Cliftondale Community Club Fall Festival Welcomes New Alliance with City of South Fulton Officials

The Cliftondale Community Club announced today that its 6th Annual Fall Festival will take place on October 28. This year, the club will welcome partnerships with South Fulton officials and will celebrate the event as the new city’s “first fall festival.”

The festival will feature food, games, vendors, networking, live musical performances and live fitness events, including an interactive Zumba session and a karate demonstration by Tony Young All-Star Karate. New additions to this year’s event include a farmer’s market featuring South Fulton farmers, and a community talent showcase hosted by District 2 Councilwoman Carmalitha Gumbs and District 3 Councilwoman Helen Willis. Area singers and dancers of all ages are invited to battle it out for prizes and bragging rights.

The festival will take place at Cliftondale Park, located in District 2 in the new city at 4645 Butner Road. Councilwoman Gumbs has joined the festival’s planning committee.

“The Cliftondale Community Fall Festival is a fun-filled event for the entire family that we all look forward to each year,” said Councilwoman Gumbs. “Fall is the season of change, so I think it’s very fitting that we’re able to partner with the festival in celebration of the many positive changes that have occurred over the last few months.”

“Cityhood has sparked a greater sense of community and more civic engagement,” she continued. “This year’s festival provides residents an opportunity to continue to celebrate this new path that we’ve chartered and deepen relationships with not only their neighbors, but also their elected officials.”

The festival will take place from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Current sponsors include Greystone Power, Golden Gate Healthcare Resources, Inc., Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington, Jr., Camp Creek Church of Christ, Aldridge Services, Inc. and Perfect Pitch Public Relations.

Applications for additional sponsors, vendors and volunteers are currently being accepted. Interested parties should contact Mandisha Thomas, the festival’s director, at (678) 310-9380 for more information.

“I’ve served as the festival’s director for the past five years, but this year is incredibly exciting as it’s the first time that we’ll host the festival in our very own city,” said Thomas. “The festival has become a much-loved tradition in the Cliftondale community, and we’re delighted that the festival will now become a tradition in the new City of South Fulton.”

The Cliftondale Community Club is a non-political, civic organization formed to enrich and encourage development of the Cliftondale community through non-profit service. The organization is under the leadership of current president Stanley Knowles and recently celebrated its 65th anniversary with proclamations from the City of South Fulton and the State of Georgia in recognition of its mission and impact.

For more information about the Cliftondale Community Club, visit www.cliftondale.org.