All Things Athens, Georgia!

Planning a quick trip to Athens, Georgia or considering relocation?  Here is a list of links to make your visit even easier!

The Flagpole's Restaurant Guide is one of the most all inclusive list with great reviews included.  Find all things food here!  Their main page will also lead you to tons of information on art and music events. Explore these before heading to Athens!  Visiting in June?  Don't miss AthFest, our "annual music and arts festival in downtown Athens, Georgia that largely showcases the Athens area musical and artistic community".

The Athens Welcome Center has tons of brochures, including 5 self guided tours.  Alternatively you can join the Historic Tour which is a "90 minute guided tour of Athens that departs daily from the Welcome Center at 2:00. Your tour will begin in the oldest house in Athens and on the tour you will see the world's only double barrel canon and the historic downtown district. "  The Univeristy of Georgia also has a Visitor's Center opened in 1996 "with a charge to provide a warm welcome to visitors, to collect and provide accurate information about the institution and to aid visitors in accomplishing the purpose of their visit to campus".

For all things about the Athens-Clarke County Government , including business licenses, zoning and more visit ACC Online.  If you are considering purchasing investment real estate in Athens, Georgia, it is especially important to understand the  "definition of family" in regards to property zoned as single family housing.

If you want to explore the cultural side of Athens during your visit don't miss The Georgia Museum of Art, "a repository and educational instrument of the visual arts, the museum exists to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret significant works of art".  The Georgia Museum of Natural History and the galleries at The Lamar Dodd School of Art also make great places to visit.

Nature lovers can explore our greenways and riverside parks, visit The Founders Memorial Garden "a living memorial to the twelve founders of the Ladies' Garden Club of Athens, the first garden club in America, organized in 1891", and explore The State Botanical Gardens of Georgia "A 313 acre preserve set aside by the University of Georgia to foster appreciation, understanding, and stewardship of plants and nature".

The Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau website has more information on local things & places of interest and includes more tours and event calendars.

Interested in staying in a Bed & Breakfast while you are intown?  Visit All About Athens GA for a list & more information on several B & B's in the Athens Georgia area. 

Athens, Georgia was recently ranked the 2nd safest city in Georgia, but just in case you need information from the Athens Clarke County Police Department, here you go!

One of the easiest and affordable ways to get around Athens, Georiga is The Bus, public transportation at its best.

Athens, Georgia is home to two great hospitals to serve your medical needs:  Athens Regional Medical Center and St. Mary's Hospital.

Athens, GA has received a great deal of recent, national attention, including:

• Athens: One of Seven Cool Cities, Kiplingers Personal Finance, October 2005
• Athens: One of Five Best Places to Retire 2005, Money Magazine, October 11 & November 2006!
• Athens Named One of AmericanStyle Magazine's Top 25 Arts Destinations for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006
• Athens Ranks 34th Nationally in Quality-of-Life by 'Cities Ranked & Rated'
• Rolling Stone magazine names Athens America's #1 College Music Scene, 2/20/03
• Featured in LA Times Sunday Travel Section, 6/15/03
• Featured in Washington Post Sunday Travel Section, 6/29/03
• Featured in Country Discoveries Magazine, Summer 2003.
• Featured in Southern Voice, 6/27/03
• Athens' Hugh Acheson Named one of Food & Wine Magazine's Best New Chefs for 2002
• Princeton Review Ranks Athens among Great College Towns
• New York Times Travel Profile: 36 Hours in Athens

Athens is home to:

• 14 neighborhoods and commercial districts on the National Register of Historic Places; 3 house museums
• Northeast Georgia's cultural, shopping, medical, professional, and educational hub
• The University of Georgia, the nation's first state-chartered university (1785)
• The Classic Center:70,000+ sq. ft. meeting/exhibit space and 2,000+ seat performing arts theatre
• A musical mecca that spawned R.E.M, the B-52s, Widespread Panic, and numerous other acclaimed acts
• The Southeast's largest and most concentrated collection of gardens and specialty nurseries
• The only double-barreled cannon in the world
• America's first garden club
• The original Constitution of the Confederate States of America
• The Morton Theatre, an early vaudeville theatre built, owned, and operated by an African-American
• One of only 11 United States Naval museums in the country
• The state of Georgia's official art museum and botanical garden

I'd like to take a moment to introduce myself.  I'm Michelle DeRepentigny, Broker of Success Realty and perhaps most importantly, I'm a native of Athens, Georgia and ideally suited to help you relocate to this area. 

If you would like more information about Athens GA real estate visit Success Realty.  For more more facts about Athens GA and the surrounding area, visit All About Athens GA.  For your own personal Athens GA relocation package email me at Michelle@SuccessRealtyGA.com

I hope to be of service,

Michelle DeRepentigny, Broker

706-207-2502 cell       706-543-1553  office

1069 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30606

All information is believed accurate, but not guaranteed.