Local Life

Statesboro Embraces Craft Beer

Statesboro has embraced the craft beer scene by being home to Eagle Creek Brewing Company and Southern Growlers, as well as offering craft beers throughout restaurants and nightlife locations. Being “home grown” in Statesboro, Eagle Creek Brewing is Statesboro’s only craft beer production facility. It is located at 106 Savannah Avenue and hosts tours and tastings on Friday and Saturday nights...

Eagles Soar at GSU’s Center for Wildlife Education

A live eagle at Georgia Southern University? Makes perfect sense as the long time mascot of the university. However, until 25 years ago, the idea never occurred to anyone. “I cannot believe the announcer just called that Turkey Vulture a bald eagle. That’s not acceptable,” said Harry Mathews. That day at a GSU football game in 1990, an idea was born that would evolve into today’s Center for...

Fans Recommend Splash in the Boro’

Listed as the #1 thing to do in Statesboro according to Trip Advisor, this clean, affordable and fun water park has a day of adventure waiting for you! Who better to listen to than travelers who have visited the park? Annej from Savannah says, “Just an overall fun place to swim and all sorts of water things to play with like beach balls, etc. The water slide as well as the huge floating things...

SCVB Announces New Tourism Trail

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   May 4, 2015 Contact:   Heidi Jeffers, Statesboro Convention Visitors and Bureau Highway 301 Becomes Georgia Grown Highway 301 Trail   South Georgia is one of the few areas remaining in the United States where there are miles of rural landscape, historic small towns, and abundant agricultural operations. The promotion of agri-tourism represents a readily available...

Did You Know…

Did you know that the Statesboro Convention & Visitors Bureau is the Destination Marketing Organization for Statesboro and Bulloch County?  We market our beautiful city and it’s attractions, restaurants, lodging and events to the entire United States! The SCVB also manages all aspects of tourism, conference outreach marketing, and servicing efforts.  Planning an event in Statesboro?...

Peggy Chapman Honored by City of Statesboro

Peggy Chapman was recently honored by the Statesboro Convention & Visitors Bureau and the City of Statesboro for her contributions to the SCVB Board of Directors and the new Statesboro Regional Visitor Information Center. She currently serves on the Executive Committee as the Secretary/Treasurer.  Peggy has over 40 years of economic development experience and has been a tremendous asset to...

Sports Destination Management Magazine features The Clubhouse of Statesboro

Written for sports event managers and organizers, Sports Destination Management Magazine provides planning and location strategies essential to hosting a successful event. It reaches planners and rights holders of events from amateur to professional and youth to adult. In the November/December issue, The Clubhouse of Statesboro is featured as one of the most outstanding venues in the United...

Remembering Our Fallen Opening Ceremony

The Statesboro Convention and Visitors Bureau is honored to announce the opening of the new exhibit, Remembering Our Fallen, as a part of the Museum on Main. The exhibit serves as a tribute to the military and to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The public is invited to view this exhibit from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Convention & Visitors Bureau until...

Made in the Boro: Dia’s Clubhouse Greek Dressing

Statesboro’s multi-faceted resident, Darin Van Tassell is a professor, coach, businessman, and President of the Statesboro Convention and Visitors Bureau. Now, you can add foodie entrepreneur as Van Tassell embarks on his latest venture, making and bottling Dia’s Clubhouse Greek Dressing and Marinade. The product’s new, dynamic website, DiasClubhouseGreek.com, launched this week. The website...

New Statesboro Visitors Center Makes a Grand Entrance

By DeWAYNE GRICE dgrice@statesboroherald.com Hundreds of people joined community leaders Tuesday afternoon for the official ribbon cutting of the Statesboro Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Regional Visitors Center. The new Visitors Center is a few blocks north of the old location on South Main Street, in the building that used to house Shoney’s restaurant. The eatery, which had...