Previous Meeting Sponsors & Speakers

May, 2008
Sponsor: Talley, Richardson & Cable PA
Speaker: Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson

October 2007
Sponsors: Builder Specialties, John Walton and Light Works and Floor Works, David Barnett
Special Event: Reverse Draw and Fish Fry Fundraiser at Paulding Meadows

September 2007
Sponsor: Century 21 Express Realty, Johnell W. Woody
Installation of Officers and Director for the 2007 - 2008 Board Year

August 2007
Sponsor: First Choice Community Bank, John Hall
Speaker: Alan Brown, The Joshua Brown Foundation

July 2007
Vacation

June 2007
Sponsors: Keller Williams Across America, Pine State Mortgage & Neel and Robinson Attorneys at Law.

May 2007
Sponsor: Talley, Richardson & Cable — Local Legislative Reception
Speaker: Glenn Richardson - Honorable Speaker of the House and local attorney

April 2007
Sponsor: United Community Bank , Roy Vanderslice

March 2007
Sponsor: Elite Development Services, Jonathan Jones
Speaker: Child Advocacy Center & Gail Garland, Executive Director of Harbor House.  "New Programs, A Better Community".

Elite Development Services, Inc. is a full service construction management company. Offering services that allow our clients to develop without the day-to-day worries. Our services include: Budgeting, Scheduling, Monitoring for NPDES Compliance, Daily Reports, Coordination of Contractors, Bidding and Invoice review/approval. EDS has dedicated project managers with you from the due-diligence stage and all the way until the final plat has been recorded. The scope of our services to you can be modified to fit your construction plans and help you to reach your goals. Time is Money… Let EDS Save You Both. For more information please call 770-222-9811.

February 2007
Sponsor: Genevieve Cole with Georgia Heritage Bank
Speaker: Metro Study

The directors and staff of Georgia Heritage Bank held the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Main Office located at 18 Georgia Heritage Place, Dallas, GA at 8:00 am Thursday September 14th, 2006.  The two story brick and stone 14,000 square foot building is a design of  H. Lloyd Hill Architects, and Associates, Inc and will be constructed by W.H. Bass, Inc.  Actual construction began September 19th and the projected completion goal is for second quarter of 2007.

January 2007
Sponsor: Delores Melton with Waterways Realty
Speakers: Planning For Paulding - Rhonda Durham; YWCA – Ellen Jones, Director of Development; Ethel Sprouse, Sprouse Appraisal and Teresa Hulgan with Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce

All guests and members are invited to be present to hear the most up to date information from our sponsor and speakers. This months sponsor is Delores Melton of Waterways Realty. Many of you know Delores from Pauldings Best Realty and that company is still going strong here in Paulding County but Delores also wants to introduce you to a new growing area for you to build in - Cherokee Alabama. That is why she is bringing her agents and Real Estate Appraisor Ethel Sprouse and Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Teresa Hulgan.

Also guest speakers will be Rhonda Durham, Executive Director for Planning for Paulding to update us on the non-profit organization that puts the planning of Paulding County first and what it means to PCBA. The YWCA will have representatives on hand to update us on the new Child Care center built here in the community and partnerships available.

Last and certainly not least - in fact most importantly Steve Turner is present to remind everyone to register by Friday, January 5, 2007 at the Paulding County Permit Office for the IRC (International Residential Code) Class. The IRC Class will review the Code Changes that went into effect January 1, 2007 along with the Georgia Amendments. Don't miss the class January 16, 2007 at the Paulding County Community Center.

December 2006 - Christmas Party
No Sponsor or Speaker

November 2006
Sponsor: Mike Willford - Arrow Exterminators
Speaker: Ron Anderson - GPTA, Inc.

October 2006 - Fish Fry/Reverse Draw Fundraiser
Sponsor: John Walton - Builder Specialties and David Barnett - Floor Works and Light Works

September 2006 - Installation of New Officers
Sponsor: Tren Watson - Westside Bank
Speaker: Marty Turner & Cliff Cole - Paulding County Board of Education

August 2006
Sponsor: Jeff Wigley - Pit Stop Sanitation, Inc.
Speaker: Jeff Grantham - Ground Up and Brenda Morris - GA Tech Building Program

July 2006
Vacation

June 2006
Sponsor: Ben Skipper
Speaker: Lindsay Hill - Georgia Power

May 2006
Legislative Reception
Sponsor: Vinson, Talley, Richardson & Cable
Speaker: Speaker of the House Glen Richardson

April 2006
Sponsor: Roy Vanderslice - United Community Bank
Speaker: Interim Director Scott Greene - Paulding County Department of Transportation

March 2006
Sponsor: Annie Parker - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokers
Speaker: Financial Advisor Tim Cronic - US Advisor

February 2006
Sponsor: John Scherer - Citizens & Merchants Bank
Speaker: Civil Engineer Bruce Coyle - Paulding County Water and Sewer Authority

January 2006
Sponsor: Lois Homier-Community Trust Bank
Speaker: Deputy Fire Chief Joey Pelfrey - Paulding County Fire/Rescue Bureau