Sandersville Historic
Walking Tours
“Sandersville Walks”
By: Taylor Sims
In 2013, the Sandersville Downtown
Development Authority joined forces
with the University of Georgia’s
Archway Partnership to promote
healthy lifestyle while also
promoting citizen and visitor tourism
in downtown Sandersville.
Historic Tourism had been identified
through multiple avenues as an asset
needing further development in
Sandersville and Washington County.
The idea for the multifaceted project
came about from collaboration
between the Sandersville Downtown
Development Authority (DDA) and
the Historical Society. The DDA
wanted to create a fitness walking
trail in the downtown area while the
Historic Society wanted to do a
walking trail highlighting downtown
historical sights.
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From this “Sandersville Walks!” was
created to bring all collaborative
effort together into one program the
city of Sandersville can offer to
tourists, school groups and for
people seeking out new exercise
routines.
The plans, developed by Mario
Cambardella, a master of landscape
architecture candidate at the
University of Georgia, will entail a
series of different walking trails
some focusing on fitness and others
indicating points of interest ranging
from architecture, to shops, to trees
and other historic landmarks.
With the historical trails, points of
interest include the Brown House,
the old jail and the old cemetery, just
to name a few.
Washington County Archway
Professional, Kim David, has led a
team making great strides on this
initiative by facilitating meetings,
creating citizen-based committees
and assisting development of the
program’s plans.
A unique partnership was
developed for this program
between the Washington County
Historical Society, the theatre
department at Georgia College and
the UGA Lamar Dodd School of art
to help create these historic
walking tours.
In addition, Mrs. David has worked
toward expanding museum
operation hours to include
weekends, which has led to an
increase in visitors to two
Washington County’s tourism
based assets.
The self- guided walking tour
program, “Sandersville Walks!”,
will serve to increase the number of
visitors to Sandersville’s
downtown.