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All is calm, all is bright... via Lacie Groeninger, Realtor

Welcome to the 2020 Lighting of the Tree in Downtown Greensboro, GA! The event was held virtually this year. So, sit back and enjoy a song from Festival Hall, Greensboro GA, director Nicole Chillemi, see a performance from Southern Spice and watch Mayor Glenn Wright give a message of hope and light the big tree! We hope you enjoy the video! And remember to Shop Greensboro first this holiday season! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t6tchiSeNw&feature=youtu.be

We love seeing Downtown Greensboro all decorated for Christmas. It reminds us of a Hallmark movie!

Magic can be found in stolen moments. -Francesca Lia Block #wedding

Really enjoying this long weekend thing...

Feeling extra grateful this week. Liza Adler Kubik

Early morning boat rides, enjoying the changing of the leaves.

How many of you know the story of Greensboro's most famous unknown man? One hot day in August 1937, a vagrant got off the train in Greensboro and set out on foot to Madison. He was discovered collapsed on Hwy 12. He died a few days later and was taken to The Big Store (J H McCommons Co.) and embalmed by MR. W.H. McCommons, Coroner, who named him Oscar. Scores of people who had missing relatives came and looked at Oscar but none claimed the body. Even local citizens began to ...call him Oscar. His fingerprints were taken to the FBI and Red Cross. They even put stories in the newspapers across the country but nobody identified him. Oscar's story spread and he became and outstanding tourist attraction for Greensboro. At first he lay on a table dressed in a neater suit than he had worn in life, and was covered by a sheet. Later he was placed in a box and finally a coffin with a glass top so that people could walk by and view him! Some claim that on Halloween he was placed in a standing position. By this time, Oscar had become a legend. Local students would come to the store, ring the bell and ask for Oscar. It became a rite of passage for high school seniors to see and touch Oscar's mummified body before graduation. All this changed when a Georgia Health Department Official was dispatched to investigate the Oscar situation. He asked Mr. McCommons, "is this really true that you have a man here who died 15 years ago?" "No," Mr. McCommons replied, "he died 25 years ago!" It was then insisted that Oscar be buried. Click here to watch the full video. https://visitlakeoconee-1.wistia.com/medias/5qjkywbmrf See more

Greensboro has its fair share of #ghoststories. How many have heard of the ghost of the Coleup House? Click here to watch the full video. https://visitlakeoconee-1.wistia.com/medias/fql0349hyv

This is the week! The LPGA Drive On Championship is at Reynolds Lake Oconee now. https://www.lpga.com//drive-on-championship-reynolds-lake-