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Camden Lifestyle Magazine Issue 01

Camden Lifestyle is the magazine representing the very heart of South Georgia. There’s no place like Georgia - and together we bring the cities of the Florida/Georgia border to life through Camden Lifestyle. Our mission is to celebrate the outdoor life, from lush lands to gardens, from historical architecture to new developments, the pursuit of adventurous travel, from food and drink to visual splendor. Camden Lifestyle celebrates how to live a life that is more engaged with our cities, with the land, literature, the music, the arts, the traditions, our businesses, and the food in the South. Elegant and relevant. Authentic and fun. Camden Lifestyle is about appreciating the richness of Camden County. It’s about the lifestyle we share, in Camden.

Camden Lifestyle is the magazine representing the very heart of South Georgia. There’s no place like Georgia - and together we bring the cities of the Florida/Georgia border to life through Camden Lifestyle. Our mission is to celebrate the outdoor life, from lush lands to gardens, from historical architecture to new developments, the pursuit of adventurous travel, from food and drink to visual splendor. Camden Lifestyle celebrates how to live a life that is more engaged with our cities, with the land, literature, the music, the arts, the traditions, our businesses, and the food in the South. Elegant and relevant. Authentic and fun. Camden Lifestyle is about appreciating the richness of Camden County. It’s about the lifestyle we share, in Camden.

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ST MARY’S RIVERKEEPER

Many people do not know who these valuable people

are in our community. The riverkeepers are the ones

who advocate for drinkable, fishable, and swimmable

waterways now and into the future. The riverkeepers

spend their time conducting water testing, patrolling

the different stretches of the river and watershed, educating

in schools, conducting annual river cleanups,

and being the voice for our rivers to governmental

agencies and lawmakers as the local officials try to

enact laws that directly impact the health of the St.

Marys River and watershed. Rick Frey, the founding

riverkeeper retired from the position in December of

2018, passing the torch. Rick established the organization

and advanced the Riverkeeper impacts within

the St. Marys River watershed building it to what it

is today, partnering with Camden County to receive

a $400,000 grant to replace 30 failing septic systems

in the horsepen Creet watershed in Browntown Community.

The simple act of inspecting and pumping

out these failing septic systems has already greatly

improved the water quality and, therefore, the public

health within that community. With White Oak

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