News Line for Demorest

Deal commemorates Demorest StreetScape project, city expansion
Gov. Nathan Deal was center stage April 26 in downtown Demorest, cutting the ribbon for the city’s just completed StreetScape project which beautified Georgia Street.
Source: Northeast Georgian

Cities, county present final SPLOST project lists
Habersham County and municipalities’ officials have named their “wish list” of Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax [SPLOST] projects, which includes roads and bridges, water and sewer, and a potential county-wide Rails to Trails project.
Source: Northeast Georgian

Deal cuts ribbon on Demorest StreetScape, signs legislation annexing HMC
Demorest officials were joined by Gov. Nathan Deal Friday morning for a two-fold celebration.
Source: Access North Georgia

Demorest to welcome Governor
The Governor is expected to be on hand a week from Friday as Demorest officials cut ribbon on the town's new StreetScape project.
Source: Access North Georgia

‘Rails to Trails’ project may create path to connect, link multiple ‘interior trails
The much batted about concept of establishing a “Rails to Trails” conversion of the rail bed of the former Tallulah Falls Railroad is gaining renewed interest.
Source: Northeast Georgian

County, cities reach SPLOST agreement
The pie has been split, and the stakes have gone up.
Source: Northeast Georgian

County, cities closer on SPLOST priorities
A “multi-tiered” approach was the consensus of a joint meeting between the county and municipalities for dividing proceeds from the proposed Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) VI.
Source: Northeast Georgian

Habersham, its cities trying to hammer out sales tax issues
Leaders from Habersham County and its seven municipalities gathered in Clarkesville Tuesday evening for the second county/cities meeting regarding a proposed 1-cent sales tax exemption.
Source: Access North Georgia

Recession diminishes SPLOST V revenue funding
Habersham County’s Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax [SPLOST] V was projected to collect just more than $57 million in revenue.
Source: Northeast Georgian

Medical center requests annexation into Demorest
At the March 5 Demorest City Council meeting, Sammy Smith, with the city’s Gainesville-based public relations firm Rainmaker & Associates, announced the city had received a request from Habersham Medical Center to have its core campus and peripheral properties annexed into the city limits.
Source: Northeast Georgian

Demorest mulling expanded business tax incentive proposal
It will take more study before the City of Demorest decides whether to agree to sign a tax incentives policy intergovernmental agreement with the Habersham County Industrial Development Authority.
Source: Northeast Georgian

Commission revisits shedding water system
The Habersham County Water and Sewerage Authority held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, Jan. 8, albeit briefly. The approximately five minute official portion of the meeting included one item – that the Habersham County Commission planned on having Demorest take over the county’s water system.
Source: Northeast Georgian