Downtown Development Authority

The Downtown Development Authority is a volunteer organization with overall responsibility for the Toccoa Main Street Program. The DDA was created in 1981 by state law with a seven-member board of directors and was reactivated in 1990. Directors are appointed by the City Commission and four of them must be downtown business owners.

The DDA provides advocacy and support for program efforts to:

• Provide public education on downtown’s value to the community and its place in the city’s heritage
• Stimulate downtown economic activity through focused recruitment and support of existing businesses
• Focus attention on downtown’s assets through joint marketing and by linking downtown activities with other community activities
• Recruit volunteers for downtown redevelopment and coordinate their efforts.

The DDA meets the second Friday of each month at 8 a.m. at City Hall. Board members chair one of the four committees that comprise the Main Street Program. Toccoa’s committees are based on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s recommended four-point approach to downtown redevelopment in the context of historic preservation.

Downtown Development Authority Members

Mrs. Sarah Addison, Chairman
Term Expires: 6/30/26
Address: R&R Terminal
26 Doyle Street
Work #: 706.898.5005
Email: sarahaddison05@gmail.com
 

Mr. Bryan Westmoreland, Vice Chairman
Term Expires: 6/30/24
Address: X-Factor Grill
27 Doyle Street
Work #: 706.282.7771
Email: cornerstone@windstream.net

Mrs. Carrie Power
Term Expires: 6/30/26
Address: Currahee Movement Collective
209 E. Foreacre Street
Work #: 864.571.0462
Email: carrie@curraheeww.com

Mrs. Kimberly Moavero
Term Expires: 6/30/28
Address: First Citizens Bank
122 N. Alexander Street
Work #: 706.886.9421
Email: kimberly.moavero@firstcitizens.com

Mr. Don Hall
Term Expires: 6/30/26
Address: Currahee Outdoors
56 Doyle Street
Work #: 678.943.3298
Email: don.hall@curraheeoutdoors.com

Mrs. Marilyn Hall
Term Expires: 6/30/26
Address: Urban Barn
11 N. Sage Street
Work #: 706.886.4776
Email: hallgang2001@yahoo.com

Mrs. Hayli Brewer
Term Expires: 6/30/28
Address: Living Room Roasters
25 Doyle Street
Work #: 706.431.3611
Email: support@livingroomroasters.com

Mr. Terry Carter, Commission Liaison
Term Expires: 12/31/22
Address: GA-Carolina Radiocasting
P.O. Drawer E
Work #: 706.297.7014 
Email: tcarter@cityoftoccoa.com

Downtown Development Authority Staff

Ms. Kristen Deal, Executive Director
Work #: 706.898.5777
Email: kdeal@cityoftoccoa.com

Ms. Tami Mayhugh, Ritz Theatre General Manager
Work #: 706.244.0039
Email: tmayhugh@cityoftoccoa.com