Athens Receives Top Honors

Kiplinger's Personal Finance names Athens Top 5 Best City for 2009.  Watch the video!

Athens receives top honor from National Trust-- 2009's Dozen Distinctive Destinations! Read all about it HERE.

Athens Picked as One of the Top Destinations in the WORLD, by the Los Angeles Times! Get the full story.

POD-CAST TOURS

Click here to download a POD-CAST Tour of Downtown Athens! Special thanks to Ethiel Garlington at the Athens Welcome Center for his hard work. Ethiel Rocks!

The Athens Downtown Development Authority (ADDA) and the Downtown Athens Business Association (DABA) are excited to have you visit Downtown Athens via the Internet. Be sure to visit often...as we will be updating and adding information on a regular basis. Stay tuned for more information about all of the many great things that Downtown Athens has to offer!

Read about Downtown in 3 recent nationally published articles:

Southern Living

AirTran Airways GO Magazine

Out Traveler

We're now on MySpace and Facebook!

We love Tom, but we're looking for new friends. Want to be Downtown's friend?

Click here for our MySpace page.

Click here for our Facebook page.

Go ahead, leave a comment. Tell the world what makes our Downtown the best!



New! Downtown Photo Gallery!


Click here to view our gallery and to upload your pictures!

Calling all shutterbugs... Do you have some great shots of Downtown Athens that you would like to share? We are constantly in need of new pics for Downtown promotional materials. Upload your pictures of Downtown today! They'll be admired by the masses in our online photo gallery, you'll get credit, and you may even see your shots elsewhere as you help us spread the word about the Downtown we all love. Thanks, y'all!

COOL NEW DOWNTOWN MESSENGER BAGS!

Going green?   Our new Downtown messenger bag is made of recycled materials and will help you tote your stuff with style!  Solid black with our new "all here" logo emblazoned in full color... the cool kids will all have one and you should too!  Get yours now for our special introductory price of $8!  All proceeds go back into marketing the best Downtown anywhere--YOURS!  Snooze and you'll pay $10 later (if we have any left).  Get them in our office (4th floor of the Fred, hang a left off of the elevator).  Not lucky enough to be in Athens?  We'll send one to you (anywhere in the U.S.) for only $5 more.


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