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Celebrate Life in Downtown Villa Rica

Downtown Villa Rica is making progress in developing into an area with popular restaurants and quality shopping. Along with many professional offices, the Main Street area is where one can find almost any service or merchandise a person or family needs. There are clothing stores, furniture stores, accountants, dentists, insurance agents, stockbrokers, hair salons, antique stores, home decorating expertise, bookstores, attorneys and gardening supplies along with several top quality restaurants. Come on downtown, park in some of the newly built and landscaped lots and walk around the Main Street area. You will be surprised what is available and enjoy meeting the wonderful people of Villa Rica. The Carroll County Chamber of Commerce and Villa Rica Main Street Program will host a “Gold Fever” Expo at THE MILL amphitheater on Thursday, May 3, from 4p – 7p (rain date May 10)

Art Walk @ THE MILL | Saturday, May 26

WHO: Villa Rica’s Downtown Development Authority

WHAT: Art Walk @ THE MILL

WHEN: Saturday, May 26

WHERE: THE MILL amphitheater | Historic Downtown Villa Rica

TIME: 10am – 5pm

COST: Absolutely **FREE**

We would like to invite you to attend this major spring community event taking place in our historic downtown. Help us celebrate and showcase our city and vibrant West Georgia arts community.

The Art Walk @ THE MILL will feature approximately twenty-five local and regional artists displaying and offering their art

for sale. These artists represent a wide variety of styles and mediums. The Art Walk will begin at 10am on Saturday, May 26. Visit artists’ booths filled with fascinating and diverse art and get a taste of what Villa Rica has to offer. There is something of interest for every age group, so bring the family for an artful experience. While you’re here, be sure to visit our shops and quaint eateries on Montgomery Street, Main Street and throughout downtown. The air will be filled with music laughter in the heart of our city.

Mural Dedication Ceremony

The main attraction, among many artists, is the six murals depicting specific times in Villa Rica history all painted by Alan Kuykendall. Join us as we celebrate with a ribbon cutting.

Sidewalk Chalk Art

Whether you’re young, old or somewhere in between, grab a handful of our chalk, get on your hands and knees and join others to create a masterpiece mural on the pavement.

Music

Enjoy the classical stylings of guitarist, Chris Kenney.

Food

Food is available for purchase, or you may visit our many family-owned restaurants within walking distance of THE MILL amphitheater.

Digger’s Downtown Dollars

We hope to reintroduce “Digger’s Dollars” in the next few weeks. It is anticipated that we will slightly change the approach, but it will still offer great values for the customers of our participating downtown businesses. Look for “Digger’s Dollars” when you shop in historic downtown beginning later this month. We are encouraged by reports that several existing industries are gearing up to expand in the Villa Rica area. This should occur over the next eighteen months. All of us should support these companies as well as our existing small business owners.

Historic Gold Rush Festival

September 8, 2012
Save the date for this all day celebration!

Come enjoy everything that makes the Historic Gold Rush Festival the exciting event that it is: friends, food, fun, crafts, 5k road race, a parade and free music! Saturday evening, head over to the Thomas A. Dorsey stage @ THE MILL amphitheater for the communities annual “Battle of the Bands” competition where the very best of local talent will battle for top prizes and “best of the best” bragging rights! Bring your lawn chairs and blankets, and enjoy!

Interested in being a vendor? Contact Kim Sechrest at sechrestkimberly@gmail.com for more information.

Click here for your Gold Rush 2012 Festival Committee Application.