SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: True to their word, Spalding County commissioners on Monday unanimously voted to reduce their pay by .7692 percent. This is the same reduction in pay that county employees will experience in Fiscal Year 2014 as a consequence of a $1.4 million budget shortfall that resulted in two furlough days, a one-mill […]
Food Depot: tentative agreement reached to open second store on S. Hill St.
November 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A tentative agreement has been reached that would result in Food Depot opening a second Griffin location at 816 S. Hill St., the former site of Piggly Wiggly, which closed in October. According to Food Depot founders Gerald Taylor and Raymond Johnson, negotiations have been ongoing and they hope to soon have […]
Empowering Griffin’s young women with ‘Girls T.A.L.K.’
November 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
KAY BRUMBELOW ::: Dawn Tyus, a local certified personal coach, began the quest to launch a girls empowerment program after working with a group of young ladies who were struggling with understanding their position in life and feeling unworthy to succeed during the summer of 2012. Seeing the need for improving the confidence and self […]
The Grip needs your help!
October 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Grip has applied for a $250,000 grant through Chase Mission Main Street Grants. We spent a ton of time carefully crafting answers to their five questions (we might add that we originally thought we had 500 words for each question, but it was 500 characters. Do you know how hard it is for a […]
System celebrates 60 years since city/county schools consolidation
October 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
ALEXANDER CAIN ::: alexander@the-grip.net The Griffin-Spalding County School System will celebrate 60 years of educational cooperation this year – and a lot of it will happen the week of Halloween, according to Judy Parker, Director of Communications and Partnerships with the Griffin-Spalding County School System. “It starts on Oct. 30 at 4:30 p.m. with a […]
Parents want recreation projects on SPLOST list
October 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
JESSICA GREGORY ::: County commissioners spent the first hour of their regular meeting on Monday, Oct. 21 listening to parents, coaches and former coaches of swim and soccer teams lobbying for the May 2014 special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) referendum to include recreational projects. Though only seven spoke during the public comments session […]
Officials regrouping on new airport plan
October 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
SHEILA MATHEWS::: The Griffin-Spalding County Airport AIP (Airport Improvement Project) 29 – with a cost of approximately $200,000 – is underway, with necessary work on the beacon tower having been completed and only tree removal remaining. The cost to the city of Griffin and Spalding County was approximately $7,000. According to Airport Director Robert Mohl, […]
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