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1 of A Kind 100 Mile Peanut Pickin Yardsale 3 Squares Diner / Paragon Foods A & S Quality Construction and Plumbing A Bag to Go Ag Georgia Farm Credit Agri-AFC, LLC Sylvester AIC Wireless Albany Department of Labor American Nails American Sunbelt Auctioneers, Inc Ashley's Business Solutions, Inc. Astro Exterminating Service, Inc AT&T Georgia B&C Sporting Goods Banks Funeral Home Barbara Odom Barnyard Creations Beckstrom Photography Becky Geer Best Friends Humane Society Billie and Vickie Young Birdsong Peanuts BJ's Country Cafe Boy Scout Troup 100 Brooks Auto Parts Brownlee-Bozeman Agency Bryan and Jordan Body and Paint Shop Bryce Johnson Calhoun Produce Camille Taylor, Century 21, Smith, Branch Charlotte Jolley City of Poulan City of Sumner City of Sylvester City of Warwick Coastal Plain CASA, Inc. Colony Bank of Worth Colquitt Regional Home Care/Worth County ConAgra Foods BSC AP Conger LP Gas, Inc. Country Bouquet & Bridal Registry Countryside Animal Clinic Custom Cut Signs & Graphics D & B A/C and Mechanical Service, Inc Dairy Queen of Sylvester, Inc David Register Destiny Fitness Dialysis Clinic, Inc Donna King Dorothy D. McKellar Dough Gaughf Plumbing & Electrical Doug Hughes Pest Control Down Town Sylvester Farmer's Market Dr. Henry Gordon Davis Jr., MD Dr. Larry D. Daugherty, DMD, PC Ed Rynders EMC Engineering Emerald Garden Center Event Technical Services, Inc. Factory Connection, LLC Family Vision Outreach, Inc. Farm Commodities, Inc. Farmers Home Furniture Fat Boy's Backyard BBQ & More First Baptist Church Fletcher - Yearta Jewelers Ford Insurance Agency, Inc Fred Dent Free Diagnostics Auto Repair Fresco Italiano Futrill Auto Parts, Inc Gail R. Wiles Georgia Peanut Festival Georgia Power Company Gibbs Pecan & Shelling Glenn's Corner Pharmacy Globe Financial Services Green Mountain Lodge Green Oaks Center Greg Sellars Gwen Isdell Hairitage Salon Hal Carter Construction Handy Andy HealthPlus Family Practice Heritage Bank of the South Herring CPA Group Housing Authority of City of Sylvester Hometown Cleaners Hudson and NeSmith CPA'S i luv linens and pearls J.H. Harvey's Co., LLC Jackson's Soul Food Jay Crowe, Attorney at Law, LLC Jean Brooks Jeff Hobby Jefford's Farms Jim Hinton Oil Co. of GA, Inc. Jimmy Sanders, Inc. John L Green, Sr. John McPhaul Johnson Tax Service Jump Start Automotive Karen McDonald Kentucky Fried Chicken/ Taco Bell Kiwanis Club of Sylvester Langdale Chevrolet Lawhorne Storage M & J Farms M & M Sales, LLC ManPower Mary Alice Shipp Community Develop. Corp Matt Medders Medders Associates Survey, Inc. Medders Enterprises, Inc. Medders Irrigation, LLC Mediacom Milan Food Mart Miss Georgee's Play-Kare Mitchell EMC Mobley Gin Company Montgomery Promotions, Inc Moultrie Technical College NAPA Nell Ford Nethers Old Fashioned Pork Skins, Inc. Norman Crowe, Jr. Norman Park Gin Olam Edible Nuts/Universal Blanchers Paradise Estates Apartments Personal Finance Phoebe Worth Family Medicine Phoebe Worth Medical Center Pine Shadows Manor, Inc. Pinson Memorial United Methodist Church Plantation Publishing Company, Inc. Poulan Pecan Co., Inc. Powell Contract Services LLC Powell's Refrigeration Purchasing Alliance Solutions, Inc. Radio Shack Dealer Relwof Farms Trucking, Inc. Ridley Monk Ruth's Cottage / The Pancake House Sarah McCrary Security Finance Shelly McPhaul Shipp Shape Lawn Service Short & Paulk Supply Company Snipes Piggly Wiggly (Tom Tom Foods) Southern Auto Lock / Montgomery Southern Express Lube, Inc. Southern Woods Plantation, Inc. Southland Transportation, Inc. Specialty Sales Company Stuart Pate State Farm Agency Sumner Egg Festival Summer Palace Sumner Peanut Co., Inc. Sunbelt Ford, Inc. SunTrust Bank Superior Machine Works Sylvester Animal Hospital Sylvester Banking Company Sylvester Computer Guy Sylvester Farmers Market Sylvester Health Care, Inc. Sylvester Inn Sylvester Plaza, LTD Partnership Sylvester-Worth County Rec Dept The Melanie Hurst Corp The Sylvester Local News Timothy Coley Total Merchant Services of GA Tyson Steel Building Products, Inc. Venice Meeks Virginia Andrews Visions of Sylvester Walgreens Warwick HealthCare Warwick Septic Tank, Inc. WCHS Achievement Boosters WCHS Band Boosters Well Services William C. Rouse, Contracting Williams Insurance Agency, Inc. Willie Mae Marlin Woodmen of the World Worth Air Heating & Cooling, Inc. Worth County Elementary School Worth County Extension Service Worth County Forestry Queens Worth County Health Department Worth County High School Worth County Middle School Worth County Primary School Worth Finance Corporation Worth Gin Company, Inc. Worth Insurance Agency, Inc. Worthit2u.net Mark Your Calendars!
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City of Sylvester Mayor and Council Meeting
Agriculture / Farmers Appreciation Committee
First Baptist Church Presents
Sylvester Computer Guy Ribbon Cutting
Family Fun Day
First Baptist Church Presents
First Baptist Church Presents
First Baptist Church Presents
City of Sylvester Mayor and Council Meeting
Agriculture / Farmers Appreciation Committee
First Baptist Church Presents
First Baptist Church Presents
Government Committee Meetings
Membership Committee
Agriculture / Farmers Appreciation Committee
Retail Tourism Meeting
50th Georgia Peanut Festival Pageant
Agriculture / Farmers Appreciation Committee
Education Committee
Membership Committee
Agriculture / Farmers Appreciation Committee
Retail Tourism Meeting
Government Committee Meetings
50th Georgia Peanut Festival
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Join us for a Ribbon Cutting at Destiny Fitness(at old Video Warehouse) May 16th @ 12:00  
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Ribbon Cutting Event for Sylvester Computer Guy!
May 25, 2013 1:00 - 3:00
502 W Franklin Street (Hwy 82), Sylvester Many prizes will be given away, follow us on Facebook to see them as they are announced!  Chamber Members, we are revealing to you FIRST (a week before any one else), that our grand prize drawing will be for an iPad Mini!!! Make sure you show up and get yourself entered!!!Chamber News
Help us pick a winner in Sylvester-Worth County, and send in your Nominations today!
Looking for Georgia’s Small Business Rock Stars:
The August 19th GEDA luncheon will showcase small business – that is, the Rock Stars of Small Business. The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) and the Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA) have teamed together to recognize the outstanding, out-of-the-box, unique and impacting small businesses in the state of Georgia. Recognizing any type of small business that employs under 50, we want to salute the risks, the innovations, the outreach, the impact, the reasons why…all of these qualities abound in Georgia and we want to make this a special day for our small businesses. Nominate a company, forward to your connections or send this to any company who you believe stands above the rest (companies may also nominate themselves). The DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION is JUNE 1, 2013 and the winners will be notified by July 1, 2013. We look forward to saluting Georgia’s small businesses with you! The August 2013 Luncheon Committee: Mike Pennington, President, GEDA Eric van Otteran, Entrepreneur SIG chair, GEDA Mary Ellen McClanahan, Director, Entrepreneur & Small Business, GDEcD Ryan Waldrep, Project Manager Region 9, GDEcD Adela Kelley, Project Manager Region 7, GDEcD
WORTH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM NEEDS OUR HELP!
Please take a moment to fill out the survey below
Worth County Board of Education has asked us to share the following information: VERY IMPORTANT for our Community. Please take a moment to read and fill out the surveys. What an easy way to contribute to the betterment of our Schools!! Worth County School District needs help from parents and stakeholders. The process of monitoring stakeholder perceptions is important because it helps schools: • Generate data and evidence for school improvement and accreditation purposes • Gain support for improvement initiatives • Create baseline measures for school improvement (pre- and post- measures) AdvancED surveys produce useful, relevant results; allow direct comparison of results across schools; are research-based; employ time-tested, reliable questions; and leverage the experience of experts in the education and research field. Please complete the appropriate survey by May 17, 2013. Remember, this will provide very important baseline data for us. We will ask parents and stakeholders to complete the surveys again in the fall. Parent and Stakeholder Survey www.advanc-ed.org/survey/public/4684700
The Worth County Schools Partners in Education
WCSPIE is a program of the Worth County School System and the Sylvester - Worth County Chamber of Commerce. The relationships created through this program foster a mutually beneficial support system designed to meet the needs of the school through the resources of our community partners. Please consider becoming a Partner in Education today!! For more information call Heather Greene at 229-776-8600 or the Sylvester Worth County Chamber of Commerce at 229-776-7718. Click for More Information and Application Exclusive Wellness Program for our Business Members!
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Take Advantage of Member Benefits! We want to offer our community LOCAL reasons to Stop and Shop in our own community. If you haven't already taken advantage of the many benefits our Chamber Web Page has to offer you now is the time to do so. Log in and browse the back end of our web page and create your own "Mini" Web page and create your own coupons! Let's show off why we are definitely "WORTH" the Trip! Community Fundraisers
As a fundraiser for the Relay for Life of Worth County, ConAgra Foods, Inc./Peter Pan Peanut Butter has compiled a cookbook "Cooking to Make a Difference" are on sale now! Cookbooks are $10 each and all proceeds go to the American Cancer Society. The printing costs of the cookbook were sponsored by ConAgra Foods/Peter Pan.
Now available: You may purchase your cookbook at the Sylvester-Worth Chamber of Commerce, Snipes Piggly Wiggly and Ed's Truck Stop. Thank you for your support in the fight for a cure. Worth County High School Achievement Booster Club Fundraiser
Sylvester-Worth Co. News
Miss Georgee's Play Kare 2013-2014 Pre-K Registration
This is a free program. Must be 4 years old before September 1st. Documents required to register: Certified Birth Certificate, Shot record, Ear-Eye-Dental Exam, Social security Card, Current Proof of Residency. For more information: (229) 776-5993 Located at 1306 N. Isabella St.
   Worth County School NewsNETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE! Sign your business up today to participate in Career Day at the Primary School. Expose your business employee needs to our young students at an early age!! View Invitation Governance News
Local Governance Meetings
City of Sylvester - Mayor & Council Meetings Meet every 3rd Monday @ 7:00 pm Work Session every 1st Monday at 7:00 pm You must present your request to be on the agenda by the Wednesday before by 12 noon. Worth County Board of Commissioners Meet every 1st Tuesday at 9:00 am Meet every 3rd Thursday at 7:00 pm You must submit your request to be on the agenda 3 days prior to the meeting City of Sumner - Mayor & Council Meeting Meet every 1st Monday at 7:00 pm You must submit your request to be on the agenda by the Friday before by 10:00 am City of Warwick Meet every 3rd Tuesday at 6:00 pm City of Poulan Meet every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 6:00 pm Downtown Development Authority Meet every 2nd Tuesday at 5:30 pm Board of Education Meet every 2nd Thursday at 7:00 pm Worth County Economic Development Authority Meet every 2nd Thursday @ 8:00 am Sylvester - Worth County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Meet every 4th Thursday @ 12 Noon  New Online Filing & Searching for Secretary of State’s Corporations Division. Click for More Information 
Looking for the inside scoop on General Assembly '13? Click for Jim Finch's latest update from Under the Gold Dome.
The Georgia Department of Economic Development budget presentation has also been uploaded to our site. Click here to view it.
DISCLAIMER: THE SYLVESTER- WORTH COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DOES NOT ADVOCATE OR ENDORSE ANY CANDIDATE OR LEGISLATIVE ISSUE. The Sylvester-Worth County Chamber of Commerce feels it is important TO GET THE FACTS on legislative issues and candidates. The information in this box is provided to inform the public on forums available for informational purposes only.
Regional News Next Training Starts June 3rd @ 6:00 Small Business Summit
The Classic Center in Athens, GA will be hosting an all-day Small Business Summit on May 31st. (Summary attached). The Summit will provide businesses the opportunity to learn, connect, and be inspired through a range of breakout sessions, exhibits, round table discussions, networking events and more.
Steve Baker, VP of The Great Game of Business, will be the keynote speaker and will demonstrate "The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company." For more information on the 2013 Small Business Summit or register for the event, please visit www.smallbizathens.com Stop & Shop!
Worth County is a Work Ready Community! Ask your Chamber of Commerce how you can become Work Ready, too! |
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