The Tour Committee is busy planning a Christmas by Candlelight Tour of Homes to remember. December 7th is the date so please mark your calendars.
The 2011 Fourth of July Festival Committee will sponsor a Boston Butt sale on August 21 with pick-up between the hours of 9 am and 12 noon at the courthouse. This sale will help offset the expenses of fireworks for the 2011 Old Fashioned Fourth of July Festival. Please call 864-7079 or 864-1223 for information and to order tickets. Also tickets on sale at the depot. Please give this worthwhile project your support!
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commemorative banners that hung on Wrightsville’s lampposts during Johnson County’s 150 birthday celebration (2008) are now on sale for $20 each. Besides being a nice keepsake, the banners will make great wall hangings. Please leave a message at the Better Hometown Office (864-0048) to reserve yours. They are going fast…only twenty-five in all!
Another successful Old Fashioned Fourth of July Festival has come and gone and the community is indebted to the 4th of July Festival Committee for a job well done! Thanks to all the Festival Committee Members as well as the Fireworks Team, the Firecracker Race Team, the Johnson County Arts Council and all those organizations that sponsored an event. The organizers of the Firecracker 5K/10K Run have made available the 2010 race results and are already making plans and looking forward to the eleventh Firecracker Run next year! 5K Race Results ~ 10K Race Results
Tour the historic homes near downtown Wrightsville on our Internet Tour:
http://www.wrightsville-johnsoncounty.com/walkingtour/index.htm
Shown helping Better Hometown and the City of Wrightsville prepare the Christmas lamppost bows for storage are (l to r) Irene Sahaydachnaya from the Ukraine, Heba Rbehat from Jordan, and Haya Almaskari of Oman. Thanks to these Johnson County Exchange Students the bows will be fresh and ready for use next Christmas!
Gifted students participate in tree plantings
The City of Wrightsville Tree Board celebrated Georgia Arbor Day on February 19th by planting six trees in and around the downtown area. Will Tanner, local forester, graciously donated all trees to the project. A Little Gem Magnolia was planted on the courthouse square and live oaks and a Shumard Oak were planted in other areas. Gina Bright’s gifted class was present for the plantings and a question and answer session
conducted by Rodney Soles of the tree board. It is hoped the Wrightsville will become a USA Tree City for 2010. Wrightsville’s Tree board members are Chan Carter, Joy Hoover and Rodney Soles. Thanks for your great work!
City of Wrightsville
Phillip Boatright, Mayor
April Young, City Clerk
2566 East Elm Street
Wrightsville, GA 31096
478-864-3303
city@wrightsville-johnsoncounty.com
Wrightsville Police Department
Steve Gresham, Police Chief
2566 East Elm Street
Wrightsville, GA 31096
478-864-2502
wrightsvillepd@bellsouth.net
Wrightsville Fire Department Emergency Number: 478-864-3311
Wrightsville Fire Department Non Emergency Number: 478-864-9759
Wrightsville Housing Authority
Vicki Riner, Director
100 Fulghum Drive
Wrightsville, GA 31096
478-864-2033
