GP donates $13,000 to Forest Festival

Posted on October 16, 2015

To help kick off the 60th annual Florida Forest Festival, Georgia-Pacific and the Foley Cellulose Mill have donated $13,000 toward festival activities.

The event was first held in 1956 as the Pine Tree Festival in a community effort to help promote forest fire safety. By 1965, Taylor County’s forest fire record had improved to the point that then Gov. Hayden Burns declared the county Tree Capital of the South.

PHOTO: On Oct. 7, the Florida Forrest Festival Board of Directors met at Forest Capital Hall to take a look at the new renovations and make final preparations prior to the beginning of the festival. Board members present at the meeting were: (from l to r) Mark Viola, Rick Battillo, Dawn Taylor, Jack Smith, Amy Bowden, Chris Brannon, Scott Mixon, Cathy Chute, Dan Simmons and Chris Folsom.

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