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Etowah County Extension Office
Meet the Staff & Directions
Office Hours: 8:00-12:00; 12:30-4:30
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Mary Lucile Jordan
County Extension Coordinator
Etowah County Annex Building
3200A West Meighan Boulevard
Gadsden, AL 35904
Phone: (256) 547-7936
Fax: (256) 543-9348
Email Us
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Growing Backyard Blue berries
Thursday, July 17, 2008
To learn more about Growing Blueberries attend one of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System's Blueberry Workshops. Extension Agents and State Specialists will provide information on planting blueberries, pruning, variety selection, health benefits, use in fresh recipes and preservation methods. Workshops begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 2:00 p.m. Workshop participants will receive blueberry publications, a blueberry recipe book, a T-shirt and lunch. The cost of the workshop is $10.00. To register and for directions to the workshop site, call the Etowah County Extension Office (547-7936).
 The Northeast Alabama Master Gardener Horticulture Hotline is open, Monday-Friday. Call the Horticulture Hotline for answers to your questions on fruits, flowers, gardening, landscaping, lawns, trees, insects, backyard wildlife, rodents, etc. Call 1-877-252-4769 menu #5, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
About Etowah CountyOriginally named Baine County, what is now Etowah County was created in 1866. The county was abolished in 1868 by the state's Constitutional Convention and reestablished on the same day under the name of Etowah, which is from the Cherokee language.
In terms of land area, Etowah is the smallest county in Alabama. Its population of 99,840 is 15 percent black and 85 percent white. Its county seat is Gadsden.
Most people in the county are high school graduates. The county is home to 27 elementary schools, 11 middle schools, 13 high schools, a technical school and one two-year college.
Tourist attractions include Noccalula Falls, a 90-foot waterfall named after a Cherokee princess who, as legend has it, plunged to her death over the falls rather than forsake her true love.
Etowah County's chief agricultural product is poultry. The largest industries in the area are Goodyear Tires and Tyson Foods.
The Extension office employs five people full time and 6 part time. This includes 2 Regional Extension Agents who also work in other counties. There are 11 other REAs who serve Etowah County in specific program areas.The Master Gardener program is very popular, and the Master Gardener horticulture hotline that is located here serves eight northeast Alabama counties. There are around 2,000 young people who participate in traditional 4-H clubs or 4-H enrichment groups in their school or community. Agriculture, Family & Consumer Science, Expanded Foods and Nutrition are other program areas covered by Extension.
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