supporting the business community and the citizens of
Georgia’s Greatest Little Town!


A
Main Street
Community

certified by

The
National Trust
for
Historic
Preservation

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2012 Event
Calendar

 


2012 Season

 


Citywide Clean-up
March 31

 


April 22 - 28

 


May 5 & 6

 

May 18

 

 

 


Citywide Clean-up

 


October 6

 


October 19

 


Cemetery Tour

 

 

 

Save the Date!  Friday October 19  Annual Better Hometown Fund Raiser Golf Tournament at beautiful Hard Labor Creek!

Welcome to Social Circle Better Hometown Online
2012

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Opening Saturday, May 26!

Hot Rod's Diner
208 Village Circle
Social Circle Ga 30025

Back to the good ol' days!
Find that poodle skirt!  Show off your ducktail!
Have a real ol' fashioned diner experience
See our menu and more at
http://eatathotrods.com

Click to play 181fm good time oldies

 

 

Saturday - May 26

Fun Run for Kids
& 1 Mile Fun Run

Support your Walton County
Boys & Girls Clubs in Monroe
and Social Circle
Learn more about us
Can't run?  Support us in other ways


Download registration brochure

 

Saturday - May 19

Spring Give-Away

Corinth Church Parking Lot
10 am - 2 pm

Everything is free!
Click here for a flyer with the details

 

Friday - May 18

Annual Fundraiser to benefit the sight and hearing impaired

The Phil Peppers Memorial Golf Tournament


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All golfers welcomed! Come out for a beautiful day at
The Creek Golf Course at Hard Labor Creek State Park

 

DOWNLOAD A MAP FOR THE CITYWIDE YARD SALE HERE

Citywide Yard Sale - First Weekend in May


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It will be Yard Sale Heaven in Social Circle the first weekend in May!  For the second year we are partnering with Sherman's Trail Yard Sale (http://shermanstrailyardsale.com) and expect many shoppers and out-of-town visitors.  Clean out the barn, basement, and closets!  Get ready to have some yard sale fun all week-end long.  Increase your traffic by putting your sale on the free map distributed on Saturday to shoppers by Better Hometown, Buckeye's, and Papa's Pizza.

Special attractions this year:
Library Yard & Book Sale with Baked Goods
and Gateways Garden Club Plant Sale at the Baby Park

 

Document Destruction Day!

Wondering how to safely get rid of old bank statements, medical records, and other personal information?  Join Keep Walton Beautiful at Carmichael's Pharmacy parking lot in Monroe, Saturday, May 5, from 10 am to 1 pm, for a day of document destruction!

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FREE!     Picnic POPS Concert     FREE!


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Enjoy the
DeKalb Symphony Orchestra
on May 5 at 7 pm
Newton Campus of Georgia Perimeter College

Bring a picnic and enjoy light classics and movie music under the stars!

FREE!

 

Healing & Miracles Service

The community is invited to
The City of Faith
Healing & Miracles Service
at Corinth Church on
Sunday, May 6, at 6 pm.

Bring all who are sick!



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Jamie Peterson Visions Award Winner!
Social Circle's Unsung Hero 2012

On Monday, April 23, citizens from all over the county gathered at the Blue Willow for the Walton Tribune-sponsored event to honor this year's Visions Award winners.  Prior to this event, several friends hosted a reception for Jamie, her family, and out-of-town guests.

Read the Walton Tribune article here
http://tinyurl.com/2012visionawards

Congratulations Jamie!
You make Social Circle proud to call you one of our own!

 

Garden Week
in Georgia

Gateways Garden Club of Social Circle, The Garden Club of Georgia, The Office of the Governor, and the Georgia Department of Economic Development invite you to view and share a welcome video that is designed to encourage tourists to visit our wonderful public gardens across the state.  You can view it at http://youtu.be/0ZSb29R95ss

 

Social Circle Theater

 

A Celebration of Redemption

April 4 thru 7

Wednesday thru Friday at 7 p.m.
Saturday at 3 p.m.

Download a flyer for details

 


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Saturday, April 7
Easter Sunday, April 8

Dine with us on
Easter weekend!

Mr. Bunny
& his photographer
will be here both days

Order a family portrait
or your photo with the

Easter Bunny

11 am - 3 pm
on the grounds at the

Blue Willow Inn

Call for Reservations
(770) 464-2131
Toll Free 1-800-552-8813

 

Walton Chamber Race Series


Click flyer for details!

Saturday, April 21 2012

Time: 1:00 p.m.

Downtown Monroe Stretch 5K Race

$20.00—Pre-Registered Runners (by 4/6/12)

$30.00—Late Registration

 

Abbey Hospice Memory Walk

Sometimes we need to take a step.
Sometimes we need others
to walk with us in our journey.
Join us and remember.

Saturday, April 14th 2012

Click the flyer for details


 

 

Abbey Hospice Camp Journey


 

Camp Journey is a two day, overnight camping experience designed to help children express and understand their grief.
April 27-29, 2012
Camp Twin Lakes —Rutledge, GA
A free camping experience

Click on the flyer for details

 

Photo: Volunteer
No act of kindness,
no matter how small,
is ever wasted. 
Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC
The Lion and the Mouse

Volunteer Opportunities

Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming a Volunteer

1. Go through the Online Orientation that will provide an overview of the work that our volunteers do.

2. Read Volunteer Handbook.

3. Complete New Volunteer Paperwork:

Volunteer Application

Volunteer Code of Conduct

Volunteer Intellectual Property Agreement

Submit completed paperwork by mailing or dropping off packet to the East Georgia Chapter located at 490 Pulaski Street, Athens, GA 30601. Click here for map.

4. Once your application has been processed, a Red Cross volunteer or staff person will contact you with more information on how to get involved in your area of interest.

Background Check

 

Job Fair


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April 25    10 am - 2 pm
Mars Hill Missionary Baptist Church
387 West Hightower Trail
Social Circle GA  30025
 

For further info, contact Jessica Jenkins
Dept of Labor in Monroe 770-207-4111

 


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Pedal Power!

Family Cycle Day

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Join us for a morning of two wheel family fun!

Find out more about
Project Road Share

An initiative of Walton Wellness

 

Citywide Clean-up!
Click to learn more about litter

WHEN: Saturday, March 31, at 8 am

WHERE: Meet at the Community Room, 138 East Hightower Trail

WHAT TO EXPECT: Coffee and biscuits prepared by CHURCH AT THE GROVE

WHAT TO WEAR: Old work clothes and gloves

HOW LONG: Until your group’s adopted street is completed or 11 am


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to a blood drive in the media center of Social Circle High School on Thursday
March 15
9:30-3:30

The community is welcome so bring a friend with you when you come!

Our goal for this blood drive is 100 pints!!!

Appointments may be made by email or call the school at 770-464-2611
x 4114.

 

 


Click on the flyer icon to download a flyer to share with friends & family

Boy Scout Troop 64
Fundraiser

Saturday   March 10

5 pm - 8 pm

Social Circle United Methodist Church

$7.00 (includes fish, fries, slaw, dessert, tea)

 

Social Circle
High School
Symphonic Band


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6th Grade Band

7th/8th
Concert Band

Free Concerts

Please share this flyer with friends, family, neighbors, and customers.  Let's give the Social Circle High School Symphonic Band a great send off for the Georgia Music Educators Association Large Group Performance Evaluation event next week in McDonough!

UPDATE

The Social Circle High School Symphonic Band recently received all superior ratings in stage performance and sight reading at the Georgia Music Educators Association Large Group Performance Evaluation.  This is a tremendous honor for our band program!

 

 

Social Circle ACE announces new Archery Shop opening in February

A Full Service Pro Shop featuring Archery Pro Steve Pittman

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Click the photo thumbnail to see Steve Pittman in the Archery Shop at Ace

 


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download and share

Celebrating Our Faith.Family.Friends

February 19, 2012

11:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.

Cargle Chapel AME Church

300 Poplar Avenue

Reverend Vivian Green, Pastor

 

Back from the fire & better than ever!

Social Circle Better Hometown
Welcome Center
129 East Hightower Trail
 

February 14 
10 am - 11 am
Stop by and see us

 

Classic City Swing Dinner & Dance
Saturday February 11
Give your Valentine a special evening and
Support your local Boys & Girls Club

Click the dancers for a flyer to share with friends & family

Click the hearts to hear a swing tune (mp3)


Mike and Mary trip the light fantastic!

 


Click the Beast for a flyer

Beauty and the Beast
featuring
The Well Diggers
Social Circle Theater

Get your tickets now!

Multiple performances February 9 - February 18

 

In the spotlight

We have just completed our first year as Social Circle Better Hometown Online and we are very proud to announce thousands of hits on our website this year (nearly 300,000 hits on BHT and DPS combined) and hundreds of individuals and families on our mailing list.  Plans are already in the works for another great year of fun projects and events in "Georgia's Greatest Little Town."

New business in town!

Join us in welcoming Peyton Pettus and State Farm Insurance to our downtown business district.  Stop by and see

Cathy Jordan
Peyton Pettus Insurance Agency, Inc.
STATE FARM
Providing Insurance and Financial Services
PO Box 985
140 S Cherokee Rd
Social Circle, Ga  30025
Phone:  678-465-9002  Fax:  678-465-9170
cathy.jordan.uvhq@statefarm.com


Volunteer

Citizens make Social Circle
Georgia's Greatest Little Town!

Looking for a place to volunteer?  A place with lots of wonderful activities for adults and children?  A place where your time, talents, or donations can make a real difference in people's lives?

In the spotlight

Join Friends of the Library, a non-profit organization supporting the goals of the W.H. Stanton Memorial Library.  Check out their website at http://socialcirclegafol.org and see what's happening at the library.  We think you will be very pleasantly surprised and your children will be thrilled.  Sign up on the FOL home page to get the latest news from the library in your inbox.


Upcoming special programs at
Corinth Missionary Baptist Church

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Keeping the Dream Alive
Monday, January 16, 12 noon
Pastor Clinton Sorrells, Guest Speaker


Click here for a flyer to share

 

Healing and Miracles Service
Bring all who are sick to experience this
powerful move of the Holy Spirit!
Sunday, February 5, 6 pm


Click here for a flyer to share


 

2011
2012
National Main Street Accreditation

 

 for Social Circle Better Hometown!
A big thank you to all the citizen volunteers that made this achievement possible.


 

 

Quick Links

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GA Network

2011
Archive

Citywide
Clean-up

City Hall

City Code

City Welcome Packet

City
Certificate of
Appropriateness
(COA)

City Recycle Info

City Yard
Sale Rules

Forms

2011 Friendship Festival Raves & Reviews

2012
Friendship Festival Info & Applications

Junior
Ambassador
Program

Opportunity
Zone FAQ

Property
Listings

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129 East Hightower Trail   PO Box 612   Social Circle GA  30025
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