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UPCOMING EVENTS

After collecting more than 500 surveys at the Garrett County Agricultural Fair, Garrett Forward presented the survey to County Board of Commissioners Chairman Paul Edwards, showing him which Community Action programs are most important to Garrett County residents.

Please join us on Tuesday, October 21 at 4:00 at the Oakland Courthouse.

We will be asking our commissioners to support a 1% increase in the transfer tax on the portion of residential home sales over $1,000,000 and a 1% increase in the tourism accommodations tax to support essential programs provided by Community Action.

If you can’t make the meeting, you can attend online: http://www.garrettcountymd.gov/live

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We are also excited that so many of our major healthcare/elder care institutions have answered our invitation to attend our November 6 forum: Pillars of Garrett County Health Care. Please Join Us!

You can RSVP the Pillars of Garrett County Health Care Meeting by clicking on this link: https://www.garrettforward.org/?page_id=261