🌱 What could change if 60 acres of downtown Gay are sold?

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• What could change if 60 acres of downtown Gay are sold?

Also on today's calendar: Windsor Academy Varsity Football @ Flint River Academy.

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Sunny, warm and humid, with a high of 87 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 86, low: 68.
• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Over 60 acres of Gay, Georgia hit the market as family prepares to sell piece of historic small town (cbsnews.com) — A large 60-acre slice of downtown Gay, including 17 buildings and the historic Gay Cotton Fair grounds, is up for sale for $13.5 million, though it represents less than 20% of the town. The listing covers commercial storefronts, homes, farm and timber land, and notable historic structures like the original 1911 general store, potentially reshaping the heart of this rural community.
   

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Tuesday October 13
• Monthly City Council Meeting 7PM →
  Concord City Hall, 50 Main St, Concord
  7:00 pm

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Friday October 23
• Windsor Academy Varsity Football @ Flint River Academy →
  Flint River Academy, 11556 GA-85, Woodbury
  7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 1
• Fullington Academy Varsity Softball @ Flint River Academy →
  Flint River Academy, 11556 GA-85, Woodbury
  4:30 pm
• Garrison Brothers Bourbon Tasting →
  404 Celsius, 42 Main Street, Senoia
  6:30 pm
Friday October 2
• 1st 9 Weeks Ends
  Meriwether County Greenville, GA 30222
• Senoia Fall Boutique Crawl →
  Senoia
  4:00 pm
• Central at Pike County →
  Pike County High School, 331 Pirate Drive, Zebulon
  7:30 pm
• Gatewood at Flint River Academy →
  Flint River Academy, 11556 E. Highway 85, Woodbury
  7:30 pm
Saturday October 3
• Senoia Farmers' Market →
  Senoia Farmers Market, 40 Travis St., Senoia
  8:30 am
• Famer's Market Saturdays in Lovejoy City Garden →
  Whitley Engineering Inc, 516 Griffin St, Zebulon
  10:00 am
• The Chosen Ones Benifit Conert 2026 →
  City Of Senoia Seavy Street Park, 423 Seavy Street, Senoia
  6:30 pm
Friday October 9
• Greenville Patriots vs Trion Bulldogs →
  Greenville High School, 17656 Roosevelt Hwy, Greenville
  7:30 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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• Ingles Markets Inc posted a job opening for 449 Store Associate in Thomaston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gay here.

🗞 Nearby News

Senoia

• Shelter Pets Spotlight (times-herald.com)

Hogansville

• Hogansville: David Karvelas, 19, Truett McConnell Student, Survived by Parents and Four Siblings (theunionstar.com)

Griffin

• Jeanette Corbett (griffindailynews.com)
• Griffin City Manager Jessica O'Connor fired following 4-3 vote (griffindailynews.com)
• City of Grififn plans to accept property tax rollback rate of 5.609 mills (griffindailynews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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