The Better Hometown Tour Committee is busy planning a Christmas by Candlelight Tour of Homes to remember. All proceeds of the bi-annual event will be dedicated to downtown projects-making 2010 an important year as the upcoming tour will be the first since 2006. (The tour was cancelled in 2008 due to the poor economy.)

December 7th is the date so please mark your calendars for this big event. (Updates to follow.)

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!

Chamber Membership Application

Adrian Homes
Amee’s Quick Stop
Anderson Masonic Lodge # 243
Ann’s Beauty Shop
Associated Housing & Economic Dev.
AT&T
Attaway Waste Services
Bank of Wrightsville
Bass Physical Therapy & Rehab.
Bell-View, Inc.
Better Business Bureau
Better Hometown of Wrightsville
Boyd Management
     Pine Terrace Apts.
     Carson Village Apts. 
Boys & Girls Club of Middle Georgia
Burley, Conni Fennell
Buxton, Mary Jo
Caneega, Jeanette
Caring Companions
City of Adrian
City of Wrightsville
Colston, William
Community Bank of Johnson County
Community Missionary Baptist Church
Cook, Jimmy
Crosby, Terri S.
Curry Companies
D & D Package Shop
Dairy Queen
Davis Funeral Home
Deerwood Village Apartments
Designs by Elizabeth Ann
Dock Kemp Alumni Association
Dublin Construction Company
East Georgia Financial Services
Electro-Mech Scoreboard Company
Flanders, Judge H. Gibbs, Jr.             
Flash Foods
FunZone Sports
Georgia Power Company
Greenwood Place Retirement Community
Gumlog Nursery Products
Heart of Georgia Technical College
Heart of Georgia United Way
Hollingsworth, Ray
Hoover, Joy R.
Hot Wings & More
Hunter Insurance Services, Inc.
Hutcheson & Wynne, P.C.
Jackson, Ralph N. ~ Atty                            
Jackson Real Estate
Jet Food Store # 3
Jet Food Store # 47
Johnson County DFACS
Johnson County Commission 
Johnson County Center for Community Health  
Johnson County Family Connection
Johnson County Farm Bureau
Johnson County Head Start
Johnson County Historical Society
Johnson County Schools
Johnson, Wannette
Judicial Alternatives of Georgia      
Keyton Paint & Body Shop, Inc.
Kreative Kreations
Ledford, Jim
McAfee Packing Company, Inc.
Med 1st
Milligan, George
Montford, David
Nana’s Kitchen
Newsome Heating & Air
Newsome Oil Company
Nightingale Hospice, Inc.
Norris, Mary Ann
Ohoopee River Plantation.LLC
Outlaw, Roger
Oxford, Rusty ~ Sheriff
Parker Fish Company, Inc.
Parrish, Representative Butch 
Playstation Child Care & Learning Center
Powell, John H. 
Precious Moments Child Development Center 
Price’s Automotive Service
Purchasing Alliance Solutions   
Roche Manufacturing Company
Rowland, Hodges ~ Atty
Rowland, Joe 
Scott Health & Rehabilitation       
Sheppard’s Florist
Slaughter, Mary
Smith, Constance
Smith, Judge J. Stanley
Source Care Management
Southeastern Technical College
Stanley Funeral Home
Stephens, Mary Jo
Studio 15 Salon
Sumner Pharmacy
Susie Hall Insurance Agency           
Sweat, Donnie B. CPA
Sweat’s Portable Buildings
Teresa’s Catering
The Dream Connection, LLC
The Johnson Journal
Thigpen, Jones, Seaton, P.C.
Tolleson, Senator Ross
Unique Designs & Gifts
United Hospice of Swainsboro
W.F. Jackson Construction Co., Inc.
Washington County Internal Medicine
Washington EMC
Waters, Matthew L., PC
Webspace Today
Whatley, Gene
Wings & More
Wrightsville Cleaners
Wrightsville Dialysis Center
Wrightsville Headlight
Wrightsville Manor
Wrightsville Piggly Wiggly
Yellow Book USA

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

Address of the new blog representing Donald Smith’s From Days Gone By:

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The Johnson County Historical Society’s 150th Anniversary Souvenir Books have finally arrived! Copies may be purchased  at The Johnson Journal or The Chamber of Commerce office. Get your piece of history today for only $25. Call 864-7200 or 864-0007 to reserve yours!

How to Start a Business in Johnson County - a collection of local resources for prospective businesses
Code Red Community Notification -    Sign up to Code Red for Johnson County residents
Wrightsville Downtown Streetscape - Memorialize individuals, families, businesses and organizations by ordering a brick paver, live tree, bench, or historically styled lamppost in downtown Wrightsville.
Johnson County, Georgia –  Homepage
Lovettartillery.com  – private collection of Artillery, Anti-Tank Guns, Naval Artillery, and Mortars located in Wrightsville, GA
Johnson County Commemorative Coin - 1st Series Coin
W & T Railroad Information Site - history & photos
Chamber Application
Johnson County Tax Assessors Office/Property Records
Wrightsville, a Georgia Better Hometown Community
Historic Courthouse of Johnson County
Joanna McAfee Childhood Cancer Foundation
When I Was a Boy…: Book by Wrightsville native, Joe WesleyRowland
Timidity…Novel by Wrightsville native, Joe Wesley Rowland
Georgia GenWeb Project: Johnson County
A Walking Tour of Historic Wrightsville: See the city’s historic homes
A Driving Tour of Historic Courthouses in East Central Georgia 
Johnson County Schools
Wrightsville, My Hometown: History of Johnson County from 1800′s to 1996 on DVD
Johnson County Historical Population Profile
Civil War Heritage Trail   Johnson County to be located on new Jefferson Davis leg of trail
City Scapes: Wrightsville, GA
Johnson County Chapter: Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Georgia
From Days Gone By Blog: News of 100 years ago

The Johnson County Commission has provided for the W & T Depot to be rented for family and community events by the Better Hometown organization. To reserve a date, simply fill out the application and return it to the Better Hometown Director at the Depot.