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Suwanee Takes Progressive Step with New Arts Commission
June 19th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff, Suwanee Real Estate
Suwanee’s list of innovative and progressive initiatives continues to grow with the addition of the recently formed Public Arts Commission. Council members on a selection committee evaluated potential candidates for the commission, who were then approved for appointment by the city council. Placing this level of emphasis on public art is an approach typically found only in much larger metropolitan cities, but Suwanee maintains its lead as a sophisticated small town with a keen eye on the future.
The commission intentionally includes a very diverse group of local residents and business people with active business or personal involvement in creative art. Vanessa Boggs, owner of vBoggs Galleries at Town Center, is proud to be part of the commission as Suwanee positions public art as a priority initiative. Vickie Johnson, local artist and long-time Gwinnett teacher, says it is an honor and great responsibility to be part of helping our award-winning city also become the “best-dressed” city.
The role of the commission will include creating a mission statement which will serve as a guide for the city council for future commission members, developing consistent criteria for considering public art projects, improve resident’s awareness of the community benefits from public art, and involve the overall best interest of the community in art selection.
Art Commission Appointments
Vanessa Boggs, appointment expires December 31, 2009
Dick Goodman, appointment expires December 31, 2009
Vickie Johnson, appointment expires December 31, 2008
Linnea Miller, appointment expires December 31, 2009
Earl Mitchell, appointment expires December 31, 2009
Alison Nalley Starnes, appointment expires December 31, 2008
A seventh member may be appointed at a later date
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Suwanee Town Center Park – Popular for Early Morning Workouts
June 18th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Fun Stuff, Suwanee Real Estate
Boot Camps are a growing trend in the fitness and personal training market, and Suwanee’s Town Center Park and other area parks have become very popular locations for many area gyms, fitness centers and trainers to “torture,”……I mean exercise their clients. Town Center Park’s close proximity to many surrounding neighborhoods and fitness facilities makes it a perfect place for these daily sessions. Local residents, men, women, young and old, with various levels of physical fitness show up, usually during the early morning hours, to run through 45 minutes of rigorous exercises using the many features of the park’s landscape to enhance fitness, lose weight and build stamina. Xtreme Transformations, a neighbor of the park, is one of the primary fitness centers using the park and they have been offering free sessions on Saturday mornings at 9:00 AM for anyone willing to show up. Other programs include the North Atlanta Boot Camps (women’s program) as well as several independent personal trainers in the area. This is a great way, and a great place, to jump start your workout program or step it up a notch, if you’ve already started. See you in park……maybe.
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Suwanee Has Many Great Connections to Professional Sports
June 9th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff, Suwanee Real Estate
Suwanee has a tremendous connection to professional sports, which many residents and neighbors may not know about. The Suwanee Sports Academy has a well-respected staff of former professional and college athletes and coaches from several different sports, including ties to the NBA, WNBA, MLB, and even European Professional Soccer. The facility and commitment excellence in training young athletes continues to attract the attention of their former professional friends and colleagues in basketball, soccer and volleyball.
On June 27-29, Suwanee Sports Academy will host the NBA Development League Pre-Draft Camp for aspiring basketball stars. The camp participants must be 18 years of age. There will be 200 participants hoping to catch the attention of the many NBA D-League scouts and coaches in attendance, as well as NBA scouts and league management.
At the end of the camp, a few lucky participants will join the player pool for the November league draft. The D-League draft is held in Orlando where players put through a variety of drills and are placed on a team for at least two games to show their skills. For more information see Sam Amico’s article in Pro Basketball News.
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Smooth Jazz Is Back at Suwanee Town Center Park
May 28th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff, Suwanee Real Estate
The month of June kicks off in Suwanee with Joey Sommerville playing his own style of smooth jazz trumpet at Town Center Park amphitheater on Friday, June 6th as part of the 107.5 WJZZ Smooth Jazz Concert series. His performance will include music from his newest CD release “Like You Mean It” as well as many other favorites. Joey Sommerville has performed with a diverse range of artist including the mega-rock group Phish and as the featured instrumental soloist on Cirque de Soleil’s Grammy-nominated album, Alegria. The performance begins at 7 PM with Chandra Currelley’s improvisational vocal energy with urban, spiritual 
and jazz influences.
As always, there will be fun activities for the kids including the “Big Splash” fountain along with the great restaurants and shops to visit in the Town Center Park development while the great music fills the summer night. Bring picnics, blankets, and low-back chairs to Town Center Park. Food, beer, and wine will be available for purchase.
No outside alcoholic beverages may be brought into Town Center Park.
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Suwanee Resident Realtor Love the City & Lifestyle
May 10th, 2008 Categories: Atlanta Real Estate, Suwanee Real Estate
Realtor with Diamond Dwellings Realty in Gwinnett County Georgia just northeast of Atlanta. Enthusiastic resident of Suwanee and 12-year resident of Gwinnett county with an extensive network of family and friends throughout metro-Atlanta and Georgia. Additional residential real estate experience as the owner and primary inspector for Look Close Home Inspections serving the metro-Atlanta and surrounding areas for over 6 years, including work as a certified radon gas test provider. Past career experience includes 10 years service as an officer in the Air Force and over 9 years as an outside sales engineer calling on industrial and retail corporate clients throughout the southeast.
Diamond Dwellings Realty – Agent
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Suwanee Neighborhood Improvements to be Discussed for Eva Kennedy Road
May 6th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Real Estate
In keeping with Suwanee’s strong desire to improve the quality of life within our communities and keep the community involved, there will be a public meeting on Thursday, May 8th from 4-7 PM at the Suwanee Crossroads Center, 323 Buford Hwy to discuss possible improvements to Eva Kennedy Road.
The project under consideration includes an area from Stonecypher Road to near the Brushy Creek subdivision. Work will include some sidewalk replacement on the south side of the roadway also adding curbs and gutters, as well as oval landscaped islands to reduce traffic speeds through the area. This is an important neighborhood area blending the new and old of Suwanee from the nearby historic Main Street old town merging into the progressive new neighborhoods like the Brushy Creek subdivision. This area readily feeds out to the main thoroughfares of Suwanee Dam Road and Peachtree Industrial, and yet it maintains a quiet, secluded atmosphere, hidden from the busy hustle of the nearby retail shops and restaurants. This project will help to maintain this quiet, secluded feeling while improving the basic street amenities and enhancing the overall appeal.
No schedule has been confirmed but the work is expected to begin before the end of the year. City officials will discuss the project during Thursday’s meeting.
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Suwanee Ranks Among Best Places to Live (CNN/Money.com)
May 4th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Real Estate
There’s a lot of reasons to love Suwanee! One of my favorite reasons is last year’s CNN Money report on the top 100 best places to live. Suwanee ranked at #10 on that list. Of course, that is a real shot in the arm for Suwanee real estate values.
The report gives some pretty amazing statistics, including the fact that there are some 2500 restaurants within 15 miles! (click on the picture to see the whole report)
Other noteworthy stats were median family income of over $100k and a very strong average home price of $293k — based on the 2007 report. At this point those numbers have probably declined a bit, but that’s a different story (for my next post on Suwanee Dwellings.com!)
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Diamond Dwellings™ — Smarter Real Estate in Suwanee
May 3rd, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Real Estate
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Diamond Dwellings™ Realty launches “SuwaneeDwellings.com”
April 18th, 2008 Categories: Atlanta Real Estate, Diamond Dwellings, Gwinnett County, Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff, Suwanee Real Estate
Diamond Dwellings™ Realty was founded in 2006, right up the road in Dacula, Ga.
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