Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2010 Union County Community Guide
2010 Union County Community Guide
Table of Contents
3 Your Chamber Festivals & Events
4 Welcome/Important Numbers 10 Spring 24 Fall
Great Southern
5 History of Union County 19 Summer 41 Winter publishers
Linda Mosely Publisher
6 Senior Living & Retirement Mark Mosely Executive Editor
Heidi Watts Marketing Executive
8 Blairsville Homes Teresa Greer Managing Editor
Michelle Lane Editor/PR Coordinator
15 Tourism, Golf & Recreation Stephen Hefner Creative Director
Daniel Thompson Graphic Designer
18 Shopping, Dining & Lodging The Blairsville-Union County Community
Brittany Carpenter
Joffre Moore
Graphic Designer
Graphic Designer
Guide & Membership Directory is pro-
Taylor Gordon CFO
22 Misty Mountain Railroad duced by The Blairsville-Union County
Valerie Henson Business Manager
Chamber of Commerce. Although every
Thomas Murrow Project Coordinator
23 Arts & Culture effort has been made to ensure ac-
curacy, we cannot guarantee that dates, Martha Lawson Proofing Coordinator
telephone numbers and other informa- Dan Friedman
26 Logan Turnpike Mill tion have not changed. We welcome Director, Interactive Programing
your recommendations for future issues.
Blake Moore Director, IT
27 Education Call 706-745-5789 or visit us at www.
VisitBlairsvilleGA.com. Ella Wilson Writer
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Important Numbers
Electricity
Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Member-
ship Corporation (EMC)
T
elephone and Cable
Television
Historic Courthouse Windstream
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706-781-3717 or 800-501-1754
www.windstream.net
elcome new residents! We’re
glad you decided to relocate
to the Blairsville-Union County
Drivers License
37 Chase Dr., Blairsville 706-781-2426
area. To help make your transition easier,
Other Helpful Numbers 8 a.m.- 6 p.m. Thursday & Friday only
here is a list of local contact numbers and
websites. For other contacts and more Burn Permit 706-781-2398
information, please refer to the Reloca- GA Mountain Research Trash Service
tion section of the Chamber’s website at & Education Center 706-745-2655 Union County Transfer and
www.VisitBlairsvilleGA.com. Humane Society 706-781-3843 Recycling Station 706-439-6102
Union County Public Library Deep South Farm Rd.
706-745-7491
Government Mountain Education Center
Blairsville City Hall 706-745-2000
706-745-9575
Tax Information
Blairsville Municipal Airport www.unioncountyga.gov
Union County Historical Society
706-745-4307 Tax Commissioner’s Office
706-745-5493
Board of Education 706-745-2322 706-639-6018
Union General Hospital 706-745-2111
Downtown Development Authority • Sales Tax: 7% (4% state tax and 3%
Woody Gap School/Suches
706-994-4837 county tax including a special purpose
706-747-2401
Health Department 706-745-6292 local option sales tax)
Post Office – Blairsville 706-745-2541 • State Income Tax: Rates range from
Post Office – Suches 706-747-2611 All Emergencies 1%-6% of taxable income.
Union County Commissioner’s Office E-911 Center 706-439-6038 • Property Tax: Property tax is assessed at
706-439-6000 City of Blairsville Police 706-835-1692 40% of fair market value. Property taxes
Union County Development Authority County Sheriff ’s Department are payable at the Union County Court-
706-745-4500 706-439-6066 house. Blairsville City taxes can be paid
Union County Schools 706-745-2322 Poison Control 800-282-5846 at City Hall.
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History
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Senior Living & Retirement
The “Best Season”
of Our Lives
N early one-third of Union County’s
residents (30.5%) are age 60 years
and better, and there’s a good
chance that 100% of them are enjoying
the best “season of their lives” in Union
The Institute for Continuing Learn-
ing (ICL) is an adult-education center
affiliated with Young Harris College.
Courses might include aerobics, comput-
ers, bridge, gardening, genealogy, music,
County! The backdrop of the Blue Ridge natural history, woodworking, paint-
Mountains affords active seniors oppor- ing, sculpture, and writing. Hundreds
tunities for outdoor recreation. Several of people in north Georgia and western
residential communities, continuing edu- North Carolina have enjoyed ICL classes.
cation programs, and a local senior center 1 College St., Young Harris, 706-379-5194,
offer senior activities and recreation. www.iclyhc.org
The Union County Senior Center Branan Lodge at Wesley Mountain
provides senior services such as hot noon Village is a beautiful retirement com-
meals, home delivered meals, exercise munity in Blairsville. Branan Lodge’s
programs and recreation, transporta- 138 apartments for persons age 62 and
tion, outreach, educational opportunities, older, and Wesley Mountain Village’s
and other services. 95 Senior Center Dr., single-family homes for ages 55 and older
Blairsville, 706-439-6105 include amenities such as 24-hour on-site
OASIS—a ministry of First United personnel, social activities, maintenance,
Methodist Church of Union County—is and transportation. 706-745-5565/4627,
an educational, inter-religious enrichment www.brananlodge.org
program for persons age 50 and older. Stonehenge Assisted Living III’s
More than 40 classes are offered in music, three residential buildings feature wrap-
needlework, crafts, art, health/exercise, around decks, ensuring that residents feel
computers, travel, genealogy, and a host of right at home. Activities and outings keep
other topics. seniors engaged.
Out with Friends 938 Hwy. 515, Blairsville, 706-745-2073, 168 Stonehenge Dr., Blairsville, 706-745-7703,
www.fumcunioncounty.com/oasis.html www.stonehengeassistedliving.com
Real Estate
Property Taxes
In Union County, several tax exemp-
tions are offered to homeowners who
qualify, based on 40% of the assessed
value of the property. These exemptions
range from $2,000 to up to $10,000.
For more information, visit www.union
countyga.gov/home, or contact:
• Susie Phillips, Chief Appraiser
65 Courthouse St., Box 4
Blairsville, GA 30512
706-439-6011, Fax 706-439-6012
ucta@uniongov.com
Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Closed Saturday, Sunday and Holidays
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Mountain Morning
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year. Daily fee: $3; Single Season Pass:
$50; Family Season Pass: $80. For more
information, call 706-439-6074.
• Meeks Park Disc Golf Course–Groups
can enjoy this great new game, similar to
golf, with 18 baskets to challenge even
the best. And best of all, it’s free!
• Softball–Adult softball programs are
held at Meeks Park. Cheer on your team,
or play on the team for great exercise. For
more information, call 706-439-6074.
Lighted field. March 1-October 31.
• Walking Club–Walkers of all ages and
paces meet every Tuesday and Thursday
at either 8 a.m. or 9 a.m. to enjoy the
beautiful walking trail at Meeks Park.
• New Skate Park and Basketball
Court–Blairsville kids have access to safe
and legal skateboarding at this large, 75
x 50 foot “skate spot”. Also, shoot some
hoops at the basketball court. 11 Pool Ln.,
Blairsville, 706-439-6074
Horseback Riding
The Stables at Brasstown Valley Resort
& Spa
Featuring five miles of trails, the
Stables at Brasstown Valley Resort &
Spa primarily offer one- and two-hour
guided mountain trail rides, accommo-
dating all experience levels. Guests can
meander through open fields, hardwood
forests and crystal-clear trout streams as
they travel throughout the property. 6321
Hwy. 76, Young Harris, 706-379-9900
Blanche Manor
Canter along a shady forest trail laced
with mountain laurel or relax as your
horse drinks from a cool mountain
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Old General Store
3
in Blairsville’s shopping district. Everyone
Explore Site wants to take home a little piece of these
With information on what mountains, so thanks to the abundance of
locally-owned stores in the county, you’re
to do, where to stay, and
bound to find that special something for
where to eat, this mobile that someone special.
site can give you insight into Sample the variety from antiques,
artwork, children’s stores, clothing stores,
everything about Blairsville. shoe stores, fun boutiques, crafts and
home accessories, Native American
goods, and more. There’s a mountain of
shopping fun to be found here in the
North Georgia Mountains!
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All serious shoppers know that this fun
activity really does work up an appetite,
so wherever you are shopping in Blairs-
ville-Union County, you’re never far from
a good, healthy meal. If you want to grab
just a quick bite as you’re dashing in and
out of stores, you’ll find plenty of options
that fill the bill and fill your tummy at the
same time: pizza, sandwiches, burger, ribs,
or wings, for example.
When the shops close their doors
in the evening and you really want to
celebrate some of your “super bargains,”
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memories when he spent hours playing
with his Uncle Fred’s model trains.
No doubt friends Ken Kluth and Don
Morris, along with mural painter Jim
Fleming, enjoyed similar boyhood experi-
ences which led them all to devote 15
years of planning and construction, along
with considerable personal funds, to their
labor of love.
The bench work (the area on which
the display is built) is constructed of
seven tons of lumber, sturdy enough to
hold grown men walking around on it;
the mountains and scenery are formed
of 6,000 pounds of plaster. Beneath the
layout are hidden trap doors for servicing
the massive electrical array of wires that
help run the trains and illuminate hun-
dreds of buildings, signs, and streetlights.
Approximately 380 pieces from
Department 56 (brand of collectibles)
Miniature Magic
are sprinkled throughout the display. No
detail is overlooked, from the piles of
sawdust around the logging mill to the
Georgia Mountain Fair rides that twirl
in the Blue Ridge Mountains and blink, to the tiny townspeople who
are waving, walking, and working, to the
tiny pieces of trash around the town’s
S
hobo camp! This attention to detail is
queals of awe and delight just what makes every scene so real, to the
“Holy cow! Look like these can be heard emanat- delight of adults as well as children.
at that!” ing from the 8,000 square-foot
building behind Charles Griffin’s home
No amount of description can do this
attraction justice; the “oohs” and “ahhs”
in Blairsville. What’s going on in there is and wide-eyed wonder on the faces of
“Oh, my goodness, isn’t nothing short of magic for children of all some 24,000 annual visitors say it all. For
that amazing?!?” ages, and further proof that fantasy can be Charles Griffin, who originally intended
found throughout beautiful Blairsville. this layout to be enjoyed by his children,
Enter the home of Misty Mountain his grandchildren, and their friends,
“How did they make Model Railroad, a sure-fire must-see for there’s a simple joy he gets from it all:
that look so real?” any visitor to Blairsville. America’s largest, “It’s something to be enthused about, to
privately owned, O-gauge train display is have fun with…it keeps you active!”
an unrivaled, 4,000 square-foot model rail- Additionally, every penny from tickets
“Wow! This is road layout built amidst an unbelievably goes to local charities. “The day after
unbelievable!” realistic replica of the town of Blairsville
and the North Georgia Mountains. Set
Thanksgiving 2009, we raised more than
$1,000 in three hours for our local
against the backdrop of a colorful mural library,” said Griffin.
of the surrounding countryside, this Come see this marvelous magical
world-class display features 14 O-gauge world for yourself ! The display is open
Lionel trains traveling on a mile of track January-April on Wednesdays and
over 12 bridges and four trestles and Saturdays and May-December on
through 15 tunnels. Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. A
A fantasy this large needed the right one-hour tour begins promptly at 2 p.m.
place, the right space, and the master- Misty Mountain Model Railroad
minds to create it. The brainchild of 16 Misty Mountain Ln.
Charles Griffin, Misty Mountain Model Blairsville, GA 30512
Railroad preserves his exciting childhood 706-745-9819
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Mountain Regional Arts & Crafts Guild • Gallery on the Main
Fall Events & Festivals The Mountain Regional Arts & Crafts 44 Chevy Drive, Suite B
Guild represents more than 80 artists and Blairsville, GA 30512
Mountain Heritage Festival (September) craftsmen from throughout Northeast (706) 897-7692
Collections of fine mountain-made Georgia, Southwestern North Carolina, www.carolmooredemme.com
products are available at this spectacu- and Southeastern Tennessee. The guild
lar event during Labor Day weekend. • Goldhagen Studios
opened ArtWorks Artisan Centre in 7 Goldhagen Studio Dr.
Don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy the
Hiawassee as a permanent place to hold Hayesville, NC 28904
manifestations of the handiwork of local
Guild meetings, to have classrooms for (828) 389-8847
craftsmen and craftswomen.
teaching, and space to sell their work. www.goldhagenartglass.com
www.unioncountyhistory.org
In the Centre, the Main Gallery and
Bluegrass Festival (September) retail store is filled with an ever-changing
Bluegrass music comes alive in Down- display of beautiful handmade baskets,
Culture
town Blairsville! Visitors will enjoy a Misty Mountain Model Railroad
jewelry, stained glass, furniture, quilts,
talented line-up of musical entertainment Rail fans marvel at America’s largest,
fabric art, leather work, wood carving,
in addition to many other activities. It all privately-owned O-gauge train display.
candles, pottery, gourd art, painted wood,
happens the last weekend of September. This amazingly detailed “walk into/
gift items and a wide array of fine art and
www.unioncountyhistory.org walk through” 4,000 square-foot layout
photography by more than 56 local and features 14 O-gauge Lionel trains travel-
Indian Summer Festival (October) regional artists. The classroom space is ing on a mile of track over 12 bridges
For a truly fantastic experience, plan regularly filled with adults and children and four trestles and through 15 tunnels.
to attend the Indian Summer Festival looking for new ways to be creative. 308 Open Wednesdays & Saturdays, January
the first weekend in October in Suches, Big Sky Dr., Hiawassee, 706-896-0932, through April, and Wednesdays, Fridays,
Georgia. Activities include a craft show, www.mtnregartscraftsguild.org and Saturdays May through December.
10K run, country square dance, weaponry Tours begin at 2 p.m., 16 Misty Mountain
High Country Artisans
demonstration, auction, play performed Ln., Blairsville, 706-745-9819
High Country Artisans is another
by elementary students, and much more!
group of artists and crafters who promote Corn Maze
www.suches.com/festival.htm
quality art work in the North Georgia A-“mazing” fun for the whole family!
Sorghum Festival (October) Mountains through a well-organized, Decorative gourds and colorful Indian
Blairsville’s longest running festival, well-attended arts and crafts festival, The corn, and more than 20 kinds of pump-
held at Meeks Park, celebrates the Butternut Creek Festival, held in July kins and squash make good eating and
ancient art of cooking sweet syrup in Meeks Park in Blairsville. Now in its great autumn decorations. Grown on
extracted from sorghum cane. Visitors 12th year, the festival is a juried art show Collins’ farm in Blairsville. Open Sep-
enjoy sorghum syrup-making demon- with high standards; in 2009, only 65 tember 1 through October 31. 5902 Hwy.
strations in addition to contests such as artists were selected to show their work in 129 S., Blairsville, seven miles south of
“Biskit” Eatin’, Pole Climbin’, Log Sawin’, categories from basketry, fine art, fabric art, Blairsville square; four miles north of Vogel
Rock Throwin’, and Horseshoe Throwin’. and decorative painting, to glass, jewelry, State Park, 706-835-7568
Join us the second and third weekends in metal working, photography, pottery,
October for all this fun, plus a parade, a Meeks Park
scrimshaw, and woodturning. PO Box 422, Meet for a game in our beautiful park
car show, square dances, and live demon- Blairsville, 706-781-1221,
strations. http://sorghum.blairsville.com/ with four baseball fields, two softball fields
www.butternutcreekfestival.com
Fall Hoedown at Vogel State Park
(October) Art Galleries & Studios
Celebrate autumn’s arrival with a cake- • Al Garnto Fine Art Studio
walk, hayrides, and food during the day, 87 School Street
and a campfire, dancing, and storytelling Blairsville, GA 30512
at night. (706) 745-1200
www.algarnto.com
By Appointment Only
• Carriage House Framing
& Art Gallery
29 Highway 515, Suite A
Blairsville, GA 30512
(706) 745-9735
www.carriagehouseartcenter.com
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cornbread mixes, pancake mixes, and
Fresh Cornbread at
buttermilk biscuit mixes. What makes
Logan Turnpike Mill
these products exceptionally good (and
good for you!) is their stone grinding
process which utilizes the whole grain,
leaving nothing to waste.
“The flour available in supermarkets
today is ground with high speed ham-
mer or roller mills. It is then refined by
removing the germ, bran, and essential
oils. Then the flour is ‘whitened’ by
aging or by adding bleaching agents
such as potassium bromate. Finally,
the flour is enriched by replacing a
couple of nutrients,” Cecilia explains.
“However, at Logan Turnpike Mill,
nothing is removed. We also grind at
a much lower temperature… keeping
the grains cool does not destroy the
heat-sensitive nutrients and makes
for a much more flavorful and healthy
product. We believe that eating freshly
stone-ground whole grains is a much
Grindin’Grits in Georgia
healthier alternative to the high-speed,
‘whitened,’ enriched flours!”
Demand for Logan Turnpike Mill’s
products has grown steadily over the
A
years, forcing the Hollands to expand
to their second location on the banks
nd there is no better place
What comes to mind in Georgia to find real grits
of the scenic Nottely River on Hwy.
19/129 south of Blairsville. They
when you think of the – meaning whole grain, stone-
ground grits (not those sold in chain
opened their mill/store to the public
in 1995, and their bakery’s best-
REAL South? grocery stores) – than inside Logan selling product is their eight-grain
Turnpike Mill, a real circa 1916 grist
How about: magnolias mill featuring a 1926 Fairbanks Morse
“Ezekiel bread.” The store is open year
round except for Easter, Thanksgiving,
and mayo, farms and engine mounted on a buckboard wagon,
just five miles south of Blairsville. Own-
and Christmas.
Thanks to mail order and the In-
friendly folks, cornbread ers Cecilia and George Holland, both ternet, Logan Turnpike Mill products
formerly employed in Atlanta at Na-
and countryside, greens, tional Service Industries and Shepherd
are “cooking up” in kitchens in every
one of the 50 states, as well as over-
and of course… grits! Spinal Center (respectively), wanted to
return to their roots in North Georgia,
seas. Their products have appeared
on The Food Network, and in both
so they bought the mill from their friend
Southern Living and Martha Stew-
Becky Rogers in 1986, and happily con-
art magazines, and of course, on the
tinue the tradition of educating people
tables of the finest homes in Blairs-
about the good nutrition and wonderful
ville and Union County.
taste of freshly ground grains.
Logan Turnpike Mill
T he True Taste U.S. 19/129
of the S outh 5 miles south of Blairsville GA
Grits are the staple of the South, at mile marker #8.
so every real Southern kitchen should Store Hours:
be stocked with whole grain good- Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m, June-October
ness from Logan Turnpike Mill: whole Winter months, open Thurs.,
1916 Grist Mill wheat, corn, rye, and buckwheat flours, Fri., Sat. only
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Woody Gap School is the smallest of Union County include North Georgia
public school in Georgia, with ap- Technical College, based in Clarkesville,
proximately 100 students in grades K-12. and Young Harris College in Young Harris.
Since the early 1940s, it has enjoyed North Georgia Technical College
great community support and, at vari- (NGTC) is the oldest technical college
ous times, has ranked at number one in in Georgia. Students receive invaluable
the state academically. The school has training and hands-on experience with
achieved AYP for three consecutive years, high-tech equipment.
and continues to maintain some old-time NGTC constantly reviews and raises
traditions. 2331 State Hwy. 60, Suches, its standards and has been awarded ac-
706-747-2401 creditation by the Commission on
Mountain Education Center High Colleges of the Southern Association of
Private Education School (MECHS) is a collaborative effort Colleges and Schools. NGTC recently
While most Union County parents of Union County School System and its signed articulation agreements with sev-
are satisfied with the job being neighbors, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, eral local colleges including Young Harris
done by the Union County School Pickens, Stephens, Towns, and White College and North Georgia College and
System, some parents still may prefer County school systems. This academic, State University. These agreements pave
to enroll their children in a private self-paced, individualized, evening high the way for students to transfer credits
school with a particular secular or school serves students who are seeking a from one institution to another or to get a
religious orientation. One such school non-traditional school environment and jump start on an academic history.
that supports the Blairsville-Union who desire a Georgia high school diploma. North Georgia Technical College is a
County Chamber is Mountain Area 218 School St., Blairsville, 706-745-9575, public, two-year technical college whose
Christian Academy, a Christ-centered, www.mountaineducationcenter.net mission is to provide technical educa-
Biblically based school that provides tion, adult literacy education, continuing
an educational program that is Higher Education education, and business and industry
academically excellent, and focused on Colleges and technical institutions training. These efforts improve the quality
equipping and encouraging students located in or within a short driving distance of life of individuals by preparing them
to fulfill God’s purpose for their lives.
• Mountain Area Christian Academy
14090 Old Hwy. 76, Morganton,
706-374-6222, www.macalions.org
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Healthcare in Blairsville
Winter is a wonderland
in Blairsville-Union
County, and along with
A s more and more people discover
the many benefits of living in
Blairsville-Union County, quality
healthcare services become increas-
ingly important to our resident seniors,
• 1989 – Rural Hospital Award by the
Georgia Rural Health Association
• 1994 – named as one of the top per-
forming hospitals by the 1994
100 Top Hospital Benchmarks for
our families with children, and even our Success study
the season’s first seasonal visitors who enjoy their second • 2000 – Small Hospital of the Year
snowflakes, often come homes here.
Blairsville-Union County’s healthcare
Award by the Georgia Alliance of
Community Hospitals
the first sniffles. system stands ready to help both its • 2001 – Georgia Rural Hospital
residents and visitors stay healthy and of the Year by the Georgia Rural
active throughout this special season, and Health Association
all year-round. •2007 – Georgia Rural Hospital of the
Year by the Georgia Alliance of Com-
Hospitals munity Hospitals
Union General Hospital • 2007 – named by Modern Health-
Union General Hospital opened as a care among the Top 100 hospitals in
small outpatient clinic in 1959, but has the nation and Top 20 among small
evolved into one of the most modern and rural hospitals.
progressive hospitals in the state. It was Union General Hospital has recently
named as Georgia’s Rural Hospital of the expanded to meet the healthcare needs
Year 2001 during the 20th anniversary of our community. This technologically
meeting of the Georgia Rural Health As- advanced facility provides a wide range
sociation. The hospital has demonstrated of services rarely available in small com-
exemplary service and earned a reputation munities. It includes 45 private inpatient
as a model institution for others to follow. rooms, comprehensive women’s ser-
Awards and recognition include: vices, a new clinical laboratory, surgical
Home Care
Three agencies in Union County of-
fer in-home service professionals who
are skilled nurses; physical, speech, and
occupational therapists; certified home
health aides; social workers; and regis-
tered dieticians. They help your loved
ones remain at home while receiving
the care they need to maximize their
recovery and quality of life.
• CareSouth
1390-F U.S. Hwy. 76
Hiawassee,
706-896-5037
www.caresouth.com • Tugaloo Home Health Agency, an Nursing Home
• Senior Helpers Amedisys Company Union County Nursing Home
329 Oak St., Ste. 201 1620 U.S. Hwy. 76 With easy access to the diagnostic
Gainesville, Hiawassee, GA services of Union General Hospital,
678-807-2220 706-896-1257 residents of the nursing home enjoy the
www.seniorhelpers.com www.amedisys.com continuum of care necessary for their
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health. Offering an “at home”-like envi-
ronment, the Nursing Home is designed
with the resident in mind, with a caring
staff of professionals and fully equipped
units, as well as educational and recre-
ational activities. 164 Nursing Home Cir.,
diagnosis, or ability to pay. Financial
Blairsville, 706-745-4948, www.unionge-
assistance is available. 70 Caring Way,
neralhospital.com/nursing_home.htm
Jasper, 706-253-4100, 800-692-7199,
www.gmhospice.org
Hospice Care
Georgia Mountains Hospice Regency Hospice
Georgia Mountains Hospice is a Regency Hospice is a world class orga-
not-for-profit community agency serv- nization that provides the highest quality
ing this area since 1993. Their team of care to patients at a critical time of life.
professionals provide quality care to Highly experienced hospice profession-
those who are faced with a life-limiting als, who are experts in pain management,
Health Department
provide support and counseling for Union County Health Department
illness. Hospice care is available for
cancer and end-stage heart, lung, patients and families. 236 S. Main St., provides general health services to Union
liver, kidney, and Alzheimer’s diseases. Hiawassee, 706-896-1251, www.regency- County residents, such as child and ado-
Patients are served regardless of age, hospice.com lescent health services including immu-
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Utilities in Union County
Economic Development
For those looking to
locate, relocate, or
simply expand your
W hile the following information
will give you a taste of what
Union County has to offer busi-
nesses, at www.ucda.net you will find
detailed charts, graphs, and information
rounding Georgia counties of Fannin,
Lumpkin, Towns and White, as well as the
North Carolina counties of Cherokee and
Clay. Currently, this area’s labor force is
estimated to be 169,875 and is expected to
about our location, transportation options, rise to 283,553 during the next 15 years.
business in this fast- quality of life, workforce and training
growing, resource-rich opportunities, the key industries that I ncome & Education
proudly call us their home, and incentives With continued growth in jobs, Union
county in Georgia, for you to set up shop in our area. County workers’ per capita income
has increased from $25,135 in 2005 to
there are many hard Population & Labor $28,111 in 2007. Estimated median
and tangible assets that Union County is a dynamic and grow-
ing county, evidenced by the fact that from
household income in 2008 inflation-
adjusted dollars was $42,436, and median
Union County offers to 1990 to 2008, Union County’s population family income in 2008 inflation-adjusted
nearly doubled, primarily from in-migration. dollars was $53,832.
businesses, in addition In 2008, the population was estimated to be The majority of the Union County
to the rich history, 21,351, with projections that it will increase
to 27,024 by 2015. The labor force, employ-
labor pool ages 25-44 have a high school
or GED education, and even some col-
culture, and unique ment, and personal income levels have also lege (such as a two-year degree) which
risen steadily over the past 20 years. may qualify them for good jobs with any
lifestyle amenities that Union County’s experienced, capable, of the county’s top employers.
are so characteristic of and 100% non-union labor force offers its
employers strong and loyal work ethics as
For detailed population and employ-
ment trends, employment by industry
our area. a foundation for success. In addition to sector, commuting patterns, education
Union County resident workers, county attainment levels, and other labor force ac-
businesses attract workers from the sur- tivity information, visit the website of the
ute to the local economy. The majority of Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporation Electric Utility
employers (66%) are in service-providing Global Employment Solutions, Inc. Employment Agency
industries, while another 25% produce Young Harris College College
goods. In addition, hundreds of thousands The Home Depot Retail building materials
of visitors to the county each year help Bi Lo Grocery Grocery
support a robust tourism and hospitality
Wal-Mart Retail
sector of the local economy.
Expanding the Union County labor
area to include the surrounding counties
previously mentioned, the economic
opportunities include other big non-
manufacturing employers such as
healthcare leaders Chestatee Regional
Hospital, Chatuge Regional Hospital,
and Fannin Regional Hospital, retail
giant Walmart, education leaders North
Georgia College and State University and
Young Harris College, and others.
Manufacturers who make their living in
Union County offer products ranging from
baby chicks to bedding plants, building
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Top Manufacturing Employers products, bottled water, brochures, and
Corrugated Replacements, Inc. machined replacement parts for corrugated box machines
more. For a complete list of these particular
companies, visit www.ucda.net. For a profile
Colwell Construction Co., Inc. asphalt paving
on all Union County businesses by industry
Aviagen, Inc., Blairsville Div. primary breeder. baby chicks
sector, including type of firm, number of
Panel-Built, Inc. modular building products, steel mezzanines firms, number of employees, and percentage
Cott Beverages, Inc. bottled water of the overall industry mix, visit the Georgia
Speedling, Inc. bedding plants, plant plugs, hanging baskets Department of Labor website.
Pro-Formance Carriers auto trailers, heavy equipment trailers, truck bodies, yard trailers
Cobb Vantress broiler breeding stock ocation &
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Trackrock Industries assembling brochures, packaging parts, collating brochures Transportation
Blairsville, the county seat, is located
in the lovely Nottely River valley in
the North Georgia Mountains. A mere
two-hour drive from Atlanta, GA, Chat-
tanooga, TN, and Greenville, SC, our
central location provides excellent access
to Southeastern U.S. markets, interna-
tional airports, and deep water ports.
Major Highways/Road Network
The “Appalachian Developmen-
tal Highway Corridor A (GA 515)”,
a four-lane divided highway built to
near-interstate highway specs, brings
newcomers and visitors alike to beauti-
ful Blairsville from Atlanta, 114 miles
south-southwest, or from any point in
the area that connects to I-575 and into
I-75. Highways serving Union County
include: U.S. 19, 76, and 129, GA 2, 11,
60, 180, 325, 348, and 515.
Airports
From Blairsville via GA 515, it is 119
miles to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson
International Airport, which is the world’s
busiest in number of scheduled commercial
airline flights. Chattanooga’s Metropolitan
Airport is 95 miles west-northwest of
Blairsville via U.S. 129/U.S. 64/I-75. The
Blairsville Airport is a regional airport that
recently completed a $3-million expansion
to extend its paved and lighted runway to
5,000 x 100 feet. It is located three miles
southeast of Blairsville.
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maker, and later consulted and de-
signed displays for Dollywood, Michael
Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, and many
other commercial parks and real estate
developments worldwide. He has had
experience with nearly every type of
creative technique needed to bring a
concept to “3-D life.”
His fascination with fantasy contin-
ues to flourish in his 2,500 square-foot
woodworking studio where Art creates
Sleepy Hollow fairy houses, both big
and small, fairy doors, whirligigs, weath-
er vanes, and hand-cranked wooden toys.
Sleepy Hollow
Because Art is passionate about keeping
the fantasy and magic alive in all of us.
“Today’s techno-tots do not know
how to dream anymore,” says Art. “All
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their hands to make anything.”
“The fairies went from id you know that, just outside
of bustling Blairsville, there’s a
“So, in our Sleepy Hollow workshops,
we teach kids to ‘stop growing up’ and
the world, dear, unique community of diminu- to understand that ‘believing is seeing,’
tive mountain folks living happily in rather than the other way around. We
Because men’s hearts the hills? Art Millican, Jr. knows these teach kids to see the extraordinary magic
grew cold: little folks well. He not only builds their in ordinary stuff,” Art says.
houses for them, he also designs their This process of discovery delights
And only the eyes of whole villages!
These particular homes in Sleepy
“children” of all ages; many of Art’s
customers are gardeners and grandpar-
children see Hollow are selling well. They’re all hewn ents. Gardeners lean toward the brightly
from “green” materials found naturally in painted fairy homes that complement
What is hidden the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the color in their gardens, while Art
materials that others might consider prefers the “aged, earthy hues that blend
from the old...” “junk.” But what might be “trash” to you into Nature.”
becomes a fairy’s Taj Mahal! When you’re ready to reacquaint
- Kathleen Foyle Suspend your disbelief and be yourself with the fun and fantasy of your
enchanted when you enter the vil- youth, visit Sleepy Hollow Enchanted
lage of Sleepy Hollow. This special Gardens and Store and choose a special
place is like no other in the county… home to welcome a special new “little
or the country, for that matter. Sleepy friend” into your life!
Hollow is built from a cornucopia of Sleepy Hollow Enchanted Gardens
recycled materials, Disney know-how and Store
and the whimsical imagination of this 56 Fairy Folk Ln., Right on 515 E.
Peter Pan of Blairsville, the undisputed heading toward Hiawassee
Mayor of Sleepy Hollow. Blairsville
Art Millican devoted 15 years to 706-379-9622
Disney Studios as an artist and model Monday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
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Atlanta, GA 30334 Courthouse. www.unioncountyhistory.org
404-656-0177
amar Paris, the Sole Commissioner
District Office:
since 2001, is an elected official
90 Blue Ridge St.
who is the governing authority
Blairsville, GA 30512
of the county and who serves a four-
706-781-3929
year term. The Commissioner sets and
approves the budget for all departments Governor
and elected officials. He sets the mill rate • Sonny Perdue
each year, which provides funds for the 203 State Capitol
operation of the county departments. Atlanta, GA 30334
Commissioner Paris is directly re- 404-656-1776
sponsible for the following departments: www.Georgia.gov
Building Inspection and Permits, Envi-
ronmental Enforcement, E-911 Dispatch U.S. Senators hristmas Tree Lighting at Vogel
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Center, E-911 Mapping, Fire, Recreation, • Saxby Chambliss State Park (December)
Road, and the Transfer & Recycle Station. 416 Russell Senate Office Building Kids of all ages will love the caroling,
• County Commissioner Washington, DC 20510 hayrides, Santa Claus visit, bonfire, hot
65 Courthouse St. 202-224-3521 chocolate and cider. The evening cul-
Blairsville, GA 30512 minates with the ceremonial lighting
• Johnny Isakson
706-439-6000 of a large, beautifully decorated blue
120 Russell Senate Office Building
unioncounty@uniongov.com spruce Christmas tree.
Washington DC 20510
Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
202-224-3643
Elected & Other U.S. Representative
Government 9th Congressional District
Representatives • Nathan Deal
City of Blairsville 2133 Rayburn House Office Building
Blairsville is governed by a mayor and Washington, DC 20515-1009
five city council members who are elected 202-225-5211
to staggered, two-year terms. Gainesville Office
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ayor Jim Conley 500 Jesse Jewell Pkwy., Ste. 301
706-745-2000 P.O. Box 1015
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ity Council Gainesville, GA 30503-1015
706-745-2000 770-535-2592
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Blairsville-Union 2010 Directory
Alphabetical By Category
Accommodations/Bed & Breakfast Escape to Blue Ridge, LLC Nottely Cottage Vogel State Park
Pamela Miracle Bev Cardell David Foot
Highland Falls Bed & Breakfast Inn
(706) 413-5321 (706) 745-3583 (706) 745-2628
Jeanie Bullock
www.EscapetoBlueRidge.com www.nottelycottage.com www.gastateparks.org
(706) 835-1926
2700 Honaker Road 405 Vogel State Park Road
www.highlandfallsbandb.com Georgia Mountain Homestead Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512
364 Highland Forge
Idalu Bishop
Blairsville, GA 30512 Nottely River Campground, Cabins, & Whispering Pines Campground &
(706) 745-5089
Tubing Camping Cabins
Misty Mountain Inn & Cottages www.ga-mountainhomestead.com
Ann or James Dockery Frank Scranton
Peg Shaw 4431 Winn Road (706) 745-6711 (706) 374-6494
(706) 745-4786 Blairsville, GA 30512 www.nottelyrivercampground.com
www.mistymountaininn.com www.whisperingpinescampground.com
God’s Country Farm 3695 Nottely River Campground Road
55 Misty Mountain Lane 290 Whispering Pines Road
Bill and Arlene Gray Blairsville, GA 30512
Blairsville, GA 30512 Morganton, GA 30560
(706) 745-1560 Paradise Cabins, Resort & Spa
Your Home in the Woods B&B
Bonnie Hayward
www.godscountryfarm.com Ilke Lander Accommodations/Hotels-Motels-Inns
88 Country Farm Lane (877) 745-7483 Best Western Milton Inn
(706) 745-9337
Blairsville, GA 30512 www.paradise-cabins.com George Patel
www.yourhomeinthewoods.com
3163 Paradise Road/129 South
2830 Timber Lane Granny’s Cabin (706) 745-6995
Blairsville, GA 30512
Blairsville, GA 30512 Dennis & Marianna Mosser www.bestwestern.com/miltoninn
(727) 585-3132 Sunrise River Cabins 201 Highway 515 West
Accommodations/Cabins & Cottages Jason Clemmons Blairsville, GA 30512
www.grannyscabin.net
1 My Mountain Cabin Rentals, LLC (706) 745-5877
693 Old Beech Road Holiday Inn Express
Chris Middlebrook www.sunrisecabins.com
Blairsville, GA 30512 5817 Gainesville Highway Suresh Kishan
(800) 844-4939
www.1mymountain.com Hiawassee River Trout Lodge Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 745-6844
3945 Old Loving Road Susan Wyman www.ichotelsgroup.com
Town Creek Cottages 90 Fisher Street
Morganton, GA 30560 (706) 896-7400 Lisa Howard
www.hiawasseecabins.com Blairsville, GA 30512
2’s Company Farm Creek Cabins (706) 745-8891
Ray or Pat Taylor 2701 Cabin Drive www.towncreekcottages.com Seasons Inn
(706) 781-2500 Hiawassee, GA 30546 642 Seabolt Road Chris and Colleen Urbaniuk
www.farmcreekcabins.com Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 745-1631
1600 Sweetheart Lane Highland Falls Cabins
Karen & Derrick Whittle Trackrock Campground & Cabins www.seasons-inn.com
Blairsville, GA 30512 16 Town Square
(706) 745-3667 Frank & Debbie Alexander
A & P Cabins Home Service & Cabin Rentals www.highland-falls.com (706) 745-2420 Blairsville, GA 30512
Lola Peck 4434 Highland Forge East www.trackrock.com
4887 Trackrock Camp Road Majestic Mountain & Lake Properties, Inc.
(706) 379-1433 Blairsville, GA 30512
www.vacationrentals.com/vacation Blairsville, GA 30512 Wendy Adwell
rentals/Blairsville-Georgia.html Koehler Log Cabin (706) 379-1269
Vogel State Park www.majesticmountainproperties.com
1021 Pecks Lane William Koehler David Foot 22 Greenbriar Drive
Blairsville, GA 30512 (813) 930-0336 (706) 745-2628
www.deadendinternet.com/logcabin Blairsville, GA 30512
Above The Rest Luxury Cabins www.gastateparks.org
David or Jeanette Jenkins 4141 Rich Road 405 Vogel State Park Road
Blairsville, GA 30512 Accommodations/Resorts
(706) 374-2057 Blairsville, GA 30512
www.abovetherestcabins.com Brasstown Valley Resort & Spa
Majestic Mountain & Lake Properties, Charles Burton
1662 My Mountain Road
Inc.
Accommodations/Campgrounds/
Morganton, GA 30560 RV Parks (706) 379-9900
Wendy Adwell www.brasstownvalley.com
Alpine Cabins (706) 379-1269 Lake Nottely RV Park, Inc. 6321 US Highway 76
Michael & Louise Jasmin www.majesticmountainproperties.com Dick & Sandy Bell
Young Harris, GA 30582
(706) 745-7589 22 Greenbriar Drive (706) 745-4523
www.alpinecabins.com Blairsville, GA 30512 www.lnrvpark.com The Resort @ Copperhead
2850 Alpine Way 46 Haley Circle Anthony Cassulo
Blairsville, GA 30512 Majestic Mountain Getaways Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 835-7433
Greg Langston www.thecycleresort.com
Buser’s Lakeside Retreat Mountain View RV Resort, Inc.
(706) 379-9929 171 Copperhead Parkway
Carl or Ann Buser Joe Scerbo
(706) 745-0511 www.MajesticMountainGetaways.com (706) 835-1111 Blairsville, GA 30512
www.buserslakesideretreat.com 72 Greenbriar Drive www.georgiamtnviewrvresort.com
2052 Pat Colwell Road Blairsville, GA 30512 136 Mountain Creek Road The Ridges Resort & Club Lake Chatuge
Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512 Hayley Burch
Misty Mountain Inn & Cottages (706) 896-2262
Chattahoochee Forest Cabin Rentals Peg Shaw Nottely River Campground, Cabins, & www.theridgesresort.com
Tammy Hernandez (706) 745-4786 Tubing 3499 US Highway 76 West
(888) 696-8622 www.mistymountaininn.com Ann or James Dockery Hiawassee, GA 30546
www.chattahoocheeforestcabins.com 55 Misty Mountain Lane (706) 745-6711
Beautiful Luxury Rustic Cabins Blairsville, GA 30512 www.nottelyrivercampground.com Accommodations/Vacation Houses
Blairsville, GA 30512 3695 Nottely River Campground Road
Mountain Manager & Associates Blairsville, GA 30512 Lake Nottely Retreat
Cozy Cove Realty, Marina, & Cabin Rentals Lynda Farren Sue Boris
Lisa Skomp (706) 896-8907 Poteete Creek Campground (706) 835-3005
(866) 275-2468 www.mountainmanager.net (706) 439-6103 www.vrbo.com/10337
www.CozyCoveRealty.com www.ucrd.net/poteete.htm
1620 Highway 76, Suite 2 538 Canal Lake Road
6036 State Highway 325 1040 Poteete Creek Road
Blairsville, GA 30512 Hiawassee, GA 30546 Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512
Cranberry Cottage Noontootla Creek Farms Trackrock Campground & Cabins Majestic Mountain & Lake Properties, Inc.
JoAnne Leone Greg Owenby Frank & Debbie Alexander Wendy Adwell
(706) 745-9255 (706) 745-5532 (706) 745-2420 (706) 379-1269
www.CranberryCottageGA.com www.ncfga.com www.trackrock.com www.majesticmountainproperties.com
469 Seabolt Lane 3668 Newport Road 4887 Trackrock Camp Road 22 Greenbriar Drive
Blairsville, GA 30512 Blue Ridge, GA 30513 Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512
www.visitblairsvillega.com . 706-745-5789 43
Cadence Bank, N.A. Canal Lake Bible Camp Jeffery Development, Inc. Cabinetry
Mia Crowe Craig Shreiner Jim Jeffery Your Cabinet Connection
(706) 745-5588 (706) 745-6591 (706) 745-9247 Laurie Lundgren
www.cadencebanking.com www.clbc-ga.org PO Box 3011 (706) 835-7733
361 Blue Ridge Street 850 Bible Camp Circle Blairsville, GA 30514 1376 Highway 515 East, Suite H
Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512
Pard Ventre, LLC Residential Contractors Blairsville, GA 30512
United Community Bank, Union County Bridal Boutique Jody Anderson
Teresa Moore (706) 781-7013 Carpet Cleaners
Lady J Boutique & Bridal
(706) 745-2151 Jean Hansen PO Box 877 Deep South Carpet Cleaners, LLC
www.ucbi.com (706) 745-8372 Blairsville, GA 30514 Chris Wheeler
177 Highway 515 East www.ladyjboutiqueandbridal.com (706) 745-8455
Blairsville, GA 30512 Parker and Son Construction PO Box 2544
294 Highway 515 West, Unit A
Hillcrest Plaza Scott Hamby Blairsville, GA 30512
Beauty Salons & Spas Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 781-5192
Brasstown Valley Resort & Spa
www.parkersconstruction.com Catering
Charles Burton Bucket Truck Services 24 Verbena Way Catering by Cindy
(706) 379-9900 Nelson’s Bucket Truck Services Blairsville, GA 30512 Cindy King
www.brasstownvalley.com Gene Nelson Peachtree Custom Homes, Inc. (706) 374-5898
6321 US Highway 76 (706) 745-9723 Marc Narkawicz www.CateringbyCindy.com
Young Harris, GA 30582 360 Nelson Circle 8 Stiles Lane
(828) 837-3422
Blairsville, GA 30512 Mineral Bluff, GA 30559
Equani Spa at Brasstown Valley Resort www.peachtreecustomhomesinc.com
Marilyn Dockery Builders/Contractors 325 Peachtree Hills Road Comfort Cafe
(706) 379-2336 Murphy, NC 28906 Randi Lanham
A. W. Pyles Construction, Inc.
www.brasstownvalley.com (706) 745-8825
Sherry Pyles Prestige Builders Homes & Properties
(706) 835-1469 94-F Town Square
6323 US Highway 76 Gus Grader
www.awpylesconstruction.com Blairsville, GA 30512
Young Harris, GA 30582 (706) 745-0502
687 Henderson Road www.prestigelogbuilders.com
Esbee Spa & Beauty Young Harris, GA 30582 Cellular/Mobile Communications
Donna Guess Blairsville, GA 30512
Simply Wireless
(706) 781-1290 Allen & Son’s Construction Company Jimmy Smith
T. H. King Construction, Inc.
204 Gainesville Highway David Allen (706) 745-7466
Trance King
Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 633-9515 www.simplywireless.org
3986 Loving Road (706) 835-9382
www.thkingconstructioninc.com 199-E Highway 515
Glow A Hair and Nail Salon Morganton, GA 30560
69 Snowberry Lane Blairsville, GA 30512
Janis Horn
America’s Home Place Blairsville, GA 30512
(706) 745-0555 Wireless Expo an AT&T Wireless Autho-
Clark Lovingood
294 Highway 515 West, Unit F Tony Hughes Construction rized Dealer
(706) 781-2945
Blairsville, GA 30512 Julie Hughes Tifany McMahan
www.americashomeplace.com
(706) 745-7272
Mayfair Salon & Spa 167 Highway 515 (706) 897-2032
Blairsville, GA 30512 www.wirelessexpo.com
Katrina Smelt 53 Laurel Ridge Road
65 Murphy Highway, Suite 1
(706) 745-1447 Blairsville, GA 30512
Awesome Builders Blairsville, GA 30512
www.mayfairsalon.com Gary Freitag Tru-Forms Inc
411-C Highway 515 (706) 379-0913 Sean Barnett Child Care Services
Blairsville, GA 30512 Also Do Repairs & Home Improvements (706) 745-0905 Ms. Julie’s Child Care & Learning Center
Blairsville, GA 30512 178 Industrial Boulevard Julie Hughes
Robin Radcliffe-Hair Image Salon
Robin Radcliffe Basements Decks & More, Inc. Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 781-1575
(706) 835-7135 Bob and Mike Guild www.msjulieschildcare.com
215-B Blue Ridge Street (706) 745-9043 Building Supplies 93 Laurel Ridge Road
Blairsville, GA 30512 PO Box 1887 Builders FirstSource Blairsville, GA 30512
Blairsville, GA 30514 Dale James
Salon Eclipse (706) 745-2032 Children’s Store
Kristy Jones Berg Mountain Homes
Bill Berg 57 Cleveland Street Kids Zone USA
(706) 745-4923 Blairsville, GA 30512 Gaylee Gulley
(828) 361-5050
620 Shoe Factory Road (706) 781-1696
www.bergmountainhomes.com
Blairsville, GA 30512 North GA Stone, Inc. 19 Cobalt Street, Unit L
PO Box 221
Bob Clement Blairsville, GA 30512
The Hair People Brasstown, NC 28902
(706) 745-5532
Joe and Sandy Scerbo GA Mountain Home
(706) 745-3539
www.northgastone.com Chiropractic Service
Harvey Cohen 244 Industrial Boulevard
23 East Murphy Highway Advanced Cranial Chiropractic & Associates
(706) 745-7109 Blairsville, GA 30512
Blairsville, GA 30512 Teri Stokes
www.gamtnhome.com
(706) 781-4048
8440 Notla Vista I Burglar Alarms & Security Systems
Beverage Service Blairsville, GA 30512 www.younger-u.com
Cardinal Systems Group, Inc. 215 East Blue Ridge Street
Cott Beverage USA
Calvin Collins Construction, Inc. Thomas Figueroa Blairsville, GA 30512
Carl Anderson
Patricia Collins (828) 389-0000
(706) 835-3801 (706) 745-8498 Baker Chiropractic Clinic
www.cardinalsystemsgroup.com
193 Mauney Road www.calvincollinsconstructioninc.com Mark Baker
98 Crown & Bridge Place, Unit 6
Blairsville, GA 30512 152 Calicia Lane (706) 745-5551
Hayesville, NC 28904
Blairsville, GA 30512 76 Deep South Farm Road
Hughes Services, Inc. Blairsville, GA 30512
Mountain Audio & Video, LLC
Marilyn Hughes Fine Line Builders Carole Konkel Chiropractic Health Center
(706) 745-8398 Len Poole (706) 835-2313 Cindy Tidwell
352 Hicks Gap Road (706) 896-1602
www.mountainav.com (706) 835-1734
Blairsville, GA 30512 www.finelinebuildersga.com
1378 US Highway 76 East 2427 Blue Ridge Highway 4187 Gainesville Highway
Bible Camps & Retreat Centers Hiawassee, GA 30546 Blairsville, GA 30512 (Highway 129 S)
Camp Jabez Retreat Center Tight Security Systems, Inc. Blairsville, GA 30512
Howard Construction, Inc.
Doug Smith Jeff or Barbara Howard Scott & Sabrina Bishop DeBartolo Chiropractic Clinic
(706) 374-6374 (828) 837-9563 (706) 636-3030 Helen DeBartolo
www.campjabez.com www.hciwnc.com www.tightsecuritysystems.com (706) 745-1677
7 Split Rock Trail 120 View Point Drive 257 Amy Creek Road 266-D Shoe Factory Road
Morganton, GA 30560 Murphy, NC 28906 Ellijay, GA 30540 Blairsville, GA 30512
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Miller Leadership Resources, LLC The Humane Society’s Mountain Shelter Fun Factory In The Smokies Farmer’s Market
Bryan Miller Thrift Store Chris Wilkins
Choestoe Valley Produce & Corn Maze
(706) 835-6727 Tricia Spear (828) 349-8888
Donna Guess
www.millerleadership.com (706) 745-0033 www.thefactory.bz
(706) 835-7568
PO Box 92 www.iadoptapet.org 1024 Georgia Road
5902 Highway 19/129
Young Harris, GA 30582 51 Earnest Street, Suite D & F Franklin, NC 28734
Blairsville, GA 30512
The Esposito Institute Blairsville, GA 30512 Licklog Players
Georgia Mountain Farmers Market
Benita Esposito Sylvia Neese
Drywall Contractors Linda Riley
(770) 998-6642 (828) 835-8307
(706) 745-2559
www.EspositoInstitute.com Rich Drywall Supply, Inc. www.licklogplayers.org
75 Murphy Highway
Susan McCollum 301 Church Street
Strengthen Your Personal Relationships Blairsville, GA 30512
(706) 745-5307 Hayesville, NC 28904
for Success.
Your Authentic Life. Anything Else is a 1949 Old Smokey Road Misty Mountain Model Railroad Financial Services
Compromise Blairsville, GA 30512 Charles Griffin 1st Franklin Financial Corporation
(706) 745-9819 Lane Falls
The PAR Group Economic Development 16 Misty Mountain Lane (706) 745-6111
Patrick Malone Blairsville, GA 30512 www.1FFC.com
(404) 630-7504 Union County Development Authority
Mitch Griggs 417 Blue Ridge Street, Suite I
www.thepargroup.com Ocoee Adventure Center
(706) 745-4500 Blairsville, GA 30512
30+ years of enhancing our clients’ ability Larry Mashburn
to successfully grow their businesses. www.ucda.net (888) 723-8622 Bank of Hiawassee / Blairsville / Blue
44-B Town Square www.ocoeeadventurecenter.com Ridge
Countertops Blairsville, GA 30512 4651 Highway 64 Deborah Kohler
Copperhill, TN 37317 (706) 781-3166
Custom Wholesale Countertops Educational Games www.bankhiawassee.com
Bob & Janeen Junod River Junction Olde Tyme Portraits &
Fast Track to Reading 458 Highway 515 East
(706) 745-7300 Family Photo Studio
Anna Stone Blairsville, GA 30512
www.cambriatops.com Sharon Crider
1405 Blue Ridge Highway (706) 745-5943 (706) 632-7474 Edward Jones Investments
Blairsville, GA 30512 www.primaryskillboosters.com www.riverjunctionportraits.com Julie Fairburn
432 Sunny View Drive 534 East Main Street (706) 745-3839
Craft Shops Blairsville, GA 30512 Blue Ridge, GA 30513 www.edwardjones.com
417 Blue Ridge Street, Suite M
Sleepy Hollow Enterprises Rolling Thunder River Company
Electronic Sales & Service Blairsville, GA 30512
Art Millican Bobbye Miller
(706) 379-9622 Authorized TV & Electronics Service (800) 408-7238 Nantahala Bank & Trust Loan
www.whimsicalfairygarden.com Mike Parks www.RollingThunderRiverCo.com Production Office
56 Highway 515 East, Fairy Folk Lane (706) 781-3469 20 Hughes Street Susie Rose
Blairsville, GA 30512 www.authorizedtv.net McCaysville, GA 30555 (706) 781-1080
1323 Murphy Highway, Suite 3 www.nantahalabank.com
Events/Weddings 102 Town Square
Crisis Intervention Blairsville, GA 30512
Hiawassee River Trout Lodge Blairsville, GA 30512
S.A.F.E., Inc. Radio Shack - Georgia Mountain Susan Wyman
North Georgia Wealth Management
Kathie Hollis Electronics, Inc. (706) 896-7400
Group
(706) 379-1901 John & Davia Gordon www.hiawasseecabins.com
Buddy Moore
www.safeservices.org (706) 745-7832 2701 Cabin Drive
(706) 781-3936
PO Box 11 www.radioshack.com Hiawassee, GA 30546
www.buddymoorefinancial.com
Blairsville, GA 30514 417 East Blue Ridge Street Plantation Events 243 Hunt Martin Street
Blairsville, GA 30512 Howard McCombs Blairsville, GA 30512
Dance Studio (706) 745-0601
Sears of Blairsville Primerica Financial Services
Brasstown Dance Center (ArtZone www.plantation-events.com
Howard Wells Susanne Johnson
D/B/A) 2254 Owltown Road
(706) 745-6600 (706) 781-1678
Susan Vardeman Blairsville, GA 30512
www.sears.com www.primerica.com/susannejohnson
(706) 379-2651 Rabun County Civic Center 74 Town Square
60 Sears Way
www.brasstowndance.com (706) 212-2149 Blairsville, GA 30512
Blairsville, GA 30512
110 Main Street www.rabunciviccenter.com
Young Harris, GA 30582 United Community Bank, Union County
Embroidery 201 West Savannah Street
Teresa Moore
Clayton, GA 30525
Dance Supplies Brodi, Inc. (706) 745-2151
Barry Brown The Haralson House www.ucbi.com
Head 2 Toe Dance Supply Katie Mashburn 177 Highway 515 East
(706) 379-2092
Susan Vardeman (706) 781-9183 Blairsville, GA 30512
www.brodi.net
(706) 379-2346 www.theharalsonhouse.com
927 Main Street
1352 Main Street, Suite 3 274 Kings Road Fire Extinguisher Service & Sales
Young Harris, GA 30582 Young Harris, GA 30582
Blairsville, GA 30512 United Fire Service
Coosa Creek Marketing Products The Ridges Resort & Club Lake Chatuge Melissa Whitaker
Dental Offices Greg Owenby (706) 835-8430
Hayley Burch
Melissa Gessling, DMD, PC (706) 745-5535 (706) 896-2262 www.unitedfireservice.net
Melissa Gessling www.coosacreek.com www.theridgesresort.com 61 Potts Street
(706) 745-1203 244 Industrial Boulevard 3499 US Highway 76 West Blairsville, GA 30512
56 School Circle Blairsville, GA 30512 Hiawassee, GA 30546
Blairsville, GA 30512 Fireplaces, Hearths & Accessories
Engineering-Civil Exterminators Aspen Hearth & Home
Richard W. Putnam, DDS, LLC Sharla Dupuis
Richard Putnam H & H Resources, Inc. Arrow Exterminators
Tina Long John Martell (706) 745-0269
(706) 745-6848 www.aspenhearth.com
(706) 835-1311 (706) 745-0550
426 Cleveland Street, Suite B 3287-A Highway 515 East
www.hhresources.com www.arrowexterminators.com
Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512
108 Blue Ridge Highway, Suite D
403 Blue Ridge Highway, Suite 8
Blairsville, GA 30512
Discount/Thrift Stores Blairsville, GA 30512 Fitness Centers
Bargain Zone Farm Equipment Sales and Service Curves of Blairsville
Tina Lange Entertainment
Nelson Tractor Company Paula Pendleton
(706) 835-2340 Choestoe Valley Produce & Corn Maze Sam Oliver (706) 835-3033
www.bargainzone.biz Donna Guess (706) 745-2148 www.curves.com/locations/map.php?id=2
19-G Cobalt Street (706) 835-7568 www.nelsontractorco.com 11048501131G&referrer=MAP
GPS 190 Young Harris Street 5902 Highway 19/129 2934 Highway 515 215-D Blue Ridge Street
Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512
www.visitblairsvillega.com . 706-745-5789 47
Hear-Rite Granny’s Cottage Ice Cream Parlor
Home Watch/Property
Otis Whitcomb Colleen Mangifesta Care Services The Sugar Shack - Seasonal
(706) 745-7680 (706) 781-6269 Bill Ray
www.HearRiteUSA.com www.grannyscottage.com BPM Home Watch
(706) 897-1673
178 Brackett’s Way, Suite 1 8623 Murphy Highway Robert Harkins
Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 835-6295 359 Murphy Highway
Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512
www.bpmhomewatch.com
North Georgia Hearing Aid Specialist Jenny Rebecca’s PO Box 2302
Connie Duncan Jenny Curtis Blairsville, GA 30514 Industries
(706) 745-1861 (706) 745-2220 Cobb-Vantress Hatchery
281-C Young Harris Street Complete Home Services: We Can be Ted Barnes
www.jennyrebeccas.com there when You Can’t !
Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 781-3320
209 Hunt Martin Street Cindy Cohen
Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Blairsville, GA 30512 www.cobb-vantress.com
(706) 745-7109 415 Thomas Farm Road
Health System www.gamtnhome.com/index_files/
Rhonda Thompson Mountain Top Furniture & Accessories Blairsville, GA 30512
Page303.htm
(770) 219-9000 Brad Lester
288 Notla Vista I Corrugated Replacements, Inc.
www.nghs.com (706) 745-9410 Blairsville, GA 30512 Robert Lee
743 Spring Street www.mtntopfurniture.com
Home Minders-While You Are Away! (706) 781-6650
Gainesville, GA 30501 3733 Murphy Highway
Tom Murphy www.corrugatedparts.com
Blairsville, GA 30512
Regency Hospice (706) 745-9000 161 Lee Industrial Drive
Julia Vereb Rountree’s Furniture & Decor www.homemindersinc.com Blairsville, GA 30512
(706) 896-1251 Laurel Boisonault PO Box 2715 The Owenby Company
www.regencyhospice.com (706) 745-3103 Blairsville, GA 30514 David Owenby
236 South Main Street www.rountreespinefurniture.com
Nantahala Mountain Home Care (706) 745-5531
Hiawassee, GA 30546 79 Rountree Circle Greg Killingsworth 244 Industrial Boulevard
Senior Helpers Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 745-4286 Blairsville, GA 30512
Christian Saslo www.nantahalamhc.com
(678) 807-2220 Home Inspection 102 Tractor Hollow Insurance/Investments
www.seniorhelpers.com House Detectives Blairsville, GA 30512 Alfa Insurance
329 Oak Street, Suite 201 George Burnette Mark Dotson
Gainesville, GA 30501 (706) 781-6778 Horseback Riding (706) 745-3422
1084 Garrett Road Blanche Manor Horseback Riding www.markdotsonagency.com
Union County Nursing Home
Blairsville, GA 30512 Peggy Blanche 94-A Pat Haralson Memorial Drive
Doug Davenport
(706) 455-7433 Blairsville, GA 30512
(706) 745-4948 Partin Home Inspection www.blanchemanor.com
www.uniongeneralhospital.com/ Bruce Partin 160 Blanche Manor Lane Allstate-Blairsville Insurance Agency
nursing_home.htm Copperhill, TN 37317 Robert Bonnette
(706) 379-2692
164 Nursing Home Circle (866) 882-3192
www.partinhomeinspections.com Brasstown Valley Resort & Spa
Blairsville, GA 30512 www.agent.allstate.com/rebonnette/welcome
4222 Asheland Overlook Charles Burton
Union General Hospital Young Harris, GA 30582 1034-B Young Harris Highway
(706) 379-9900
Rebecca Dyer Blairsville, GA 30512
www.brasstownvalley.com
(706) 745-2111 Home Planning & Design 6321 US Highway 76 Core Capital Financial Services, Inc.
www.uniongeneralhospital.com Young Harris, GA 30582
M-Design Denise Windham
352 Hospital Circle
Marcie Culpepper Trackrock Stables (706) 781-3230
Blairsville, GA 30512
(706) 835-1339 Sonya Alexander www.corecapitalfinancialservices.com
Health Food Store www.marcieculpepper.com (706) 745-5252 102 Cleveland Street, Suite C
168 Fern Brook www.trackrock.com Blairsville, GA 30512
Ken’s Herbs
Ken Young Blairsville, GA 30512 202 Trackrock Camp Road Davenport Insurance & Financial
(706) 745-4864 Blairsville, GA 30512 Services
1327 Pat Haralson Drive Home Repairs & Improvements Marvin Davenport
Absolute Home Improvement
Hospice, Non-Profit
Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 896-3266
Tommy Keith Georgia Mountains Hospice, Inc. 1470 Upper Bell Creek Road
Hearing Aids (706) 897-8898 Gina Pendley Hiawassee, GA 30546
(706) 253-4100
Hear-Rite www.absolutehomeimprovement.net
www.gmhospice.org Independent Life, Health & Wealth/
Otis Whitcomb ‘’Specializing in Residential Care’’ 70 Caring Way Retirement Planning Agents
(706) 745-7680 Blairsville, GA 30512 Jasper, GA 30143 Bill Cronk
www.HearRiteUSA.com
178 Brackett’s Way, Suite 1 Bath-Tubology Glenda Gooch House (706) 897-6529
Blairsville, GA 30512 Ron Kmitta Leslie Daniel Life & Health Insurance
(706) 897-4431 (706) 745-2050 Wealth/Retirement Planning
North Georgia Hearing Aid Specialist www.bathtubology.com www.glendagoochhouse.org Blairsville, GA 30512
Connie Duncan PO Box 1900 234 Wallings Road
(706) 745-1861 Insurance for Seniors, Dottie Byrd, CLTC
Blairsville, GA 30514 Blairsville, GA 30512 Dottie Byrd
281-C Young Harris Street
Blairsville, GA 30512 The Home Depot (706) 835-1718
Hot Tubs
John Wischmeyer 83 Boxborough Drive
Heating & Air Conditioning Back Yard Delights, Inc. Blairsville, GA 30512
(706) 781-1865 Judy Rhatigan
Mikes Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. www.HomeDepot.com (706) 835-1203 Jarrett Investments & Insurance
Mike Cushing 17 Highway 515 www.backyarddelights.com Cathy Jarrett
(706) 745-2400 Blairsville, GA 30512 1007 Murphy Highway (706) 632-2274
2580 Old Blue Ridge Highway Blairsville, GA 30512 594 East Main Street
Blairsville, GA 30512 Home Theater & Automation Blue Ridge, GA 30513
Spa and Deck Creations, Inc.
Home Accessories Cardinal Systems Group, Inc. Richard & Jill Goode Jerry L. Henderson, State Farm Insurance
Thomas Figueroa (706) 745-0630 Jerry Henderson
Alexander’s Store, Inc.
(828) 389-0000 www.spaanddeck.com (706) 745-4401
Debbie Young
(706) 745-6450 www.cardinalsystemsgroup.com 19 Hollow Hill Road www.statefarm.com
98 Crown & Bridge Place, Unit #6 Blairsville, GA 30512 27 Highway 515, Suite A
4482 Town Creek School Road
Blairsville, GA 30512 Hayesville, NC 28904 Blairsville, GA 30512
Hunting & Fishing
American In Home Blinds Mountain Audio & Video, LLC Noontootla Creek Farms Liberty National Life Insurance-Agent-
Ron Albertini Carole Konkel Greg Owenby Allan Geldean
(706) 745-1020 (706) 835-2313 (706) 745-5532 Allan Geldean
www.americaninhomeblinds.com www.mountainav.com www.ncfga.com (706) 745-4882
1034 Young Harris Highway (Highway 76 E) 2427 Blue Ridge Highway 3668 Newport Road 62 Spiva Branch Drive, Cindy Cove
Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512 Blue Ridge, GA 30513 Blairsville, GA 30512
www.visitblairsvillega.com . 706-745-5789 49
Wendy L. Smith, MD, PC - Wolf Creek Broadcasting Network Brenda McEwen-RE/MAX Around the
Outdoor Recreation & Sporting Ear, Nose, & Throat Mikellah Makepeace Mountains Enotah
Activities Clay Smith (706) 379-9770 Brenda McEwen
Noontootla Creek Farms (706) 745-1305 www.951.fm (706) 994-1808
Greg Owenby 208 Hospital Drive 1352 Main Street, Suite 6 www.brendam.remax.com
(706) 745-5532 Blairsville, GA 30512 Young Harris, GA 30582 15 Earnest Street
www.ncfga.com Blairsville, GA 30512
3668 Newport Road
Womens Health of Blairsville - OB/GYN Real Estate Agencies
Misty Dockery C. Gay McTyre, Broker, E-Pro and
Blue Ridge, GA 30513 Blairsville Realty, Inc. EcoBroker
(706) 745-9220 Robert Rogers
www.womenshealthofblairsville.com C. Gay McTyre
White Wolf Kayaking (706) 745-3000 (706) 781-8620
77 Weaver Road, Suite A www.blairsvillerealty.com
Frank Bachteler www.cgaymctyre.com
Blairsville, GA 30512 53 Murphy Highway
(352) 445-1621 294 Highway 515 West, Unit C
Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512
Call for Rental Arrangements, Picture Framing
Tri-State Area, GA-NC-TN Carriage House Framing & Art Gallery Cozy Cove Realty, Marina, and Cabin Deborah Densmore - Better Homes and
Rentals Gardens Real Estate/Met
Pat Aube Gray
Packing & Shipping (706) 745-9735
Lisa Skomp Deborah Densmore
(866) 275-2468
Blairsville Pack & Ship www.carriagehouseartcenter.com (706) 994-7572
www.CozyCoveRealty.com www.metrobrokers.com/deborah.
Laura Mowell 29 Highway 515, Suite A 6036 State Highway 325
(706) 745-0585 Blairsville, GA 30512 densmore
Blairsville, GA 30512
www.blairsvillepackship.com 63 Plott Street
281-D Young Harris Street Portables Enotah Realty/Jim McAfee Blairsville, GA 30514
Blairsville, GA 30512 Take-A-Break Portables & Tent Rentals, Inc. Jim McAfee
(706) 745-2161 Heather Devereaux-Blairsville Realty
Sherry Rodriguez Heather Devereaux
Painting Contractors (706) 435-0515 www.gahighlands.net
340 Young Harris Street (706) 897-8799
All Phase Painting & Pressure Cleaning www.takeabreakportables.com Blairsville, GA 30512 www.blairsvillerealty.com
Rick Urban 3544 Highway 64 53 Murphy Highway
(706) 745-7954 Hayesville, NC 28904 Ford Realty Blairsville, GA 30512
228 Meadow Creek Drive Rob Mawyer
Poultry Services (706) 745-8856 Jean Easterling - RE/MAX Enotah Realty
Blairsville, GA 30512 Jean Easterling
Wimpey Poultry Company, Inc. www.gamountainproperties.com
67 Cook Lane (706) 781-9705
Party Supply Marlene Wimpey
Blairsville, GA 30512 www.blairsvilleremax.com
Mountain Parties, LLC (706) 745-4038 15 Earnest Street
David & Lisa Champlain 3235 Town Creek School Road Jane Baer Realty Blairsville, GA 30512
Blairsville, GA 30512 Jane Baer
(706) 745-0708 Jim Allen - United Country
64 Brackett’s Way, Suite 8 (706) 745-2261
Printing www.janebaerrealty.com Talking Rock Realty
Blairsville, GA 30512 Jim Allen
Ay-Jacks Printing 287 Gainesville Highway
Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 781-2016
Paving & Grading Scott & Chrissy Fountain www.talkingrockrealty.com
(706) 781-9657 Louise McTaggart & Associates Real 70 Antioch Church Road
Colwell Construction Company, Inc. www.gamtnliving.com/ayjacksprinting.aspx
Curtis Colwell Estate, Inc. Talking Rock, GA 30175
117 Rock Creek Lane Louise McTaggart
(706) 745-6239 Canton, GA 30114 Linda Bowen-Hughes/Mike Kelly Realty
(706) 781-6909
www.colwellconstruction.com www.mctaggartrealestate.com Linda Bowen-Hughes
587 Rock Road Busy Bee Printing & Signs (706) 897-2956
Joanne Pendley 965 Murphy Highway
Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512 www.mikekellyrealty.com
(706) 745-3543 211-A Cleveland Street
Pet Grooming 77 Young Harris Street Majestic Mountain & Lake Properties, Inc. Blairsville, GA 30512
Blairsville, GA 30512 Wendy Adwell
Just One of the Family Kennels Paige Thornton-Paige Thornton Realty
(706) 379-1269
Angela Heyer GAP Graphics & Printing www.majesticmountainproperties.com Paige Thornton
(706) 745-2429 Richard (Rick) Waterhouse 22 Greenbriar Drive (706) 745-8978
www.justoneofthefamilykennels.com (706) 782-1963 Blairsville, GA 30512 www.paigethorntonrealty.com
2308 Trackrock Church Road www.gapgraphics.biz 37 Young Harris Street
Blairsville, GA 30512 1022 North Main Street Mike Kelly Realty Blairsville, GA 30512
Clayton, GA 30525 Mike Kelly
Union County Pet Hospital (706) 745-3500 Pat Macey - RE/MAX Around the
Patricia Barnes Great Southern Publishers www.mikekellyrealty.com Mountains Enotah
(706) 745-9089 Linda Mosely 211-A Cleveland Street Pat Macey
www.ucpetvet.com (912) 638-0780 Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 455-6294
www.greatsouthernpublishers.com www.northgeorgiamtnhaven.com
373 Blue Ridge Highway Mountain Homes & Land, Inc. 15 Earnest Street
Blairsville, GA 30512 153 Follins Lane
St. Simons Island, GA 31522 Philip.& Angie Hartley Blairsville, GA 30512
(706) 745-2107
Pharmacies www.discoverblairsville.com Robin Radcliffe-Better Homes and
Property Management Gardens Real Estate
Brasstown Professional Pharmacy, Inc. 5657 Murphy Highway
Hugh Rogers Majestic Mountain Getaways Blairsville, GA 30512 Robin Radcliffe
Greg Langston (706) 835-7135
(706) 745-2303 Owen Glen www.metrobrokers.com/robin.radcliffe
(706) 379-9929
www.brasstown.biz www.MajesticMountainGetaways.com Jeff Barbic 63 Plott Street, Suite A
23-B Murphy Highway 72 Greenbriar Drive (706) 835-9420 Blairsville, GA 30512
Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512 www.OwenGlen.com
64 Owen Glen Drive Real Estate Developer/
Photography Mountain Manager & Associates Blairsville, GA 30512 Development
Unique Images Photography Lynda Farren
(706) 896-8907 RE/MAX Around The Mountains-Enotah
Greg Langston Highlands Park Cabins presents
www.mountainmanager.net Catherine Ast
(706) 781-5695 (706) 745-6905 ‘’CHIMNEY RIDGE’’
www.UniqueImagesbyGreg.com 1620 Highway 76, Suite 2 Bob & Joanie McGee
www.BlairsvilleRemax.com
Hiawassee, GA 30546 15 Earnest Street (706) 835-1854
PO Box 22 www.highlandsparkcabins.com
Blairsville, GA 30514 Blairsville, GA 30512
Radio Stations Old Gumlog Road & Sunset Drive
Mountain Country 103.9FM/WP-Fannin Union Realty Blairsville, GA 30512
Physicians Paul Thompson
County Broadcasting Mystic Ridge Subdivision & Developers
Appalachian Family Practice Vicky Pulliam (706) 745-2188
T. Keith Matthews www.unionrealty.com Larry Bramlett
(706) 455-8078 (706) 994-4172
(706) 781-3994 www.mountaincountryradio.com 10 Earnest Street
Blairsville, GA 30512 www.mysticridgega.com
56 Appalachian Avenue 333 West Highland Street 137 Jitterbug Trail
Blairsville, GA 30512 Blue Ridge, GA 30513 Blairsville, GA 30512
Real Estate Agents
Joseph A. Rutz, Jr., MD, PC-OB/GYN WNGM-AM 1230 Amanda Brock-Union Realty Company Owen Glen
Mary Rutz Mike Searcy Amanda Brock Jeff Barbic
(706) 745-3800 (706) 896-1230 (706) 897-6636 (706) 835-9420
www.blairsvilleobgyn.com www.wngm1230.com www.propertyinblairsville.com www.OwenGlen.com
47 Weaver Road, Suite B 101 South Main Street, Suite 6 10 Earnest Street 64 Owen Glen Drive
Blairsville, GA 30512 Hiawassee, GA 30546 Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512
www.visitblairsvillega.com . 706-745-5789 51
Signs & Graphics Ron and Rita DeMarco Tubing/Canoeing Wealth Management
Busy Bee Printing & Signs (706) 745-3989 United Community Bank, Union County
148 Helton Creek Road Nottely River Campground,
Joanne Pendley Cabins, & Tubing Teresa Moore
(706) 745-3543 Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 745-2151
Ann or James Dockery
77 Young Harris Street (706) 745-6711 www.ucbi.com
Blairsville, GA 30512 Surveying/Engineering 177 Highway 515 East
www.nottelyrivercampground.com
Hayes, James & Associates, Inc. Blairsville, GA 30512
Dancing Raven Signs 3695 Nottely River Campground Road
Chuck Rogers Reid Dyer
(706) 632-4981 Blairsville, GA 30512 Web Design
(706) 745-3636
www.dancingravenstudio.com www.hayesjames.com Pappy’s Trading Post Lucey Group
3767 Hollow Hill 3830 East First Street, Suite 1 Sherry Mason Pam Fink
Blairsville, GA 30512 Blue Ridge, GA 30513 (706) 745-2965 (706) 258-2432
50 Pappy’s Plaza www.luceygroup.com
Road Way Sign Company of GA, LLC Southern Geosystems, Ltd. 65 Windy Valley Lane
Melissa Hays Rusty Royston Blairsville, GA 30512 Blue Ridge, GA 30513
(706) 835-1977 (706) 745-5106 Rolling Thunder River Company
www.roadwaysignco.com 77 Wayne Colwell Drive Southwinds Technologies
307 Cleveland Street, Suite A Bobbye Miller Linda Mosely
Blairsville, GA 30512
Blairsville, GA 30512 (800) 408-7238 (404) 906-2326
Tax Preparation www.RollingThunderRiverCo.com www.southwindstechnologies.com
Visual Outdoor Advertising, LLC 20 Hughes Street 153 Follins Lane
Terry Poteete H & R Block McCaysville, GA 30555 St. Simons Island, GA 31522
(706) 745-9322 Diane Spencer
www.visualoutdoor.com (706) 745-4855 Well Drilling
1755 Bee Tree Lane Tutoring
www.HRBlock.com Appalachian Water, Inc.
Blairsville, GA 30512 201 Young Harris Street Step Ahead Tutoring
Lyn Harbin Tim and Debbie Odom
Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 745-2033
Skin Care Products (706) 781-7064 100 Kelly Road
Arbonne Independent Consultant, Tire Dealer 70 Town Square Blairsville, GA 30512
Laura Mowell Midas Auto Service & Tires Blairsville, GA 30512
Laura Mowell Byers Well Drilling, Inc.
(706) 745-0585 Andrew Gay Tracy Dillard
(706) 745-4530 Utilities
www.laurasbiz.myarbonne.com (706) 745-2166
281-D Young Harris Street www.tinyurl.com/yzcxq3l Blue Ridge Mountain EMC www.byerswelldrilling.com
Blairsville, GA 30512 2307 Murphy Highway Joe Satterfield 1442 Blue Ridge Highway
Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 379-3121 Blairsville, GA 30512
Small Engine Repair www.brmemc.com
AAA Lawn & Garden/Generator Transportation 1360 Main Street Well Pump Installation & Service
David Neblock Classic Transportation of the Tri-State, Inc. Young Harris, GA 30582 Appalachian Water, Inc.
(706) 781-2767 David Hopes Tim and Debbie Odom
2016 Old Blue Ridge Highway (706) 633-3668 Windstream (706) 745-2033
Blairsville, GA 30512 www.classictransportationofthetristate.com Jay Stubblefield 100 Kelly Road
Smoke-Free, Commercially Insured, (706) 745-6911 Blairsville, GA 30512
Sporting Goods Airports-Weddings-Medical www.windstream.net
Alexander’s Store, Inc. 234 Highway 515 E, Suite J Whitewater Rafting
Debbie Young Mountain Taxi Cab Blairsville, GA 30512 Ocoee Adventure Center
(706) 745-6450 Carla Connor Larry Mashburn
4482 Town Creek School Road (706) 372-7016 Vacuum Cleaners (888) 723-8622
Blairsville, GA 30512 Local & Airport Service-Blairsville, Hiawas- The Vacuum Store www.ocoeeadventurecenter.com
ee, Blue Ridge, Hayesville, Young Harris John or Cathy Wheeler 4651 Highway 64
Blairsville Bikes and Boards
Randy Denniston (706) 781-1050 Copperhill, TN 37317
Mountain Transportation, LLC
(706) 745-8141 Estelle Hilfstein home.windstream.net/vacstore Rolling Thunder River Company
www.myspace.com/randyrides1 (706) 851-9465 92 Pruitt Circle (413 GPS) Bobbye Miller
49-D Blue Ridge Street www.mountaintransportation.org Blairsville, GA 30512 (800) 408-7238
Blairsville, GA 30512 Licensed & Insured Van & Car Service, www.RollingThunderRiverCo.com
Dave & Ron’s Bowling & Golf Pro Shop Airport Pick-up & Medical Transport, Travel Veterinarians 20 Hughes Street
David McEwen & Tours-Adventure Excursions Blairsville Animal Hospital McCaysville, GA 30555
(706) 994-9994 Deanne Livingston Southeastern Expeditions
3196 Young Harris Highway Trash Removal Service (706) 745-6987 Fletcher Haaga
Blairsville, GA 30512 Advanced Disposal www.blairsvilleanimalhospital.com (800) 868-7238
Jock’s Sporting Goods Audrey Webb 294 Cleveland Street www.southeasternexpeditions.com
Tyree Dietz (706) 632-6519 Blairsville, GA 30512 7350 Highway 76 East
(706) 400-9880 www.advanceddisposal.com Clayton, GA 30525
Lake Chatuge Animal Hospital, Inc.
www.jockssportinggoods.com PO Box 2195
Hilty Burr
65 Murphy Highway, Unit 3 Blue Ridge, GA 30513 Window Treatments-
Blairsville, GA 30512 (706) 896-1244 Blinds & Shades
Tony’s Garbage Service www.lakechatugeanimalhospital.com
Storage Facilities & Containers Tony Burrell 1619 State Highway 17 North American In Home Blinds
(706) 745-7959 Young Harris, GA 30582 Ron Albertini
A-P Storage (706) 745-1020
Angie & Phil Hartley 841 Pleasant Hill Road
Union County Pet Hospital www.americaninhomeblinds.com
(706) 745-3752 Blairsville, GA 30512
Patricia Barnes 1034 Young Harris Highway
5653 Murphy Highway (706) 745-9089 (Highway 76 E)
Blairsville, GA 30512 Tree Service
www.ucpetvet.com Blairsville, GA 30512
Brasstown Storage Nelson’s Bucket Truck Services 373 Blue Ridge Highway
Gene Nelson Budget Blinds
Erik Ekeberg Blairsville, GA 30512 Rick & Dee Dee Siefken
(706) 745-8422 (706) 745-9723
360 Nelson Circle (706) 745-0009
47 Doc Thomas Ridge Road Vineyards www.budgetblinds.com
Blairsville, GA 30512 Blairsville, GA 30512
Crane Creek Vineyards 379 Bee Tree Lane
Trucking Companies David Sanford Blairsville, GA 30512
Support Member (706) 379-1236
Jim Dobson Colditz Trucking, Inc. www.CraneCreekVineyards.com M-Design
(706) 745-2517 Teresa Colditz Marcie Culpepper
916 Crane Creek Road (706) 835-1339
PO Box 925 (706) 745-6247
Blairsville, GA 30514 Young Harris , GA 30582 www.marcieculpepper.com
www.colditztruckingandpaving.com
191 Bill Donaldson Road 168 Fern Brook
John Mays Water & Fire Damage Restoration Blairsville, GA 30512
(706) 781-3943 Blairsville, GA 30512
SERVPRO of Union, Towns, Fannin &
4764 Lakeside Drive Gooch Trucking Co., Inc. Gilmer Counties Yarn Store
Blairsville, GA 30512 Kris Gooch Carnie Wall Mountain Yarn
Randy Willingham (706) 745-4460 (706) 896-1880 Pat ‘’PJ’’ Thorstad
(706) 745-7495 www.goochtrucking.com www.servpro.com (706) 835-1078
255 Hardage Drive 516-B Blue Ridge Street ‘’Like It Never Even Happened’’ 29-C Highway 515
Marietta, GA 30064 Blairsville, GA 30512 Hiawassee, GA 30546 Blairsville, GA 30512