Dallas, GA -October 10, 2019 – The Paulding Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting for Your CBD Store - Hiram on Thursday, October 10, 2019.

The Paulding Chamber of Commerce was pleased to hold a ribbon-cutting for Suzanne Whitworth at her State Farm Insurance Agency on Friday, September 27, 2019. Suzanne Whitworth State Farm opened on March 1, 2019. She began her career working for a State Farm Agent 19 years ago.

The Paulding County 4-H Forestry Judging team recently competed at the Northwest District Forestry Judging Competition in Conyers, Georgia. The team consisted of Junior and Senior 4-H’ers who spent 8 weeks preparing for the competition by learning to identify seventy-five Georgia trees, forty diseases, and insects of forest trees and learning how to conduct wood volume estimation and orienteering in forest stands.

Dallas, GA – September 18, 2019 – The Paulding Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting for on Dena Humphries, Guaranteed Rate; Wednesday, September 18, 2019. Dena is a highly driven, result-focused and a decisive leader with 27 + years of mortgage/ banking experience. As an accomplished mortgage executive, she demonstrates excellent customer service skills.

The Paulding Rotary Club welcomed Caroline Gransbo, an international student from Sweden who is currently attending West Georgia University. Caroline is in the Georgia Rotary student program (GRSP).

Thank you to the Dallas Rotary Club for proving dictionaries to all the 3rd graders in our county.

The Paulding County Rotary Club welcomed Deidre Holden Supervisor of Elections & Voter Registration for Paulding County. Mrs. Holden gave a thorough explanation of the current advancements taking place to accommodate voters here in Paulding County. Mrs. Holden outlined proposed precinct changes for 2019 to accommodate the substantial growth of the county's voting population. Complaints of long lines and waiting periods in our voting process have resulted in the proposed expansion from our 12 current polling locations to a newly recommended 17 locations.

The 8th Annual Pigskin Preview took place at the Dallas Civic Center in Downtown Dallas, organized by the Paulding County Rotary Club. This year guests were greeted by Paulding County High School drum majors and varsity football cheerleaders, along with their principal, Craig Wilcox. Guests also enjoyed a Hamburger and Hot dog lunch grilled and prepared by the Paulding Rotary Club members. A new record number of community and county representatives gathered to take part in this year’s event.

Paulding County 4-H students competed at the State 4-H Congress in Atlanta from July 23-26. The State 4-H Congress is the statewide public speaking and interview competition for 4-H’ers across Georgia.

The Paulding Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting for Easy Walk Foot Clinic on August 12th. The clinic is located at 5604 Wendy Bagwell Pkwy., #311 in Hiram. Dr. Azuka Nwaedozie (“Dr. N”) has dedicated most of her life to giving back to others and serving her community in the medical field. Dr. N graduated from The New York College of Podiatric Medicine in New York City.