The ‘Snap Suwanee Photo Contest’ is a year-round photo competition. The guidelines can be found on the city website. www.suwanee.com. You can stop by City Hall and see last year’s fourteen winners displayed there. They are also posted on the website.

You can submit five entries each year, so put your camera in your car or in your pocket and see what interesting subjects may present themselves!

However, inventory of homes for sale is down substantially.  This makes it easier to sell your home, with fewer homes competing for a limited supply of buyers.

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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:

Very much like most Americans, for the last three days I have been immersed in emotional confusion and uncertainty. My family, friends and even casual acquaintances of the last few days all find ourselves pooled together in a terrible crisis situation with only limited understanding of how we got here or why this had to happened. We have been valiantly struggling to find answers to our questions from within and among ourselves, because the experts holding most of the important facts are difficult to reach and reluctant to provide specific details or even speculations about the immediate future. This environment produces tremendous emotional strain, because of the apparently devastating effects for the future on so many lives.

Unlike most other Americans, for the last three days I have not been overwhelmed and consumed by the news coming from Wall Street and Washington DC. My family, friends and many wonderful new acquaintances of the last few days have spent time waiting, weeping, praying and seeking encouragement in a small second floor waiting area outside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Candler Hospital in Savannah, Georgia. We have all spent hours standing at the bedside of loved ones, who are fighting battles against serious illnesses or injuries that have proven to me just how short and precious life really is. Many of us have had to suffer the terrible news that our loved ones may actually be losing their battle. Some have lost the battle, while others do show signs of improvement and growing strength. We’ve even been blessed at times to witness great joy as we move throughout the hospital and see other families celebrating the birth of a new baby. The point for me, and hopefully many others, is that most of the worries of this world are really much less important when viewed from the ICU perspective.

I know this is not my typical fun and upbeat blog post, but this is really something I felt compelled to share, because having the right perspective is essential in all areas of life but very difficult to keep. Just visit an ICU waiting area to get a better perspective on your own personal crisis situations.

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.

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.

The research focused on the average price per square foot, frequency of real-estate transactions and distribution of sales-activity throughout numerous large metropolitan cities.  Some relative stability or improving stability in the housing market combined with the lower home prices has been attracting more buyers in many areas including Atlanta. Multiple offers are becoming common places for some of the distressed homes (short-sales and foreclosures) on the market and this is helping to reduce inventory.

If you have money to invest or the ability to obtain financing, then real estate is readily available as an excellent investment for the future.  The wide variety of incentive programs for tax credit and buyer assistance make this market even more attractive and the metro-Atlanta area has proven to be a good location.

Out of over 2800 students selected for the National Merit Scholarship, 14 graduates representing six different high schools within the Gwinnett County Public School system were chosen.  The list of National Merit Scholars included two graduates from North Gwinnett and one from Collins Hill here in Suwanee. The other high schools represented were Brookwood, Parkview, Norcross and Duluth high schools.

The Robert C. Boyd Honors Scholars included 12 Gwinnett County Public School graduates representing 12 different high schools, including Suwanee’s North Gwinnett, Collins Hill and Peachtree Ridge.

Congratulations to all the scholarship recipients and to the outstanding work of the high schools here in Gwinnett county.

For a complete list of the student names and more information, check out Heather Darenberg’s article in the Sunday (6/28) Gwinnett Daily Post.

Check out all the scheduled in events in today’s Gwinnett Daily Post.

Celebration Locations – Gwinnett Daily Post (7/1/09)

Originally posted on GwinnettDwellings.com