It’s so close I can almost taste it!   Yes, the annual Taste of Douglasville event presented by the Cultural Arts Council and the Downtown Development Authority is almost here.  Taste of Douglasville is historic downtown Douglasville’s most popular event having grown to more than 20 participating restaurants, 40 vendors, 200 performers and 9,000 plus participants (that’s you and me) on O'Neal Plaza and up and down Church Street. What originally started out as an effort to get more folks to visit downtown Douglasville has grown into an annual event that residents anticipate because they know …

After today, there are only 22 days left before the city's biggest annual festival, Taste of Douglasville, which will be held on Saturday, May 14, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., in historic downtown Douglasville. Kicking off the party, is—what else—another party. Formerly known as Taste of the Grape, this is the first year for Picnic on the Plaza, which will be a BBQ feast held on O' Neal Plaza from 6 to 9 p.m. on May 13. In coordination with the Downtown Development Authority and the Irish Bred Pub, the Douglas County/Douglasville Cultural Arts Council will throw the party using the …