Vendors, Restaurants Needed for 'Taste'

In partnership with the City of Douglasville, the Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville/Douglas County presents the 2012 Taste of Douglasville, now in its 19th year and better and bigger than ever before.

Arts and crafts vendors and artists groups, area restaurants, and local businesses can contact the Cultural Arts Council (770-949-2787) now to request vendor, restaurant and sponsorship packets and register to participate in Douglasville’s most popular annual downtown event.

Sherry Persons and Linda Worthan, our community’s two first ladies, will serve as our honorary co-chairs for the event this year; and our 2012 event chairs are CAC Board Treasurer, Renee Kell and CAC Volunteer Omar Daniel.  

WSB 750-AM Radio will also be our media sponsor again with Captain Herb Emory, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution will publish and distribute more than 5,000 copies of our event program. There will be high quality outdoor arts and crafts booths, lots of children’s activities, and outstanding performers on the O’Neal Plaza stage. The 2012 Taste for Douglasville Arts will include more vendors, more restaurants, more participants, and more family fun as well as more promotion of this community cultural showcase in historic downtown Douglasville–and a special festival kickoff on Friday night, “Picnic on the Plaza,” featuring jazz singer, Myrna Clayton.

Last year more than 12,000 people enjoyed Taste for Douglasville Arts, and their participation helped the Cultural Arts Council support school programs reaching more than 8,000 local students, affordable spring break and summer arts camps in county and city parks, free spring and fall concerts on O’Neal Plaza, critically acclaimed monthly gallery exhibits at the historic Roberts-Mozley House, and many more special events like the annual Cowboy Poets Gathering, Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, and Dia de los Reyes Family Fiesta offered throughout the year.

Check out www.artsdouglas.org for more information on the 2012 Taste of Douglasville and all of the other great upcoming events.