This year’s Business Awards were presented on Friday, May 10, 2012, by the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce at their 104th Annual Meeting & Gala at the Chattahoochee Country Club on Lake Lanier. More than 450 Chamber members and guests were on hand for the presentations …
Category: Lake Lanier Events
Lake Lanier App Released!
The Lake Lanier Convention and Visitors Bureau (LLCVB) “Best of Lake Lanier” mobile phone app has been released ahead of schedule. The app puts information at your fingertips about where to stay, eat or have fun on Lake Lanier — all recommended by LLCVB. This mobile …
2012 Canadian Olympic Trial Pictures
The members of the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club (LCKC) are famous everywhere on Earth … except here at home. Why is LCKC famous? They’ve been National Champions TEN times and they’re currently the 2011 USA Canoe Kayak Sprint National Champions. Sure, they work out at …
Canadian Olympic Trials at the Rowing Venue
The Lanier Canoe Kayak Club (LCKC) is so famous (“How famous is it?“) that international groups cancel events at other venues just to come to Lake Lanier. That’s how LCKC scored the 2012 Canadian Olympic Trials being held the weekend of May 5, 2012. Lanier …
Moonlight Cruise on Lake Lanier?
The Super Moon is back! No, we don’t mean that “large” lady at Chastain Park in the spandex capris. We’re referring to what NASA calls “The perigee full moon [that] will be as much as 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than other full …
Gainesville High School Principal Chris Mance, RIP
Sadly, we report the death of a great man, Gainesville High School Principal Chris Mance. When we learned to spell the word “principal” we were taught to remember that a principal is our “pal.” Mr. Mance’s life proved that truth. Brian Christopher Mance was born October …
Drifting at Road Atlanta
If you’re as old as I am, you think of the song “Up on the Roof” when you hear about drifters. There’s a new breed of drifters, grampa: crazoids who drive crazy-powered cars trying to slide, spin and basically go out of control around curves. …
Spring Chicken Festival Cook-Off Winners
The winners of the 2012 Spring Chicken Festival Cook-Off have been announced by Executive Director Cindy Reed of Keep Hall Beautiful, the celebration’s sponsor. The Grand Champion award went to …
Gainesville Spring Chicken Festival 2012 Photographs
The Annual Spring Chicken Festival is Gainesville’s most fowl day and one of the most fun. Only Gainesville — home to two giant chicken statues — is worthy of being known as the Poultry Capital of the World! The party began with a 5k race, followed by …
Spring Chicken Festival Pictures
Gainesville’s Spring Chicken Festival was poultry in motion. Executive Director Cindy Reed and her marvelous volunteers tasted victory on Saturday, April 28th — as did all who sampled the variety of delicious chicken prepared by Lazy Bear, Pull My Pork, Walgreen’s and Best Buy, among others. …