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“We are totally committed to public safety
because our people need to know when there
is an emergency, we have the manpower
and equipment to handle it.”
— COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN BILL SHARP
of Brer Rabbit and the Eatonton
Writers Museum, there are businesses of all types, including a number
of restaurants offering a variety of
delicious food.
recreation,” Milner said. “We’re at the
moment really looking at arts and
recreation. We’ve got performing, visual and literary arts represented in
the city alone. We’re looking to figure
out how we can tap into those skills
sets and resources to tell the best
A Win-Win Situation
Milner said she and others on the story of who this community is, as
Chamber staff as well as its board of well as to provide support for those
directors look at the economic driver businesses and organizations.”
When asked what she tells
of what is going to bring new businewcomers, Milner responds: “I tell
nesses and visitors to Eatonton and
people it’s creatively welcoming,” she
Putnam County.
said. “I tell people that it’s much more
“For this community that is arts
eclectic and diverse than people give
and entertainment, and outdoor
this rural community credit for. There
are people living here from all over
the U.S.”
Milner notes that a lot of people
across the country are searching to
settle in small towns across America. One of the big advantages for
Eatonton and Putnam County, she
continues, is the fact it’s located near
Atlanta, the coast, Macon, Augusta
and Athens.
“Geographically, we’re a win-win
situation,” Milner says.
Public Safety Priority
“We are totally committed to public safety because our people need to
know when there is an emergency,
we have the manpower and equipment to handle it,” the Commission
chairman is quick to tell this writer.
And when it comes to crime in Putnam County and Eatonton, it’s a lot
less than it is in other communities of
equal size or neighboring counties.
One of the big reasons? In this writer’s opinion, Putnam County Sheriff
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