In an effort to provide an additional way of communicating with residents, the official Facebook page of Forsyth County government will present matters of public interest concerning Forsyth County’s programs, activities, news and photos.

The Forsyth County government Facebook page (

) is not to be utilized to report emergency information or to ask for assistance. For emergency situations, dial 911. For nonemergency information, Forsyth County can be reached during business hours at 770-781-2101 and at www.forsythco.com.

The page will generally be monitored during normal county business hours. The county’s Social Media Acceptable Usage Policy is available on the Facebook page and at www.forsythco.com.

In addition to Facebook, residents can find information about the county government on the Forsyth County website at www.forsythco.com and on TV Forsyth, Forsyth County’s 24-hour government cable channel broadcast on Comcast channel 23 and AT&T U-Verse channel 99.