On June 14^th at the City Council meeting in Ball Ground, Debra Garrard, President of BGBCA, presented to Mayor Rick Roberts a check from our fundraising efforts at the April event at Homiller House. Sally Eubanks was also present from BGBCA. Comments from Debra to the Mayor and City Council were as follows:

  “As a result of our event and fundraiser at the Homiller House in April of this year, on behalf of the Ball Ground Business & Community Association, I’m pleased to present to you for the City of Ball Ground a check in the amount of $5,000.00 to be used for purchase of additional benches and trash receptacles for the downtown area. Our association, which is comprised of area businesses and community individuals is happy to be able to provide this gift to our beloved city.” 

Ribbon Cutting for Sull Graphics

 On Wednesday, June 6^th, in conjunction with the Cherokee Chamber of Commerce, the Ball Ground Business Association formally welcomed Sull Graphics to Cherokee County with induction into the Chamber and a ribbon cutting . The ceremony took place at 11am, and included refreshments and a tour of the facility after the formal announcements.
  
Speaking for Ball Ground Business Association, President Debra Garrard stated "I'm happy to be here today to officially welcome a wonderful community-oriented business to our organization. Sull Graphics provides exciting state of the art digital graphics printing and marketing products for their clients. They are actively engaged with folks at the Cherokee Chamber as evidenced by this gathering here today, and also with local high schools and other organizations to bring training and job opportunities to our local workforce.. Since joining our organization in January of this year, Sull Graphics has demonstrated great generosity in support of the Business Association's projects as well as making their very excellent conference room available to us for our monthly board meetings. All of this to say, we are so glad you guys decided to come and make your home in Cherokee County with us. We are glad you are here, and happy to formally celebrate your arrival and your undoubtedly bright future among us."

Aqua Doc

We want to congratulate Aqua Doc for being nominated as the August 2018 Business of the Month. 

Aqua Doc is a full service lake and pond management company. They offer season lake and pond management programs as well as designing, building and maintaining water gardens. Here are some of the services that Aqua Doc can provide for you algae and weed control, lake studies, plant control, fountain installation & repair, bottom diffused aeration, dock installation and shoreline renovation. They offer free lake/pond consultation. 

We appreciate their continued support with the Ball Ground Business Association. Please stop by and celebrate this award with them.  Their located at 8302 Ball Ground Hwy. 

Congressman Barry Loundermilk

Congressman Barry Loudermilk has been named BGBCA’s “Member of the Quarter” for 3^rd Quarter of 2018. We congratulate him and want to express our appreciation to the Congressman for his service to our community and our Nation. Congressman Loudermilk represents Georgia's 11th Congressional District, which includes Bartow, Cherokee and portions of Cobb and Fulton counties. He is an Air Force Veteran, a small business owner, and has been married to his wife Desiree since 1983. They have 3 children and 2 grandchildren.

Congressman Loudermilk’s core principles are Faith, Family and Freedom. He is currently serving in Congress as a member of three important U.S. House Committees: Financial Services, House Administration, and Space, Science and Technology. He is an active member of many important caucuses and is also a member of the Article I Project (A1P); a network of House and Senate conservatives working together to reclaim Article I powers as outlined in the U. S. Constitution to enable Congress to reclaim its' constitutional legislative powers that were abdicated in seasons past resulting in unfettered   governmental growth and misuse of power by the Executive Branch.

Barry has fought to cut taxes and create jobs in Georgia during his tenure as our representative. He has been active in our local community for many years and has received numerous recognitions and awards, including; Advocates for Children's Public Servant in 2007, National Legislator of the Year by Civil Air Patrol in 2006, Sanctity of Life Award in 2010, Legislator of the Year by Technology Association of GA in 2011, and Defender of the Liberty Award by the American Conservative Union in 2012. In addition to his noteworthy accomplishments we are also are commending Congressman Loudermilk for his service in Washington, D.C. during difficult times as evidenced by his being honored with CAP Silver Medal of Valor for his actions during a shooting event targeting our elected representatives at a ball field in Alexandria, VA in June of 2017.