The Athens to Savannah Ride is coming to Sandersville & Tennille on October 22nd & 23rd. Come ride with us!
 
One-day tickets are available for those wanting to participate locally, for example: Ride Day 1 from the Sparta courthouse, through Linton & Sandersville to Tennille or Ride Day 2 from Sandersville to Wrightsville, Bartow or Twin City.













OFTC Festival of Trees

You are invited to participate in the Fifteenth Annual Festival of Trees hosted by the Ben J. Tarbutton Business Development Center at Oconee Fall Line Technical College!
 

We are so excited to have the Festival return his year!  The Festival of Trees is a wonderful, community wide, holiday event. The trees are viewed and enjoyed by private events held at our facility, public events such as Sip N' See,  and Business After Hours,  and are open to the public Monday through Thursday 8 am-5 pm.  Guests who tour the trees will be able to vote for their favorite tree.
 

Trees will be provided; however, decorations, ornaments and lights are the responsibility of the participant.  Trees will be available to decorate from 8 am until 8 p.m. on Monday, November 15^th. Business After Hours will be held at the Tarbutton Center on the evening of December 9th.
 

A registration fee  of $75 is required to participate and the registration form is attached.  The registration deadline is November 1, 2021.  Additional emails and reminders will be sent to those who register to participate.  Spots will be filled on a "first come-first served" basis.  We hope that you join us by sponsoring a tree this year.

2021 Festival of Trees Registration Form
 

Investment Builds for Athens to Savannah Ride

Jet Food Stores becomes the presenting sponsor for the Athens to Savannah Ride + partnerships from Athens’ The Hub Bicycles, Astra Group & Savannah’s Bicycle Attorney Joe Steffen announced.



Washington County based Jet Food Stores partners with the Georgia Hi-Lo Trail to present the 2021 & 2022 Athens to Savannah Ride. The Athens to Savannah Ride is an annual 3-day, 285-mile supported road ride from Athens to Savannah, Ga raising awareness for the proposed Georgia Hi-Lo Trail.
 
President of Jet, Clint Hancock describes Jet’s investment in The Athens to Savannah Ride for two consecutive years as “an investment in the future of his and surrounding rural communities”. Hancock continues, “Jet Food Stores has always focused on rural Georgia.  We are so proud to be the place where many families gather. This Trail will be an asset to its rural communities by creating an experience economy that attracts next generations back home to small town Georgia to raise their families.”

Jet Food Stores was founded in 1973 and still remains a privately owned chain of retail convenience stores, now with 54 stores throughout 21 counties in Middle & South Georgia.
 
More top-tier investors in the 2021 Athens to Savannah Ride are:

When the Athens to Savannah Stage Sponsors were asked by Mary Charles Howard, Director of the Georgia Hi-Lo Trail, why they were passionate about investing in this Trail via the Ride, they responded:

“As a bicycle shop we believe it is our responsibility to help with the development of safe places for people to ride! Places like Oconee River Greenway, The Firefly Trail, and the Georgia Hi-Lo Trail are places that we as Georgians are in desperate need of. Our state is so far behind the rest of the country with safe places to ride. With the current bike boom happening in the United States we need these places more than ever.” - Brian Molloy, Owner & Founder of Hub Bikes

“The rigorous Athens to Savannah Ride is a real example of how you can start with a grassroots vision and see just how necessary this trail is and how useful it can be in connecting rural areas of the state through miles of concrete. It's about making and sustaining connections, and Astra is thrilled at the opportunity to support the Georgia Hi-Lo trail.” - Allen Eison, Vice President of Astra Group

“As a recreational cyclist and advocate it's been so rewarding to gear my law practice towards cases involving injured cyclists. One component that is still lacking in our part of Georgia is safe and well-designated trails. These trails are often just as valuable to kids and beginners as they are to seasoned riders. My office is honored to help sponsor the Georgia Hi-Lo Trail through the Athens to Savannah Ride!” - Joe Steffen, Owner & Founder of The Law Office of Bicycle Attorney Joseph J. Steffen, Jr.

Howard expressed her appreciation for all Ride sponsors by stating, “ As we grow this Athens to Savannah Ride to be a regional and national event, we are keenly aware we can’t do this without our sponsors. We are investing in this Ride and Trail now so we can build better rural communities for the next generation.”

To see more sponsors of the Athens to Savannah Ride, visit www.AthenstoSavannah.com.
 
About the Athens to Savannah Ride

The mission of the Athens to Savannah Ride is to channel the enthusiasm and tradition of this event to promote awareness, support and funding for the Georgia Hi-Lo Trail, as well as the Trail’s mission to drive economic development through connectivity and empowerment of Georgia’s rural communities. For more information visit AthenstoSavannah.com.

About the Georgia Hi-Lo Trail

The Georgia Hi-Lo Trail is dedicated to building a 211-mile paved trail that will serve to drive economic development through the connectivity and empowerment of rural Georgia. Upon completion of the 211-mile Georgia Hi-Lo Trail from Union Point to Savannah, the Hi-Lo Trail will connect to the 39-mile Firefly Trail from Union Point to Athens and together form the longest paved trail in America, connecting small Georgia towns, from Athens to Savannah through the paved, road separated path and creating opportunities for growth and economic development. For more information visit GeorgiaHiLo.com.

For media inquiries or more information about participation or sponsorship, contact Mary Charles Howard at 706-338-8054 or hello@GeorgiaHiLo.com.









 

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