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| 01/24/2012 |
2012 guide unveiled at annual Tourism and Hospitality Day event
Gov. Nathan Deal joined Georgia's tourism and hospitality industry today for the annual Tourism & Hospitality Day at the state Capitol to highlight the important role tourism plays in Georgia's economy. Representatives from the tourism industry presented Deal with a check representing $1.185 billion in state tax revenue generated from tourism-related expenditures in 2010.
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| 11/28/2011 |
Local tourism organizations garner film attention
The film industry in Georgia is booming with over 250 films and television shows shot locally in just the last year alone. Two local tourism entities are hoping to jump headfirst into this market by showcasing their unique locations in The Next Cool Event 2012. Partnering with Little Bucket Productions, Georgia's Historic Heartland Travel Association and the Milledgeville Convention & Visitors Bureau are going to show the film industry the hidden gems that have just been waiting to be discovered.
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| 07/18/2011 |
Georgia College partners with High Museum
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| 07/11/2011 |
Milledgeville CVB achieves Benchmark of Excellence Certification
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| 06/17/2011 |
GA's Civil War History Comes Alive through State's Historic Sites
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| 06/01/2011 |
Mansion Welcome Civil War-era painting
A 150-year-old portrait of Georgia’s Civil War Gov. Joseph Brown now joins his wife’s portrait in the Old Governor’s Mansion at Georgia College.
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| 02/02/2011 |
Andalusia Recieves Save America's Treasures grant
The National Park Service (U.S. Department of the Interior) announced today that the Flannery O'Connor - Andalusia Foundation has been awarded a Save America's Treasures grant in the amount of $120,000 to restore the Hill house at Andalusia.
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| 12/17/2010 |
Milledgeville Tourism is on the Rise
Recession? What recession? This is a question that the staff with the Milledgeville Convention & Visitors Bureau has been asking themselves after receiving a report on the economic significance of tourism in Milledgeville and Baldwin County.
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| 06/16/2008 |
Phase IV of the BSS Restoration to Begin
to the support of the Sara Giles Moore Foundation and the Watson-Brown Foundation Junior Board, Georgia's Old Capital Historical Society is pleased to announce the beginning of Phase IV of restoration work on (the Grand Lady of Milledgeville) the 1825 Brown – Stetson – Sanford House.
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| 06/16/2008 |
42nd Anniversary of BSS House and Hard Hat Tour
January 19 1861, November 22, 1864 and June 29, 1966 are all important dates in the history of Milledgeville. However, the move of the Brown – Stetson – Sanford House in 1966 is the date that is truly worth celebrating!
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| 05/30/2008 |
Checkered Past Brings Charming Present
Milledgeville in the early 1800s was a busy red light district. According to Matthew Davis, assistant curator of education at the Old Governor's Mansion, it had a reputation for being a bit, shall we say, seedy
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