Suwanee Events Category
Election Day – Get Out and Vote!!
November 3rd, 2009 Categories: Suwanee Events
It’s a beautiful day to show your support for the city we love and make your voice heard. There are four City Council posts on the ballot. Voting will take place at City Hall, 330 Town Center Avenue, from 7 a.m-7 p.m.
The Council posts up for election and the candidates running for each are:
| Post 2 (unexpired term): |
Dick Goodman Winship E. Rees |
| Post 3: | Kevin McOmber (Incumbent) |
| Don Trawick | |
| Post 4: | Jace Brooks (Incumbent) |
| Bradley William Alexander | |
| Post 5: | Dan Foster (Incumbent) |
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Parade, Fun, Food, Art, Music – Get It All
September 18th, 2009 Categories: Suwanee Events
Tomorrow is the big day. Come on out and enjoy the cool fall temperatures while you mingle with friends and neighbors at Suwanee Town Center Park for the annual Suwanee Day Festival. Start with the parade at 10:00 and stay for the Blessid Union of Souls concert at 8:00 followed by fireworks over Suwanee. Throughout the day, there will be plenty of fun activities for everyone including arts and crafts, wonderful food and free entertainment in the park. This year, free trolley tours of Old Town Suwanee have been added to the activities for everyone to enjoy.
Take advantage of the off-site parking and free shuttle service from several off-site parking lots to avoid the congestion and endless search for parking at the park. Come out and have great time as always – Play Hard, Live Well, Smile More.
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Suwanee Is Happening – Check It Out!
August 4th, 2009 Categories: Suwanee Events
Once again, Money Magazine recognized Suwanee, Georgia as one of the best places to live in America. The city was selected as number 35 in 2009 from over 2400 small towns (populations of 8,500 – 50,000). The city’s commitment to historical preservation, community involvement, planned development and greenspace keep this thriving city among the best places to live in America and a premier destination for businesses and residents moving into metro Atlanta.
Highlights of Some Upcoming Events
Community Garden Plan Approved – City Council approved the master plan for Suwanee’s community garden on July 28. Team Agro-Engineers created the plan with help and input from City staff members and citizens on the Founders Committee. The first 50 garden plots of the project’s phase one should be available in time for planting in spring 2010.
Free community concerts – There will be two big concerts in the Suwanee Town Center Park amphitheater during the month of August.
Magic 107.5/97.5 Suwanee Summer Concert Series presents Sol Factor along with Naturally 7 and PJ Morton on Friday (August 7th) starting at 6:30 PM.
August 15th – Suwanee will host Los Angeles-based, Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling recording artists, Tonic at the Town Center Park amphitheater. Come out to hear their new music along with their 1998 hit “If You Could Only See,” from the band’s debut album Lemon Parade.
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Home-grown Veggies Coming to Suwanee, GA
June 11th, 2009 Categories: Suwanee Events
Suwanee’s latest innovative project, a community garden, was presented to a group of interested citizens last night at the first of several community meetings to gain citizen input and involvement. About 30-40 people attended the meeting in the city council chambers of city hall to hear from the project’s contracted design and construction management coordinators, Team Argo-Engineers (includes Farmer D and Southeastern Engineering, Inc.).
Team Argo-Engineers gave the attendees a brief introduction to the team members and review of their experience with similar projects, then Read the rest of this entry »
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Local Elementary Schools Support “Relay for Life”
January 23rd, 2009 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun
Staff members and students at Sycamore Elementary School have been raising money and awareness for the American Cancer Society’s “Relay For Life” campaign for the past three years with a friendly school versus school basketball game. For the past two years, Sycamore Elementary School played Sugar Hill Elementary School in the big annual event, but this year’s competition is between Sycamore and Suwanee Elementary Schools. The big game will begin at 2:00 PM on Saturday (1/24) in the old gym at North Gwinnett High School. Tickets at the gates will cost $4 for adults and $3 for children with all proceeds will be donated to the “Relay For Life” fund.
Mark Lukehart, a third-grade teacher and “Relay For Life” coordinator at Sycamore, has been heavily involved in the event every year and loves to see the students, staff, parents and community get involved to create the “big-game” atmosphere for such a worthy cause. The game will have all the festivities of a big high-school or college rivalry game, including consessions, banners and signs, national anthem, presentation of the colors by North Gwinnett High School Junior Air Force ROTC and special half-time free-throw competition between the opposing school principals. Check out this article in Tuesday’s Gwinnett Daily Post (by Heath Hamacher).
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Suwanee’s Underpass Beneath the Railroad Track Underway
October 3rd, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events
Work on one of Suwanee’s long-term projects has been taking place behind the scenes and out of sight for a long time, but now the construction is visible, and audible, to the public. This project is the “Connection” pedestrian underpass beneath the railroad tracks behind the Suwanee police and fire stations. The underpass will provide a safe passage connection between the old historic Main St of Suwanee (Old Town) including the library and the Town Center Park area where the new Suwanee City Hall is nearing completion. In addition to the underpass, the project will include Read the rest of this entry »
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Suwanee Town Center Parks’ Last Jazz Concert of the Season
October 2nd, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events
Friday night (October 3rd) marks the last of the 2008 jazz concerts at Town Center Park. The theme for the concert night is “All That Jazz” and 107.5 WJZZ will feature some of Atlanta’s coolest jazz performers beginning at 7:00 PM on the amphitheater stage. This Smooth Jazz concert will include performances by Brian Clay, Melvin Miller, and Jeff Sparks.
Keyboardist Brian Clay is a WJZZ on-air personality, who also performs throughout the Atlanta area with a blend of smooth jazz grooves and urban rhythms. Melvin Miller is a creative trumpet player and prolific performer, who was a featured artist at Town Center Park earlier this summer. His latest CD release titled Here’s to Life is receiving rave reviews from the jazz community. In addition, he is a member of the contemporary R&B/Jazz ensemble group, 5 Men on a Stool, where they blend a combination of various genres ranging from classic soul and jazz to hip-hop. Jeff Sparks‘ is a Jazz/Christian artist, whose soprano saxophone has also been featured on the Town Center Park stage during the 2008 season. Jeff’s new CD is titled Havin’ Fun and will be available at tomorrow night’s concert.
The evening promises to be a perfect finale to a great season of wonderful music and fun in the beautiful Town Center Park. As always, there will be plenty of activities for young and old throughout the park, including food and drinks, games for children and the variety of retail shops and restaurants surrounding the park. The cool fall evening provides a comfortable backdrop for the great music and other activities.
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Suwanee Day Parade Grand Marshall – Michael Phelps
September 19th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events
Tomorrow is the BIG day. The City of Suwanee is expecting approximately 40,000 visitors tomorrow throughout the entire day at Town Center Park for the 25th Suwanee Day celebration. The theme of the event and the parade is “Totally 80’s” and with the beautiful weather expected it should be a Totally Awesome day.
The parade kicks off the festival activities at 10 a.m. The parade route begins at the corner of Russell St and Buford Highway traveling north on Buford Highway to Suwanee Dam Rd, then south along old Main Street to the finale in front of Pierce’s Corner for a total 1.25 miles. (Buford Hwy will be closed from McGinnis Ferry to Suwanee Dam Rd from 9:15 – 11:30 tomorrow morning for the parade and festivities).
The parade’s Grand Marshall will be Michael Phelps, no not the guy going fast in the pool, but the guy going MUCH FASTER on the race track. Michael Phelps drives the #45 Bowen Family Homes race car competing in the ARCA RE/MAX Series and the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series.
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Suwanee Day 5K and 10K Races at Town Center Park
September 13th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff
Crowds lined the street in front of the park near the fountain at Town Center Park in Suwanee, Georgia this morning for the start and finish of the 2008 Suwanee Day 5K and 10K races. Visitors to the park had a variety of attractions this morning as runners and spectators cruised past the regular Saturday morning Farmer’s Market, children played in the fountain and families walked their dogs.
The City of Suwanee along with BodyPlex Family Fitness sponsored the races to promote next week’s Suwanee Day event and community fitness. BodyPlex also conducted one of their “BodyVibe” workout classes from the amphitheater stage for anyone interested in participating after the races.
A total of over 600 runners participated in the two races with first, second and third place times awarded for numerous age and gender categories for each race. The fastest time for the 5K race was just over 16 minutes and the fastest time for the 10K was around 36 minutes. The overcast skies and slightly cooler temperatures gave the runners a welcome break from the normal summer heat. Check out this video of photos from this mornings activities……ENJOY!!
Photos taken 9/13/08 –
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Suwanee Day Festivities at Town Center Park
September 8th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff
As the leaves signal the coming of fall, Suwanee, Georgia is preparing for the 25th 
Suwanee Day celebration. Starting way back in the 1980’s, the annual Suwanee Day celebration has grown to be one of Gwinnett county’s largest local festivals. People from all of the northern Atlanta suburbs will come on Saturday, September 20th, to enjoy the food, fun, crafts and music at the beautiful Town Center Park.
In addition to the annual 5K run on September 13, BodyPlex Family Fitness is offering a 10K route along the Suwanee Greenway. Participants may run in one or both races for the same entry fee. Registration is now 
$20, and T-shirts will be provided while supplies last. On-site registration will be available race day beginning at 6:30 a.m. The 5K race will begin at 7:30 a.m. The 10K starts at 8:30 a.m. Both races begin and end at Town Center Park. Awards will be given to approximately 70 individuals in various age groups and kids 12 and under who complete the course. For more information, contact BodyPlex of Suwanee at 770/614-6140.
The annual parade kicks off Suwanee Day at 10 a.m.; this year’s parade theme is, of course, “Totally ’80s.” Read the rest of this entry »
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