Watch the skies over Meeks Park light up with an explosion of color!  Come out and enjoy this beautiful, hometown Independence Day celebration. 
Enjoy bounce houses, face painting, food, and fun for all ages at Meeks Park. 
The party will also extend across the road to the North Georgia Tech campus with several food trucks of your favorites - boiled peanuts, cotton candy, pork rinds, kettle corn, lemonade.  A limited number of reserved "prime" parking spots are available, and must be picked up by Friday, July 2nd at the Chamber office. 
To help support our fireworks show, many of our local businesses have donated prizes for our "Backyard Party Pack" raffle giveaway. Raffle tickets are $10 each and the winner takes all - Longhorn Steakhouse gift basket, cornhole boards, Yahtzee yard game, wooden "Welcome to the Porch" wall decor, BBQ grill, 10x10 pop up tent, 2 pair of his and hers Ray Ban sunglasses, lawn chairs, camping chair, Rolling Thunder River Co tubing passes, Splash Island season pass and more!

Reserved parking passes and raffle tickets can be purchased online by clicking the "REGISTER" button. Raffle tickets can also be purchased at the Visitor Center/Chamber, United Community Bank, Rustic Mountain Decor, Keen Creations Co., Mountain Life Mercantile, City Hall, and the Commissioner's Office.