Eat Out at 30 Restaurants with 6,000 Friends - Taste of Suwanee
October 7th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Fun
On Saturday, October 18th, residents of Suwanee and all surrounding areas will have the opportunity to sample fantastic food from over 30 different restaurants at the 2nd Annual Taste of Suwanee. The festival is expected to attract over 6,000 hungry, fun-loving people to Town Center Park to enjoy an afternoon sampling appetizers, entrees and desserts from the menus of some of their favorite areas restaurants, as well as many other restaurants yet to be discovered. The food theme continues with culinary demonstrations by the Kroger Cooking School’s infamous Chef John.
For the sports fans, music fans and youngsters interested in taking a break from eating, there will be plenty of other entertaining distractions. Dish Networks will have a tent fully-equipped to air college football games for the football fanatics attending the event. The Kids Zone Read the rest of this entry »
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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 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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Suwanee Lifestyle Being Copied By Others
July 31st, 2008 Categories: Atlanta Real Estate, Suwanee Real Estate
The wonderful “live, work, play” lifestyle that Suwanee has created is now being pursued by
many other cities in Gwinnett county and with good reason. The Town Center Park development has been a huge success for the City of Suwanee and continues to draw in visitors from all over the metro-Atlanta area for the free concerts and park events. Once people experience the park with the amphitheater and interactive fountain during one of the frequent park concerts, movies or festivals, then they tell their friends and neighbors and return with more people for the next event.
Buford has already built their mixed-use development at the intersection of Buford Hwy and Hamilton Mill Rd. Their concept of providing shops, restaurants and residential condos in a walkable development is very similar to Suwanee’s concept. However without the park, amphitheater and fountain in the recent economic environment, the Buford Village development is not filling as quickly as anticipated, but will be successful in the long run. The concept is definitely being accepted and even sought out by many commercial and residential buyers as the real estate market continues to improve throughout the Atlanta markets.
Both Norcross and Duluth have their own versions of the mixed-use “live, work, play” developments either under construction or consideration as means of revitalizing certain sections of those communities. Alpharetta’s Prospect Park is another example of the expansion of the mixed-use development concept. As described in Beth Warren’s AJC article on 7/30/08, Loganville’s city council will soon be reviewing and voting on a mixed-use development on 28 acres surrounding an existing lake on US 78, which is proposed to include an amphitheater for concerts and community events very similar to Suwanee Town Center Park and Atlantic Station in downtown Atlanta.
Suwanee Gateway (Opus South development) at I-85 and Lawrenceville-Suwanee Rd is under construction and will become another great addition to the “Play Hard, Live Well, Smile More” neighborhoods of Suwanee. As residents of Suwanee, we already know about the lifestyle that the reader’s of Money magazine learned from the 2007 “Best Places to Live” edition and what many of our neighboring communities are beginning to learn.
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Suwanee Life is Good Concert with The Wailers
June 24th, 2008 Categories: Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff
The Life is Good Festival on Saturday (6/14/08) at Town Center Park featured a concert by the legendary reggae band The Wailers, Bob Marley’s band. Hundreds of people returned to the park after the short downpour which ended the other festival activities and they were treated to a fantastic performance by The Wailers. Enjoy this short video slideshow from the performance. Since The Wailers music is copyrighted and I was not able to obtain permission for its use, I’ve chosen to use Creative Common Licensed music, “Havana Rules” from artist Adam Burns.
Suwanee, GA Community Video - Suwanee, GA 30024
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Life is good in Suwanee Festival at Town Center Park
May 27th, 2008 Categories: Diamond Dwellings, Suwanee Events, Suwanee Fun Stuff
Backyard fun is coming to the Suwanee Town Center Park and for a wonderful cause. On Saturday, June 14th some of Suwanee’s backyard athletes will be competing for the title of “World’s Greatest Backyard Athlete” in an effort to entertain their friends and neighbors while raising money for Project Joy. Project Joy is a non-profit organization that uses “play” to strengthen and heal children whose lives have been deeply impacted by trauma.
Each athlete must raise at least $500 in contributions for Project Joy in order to compete in this “intense” competition including potato sack races, watermelon-seed spitting and other wacky lawn games. In addition to cheering for the front-line competitors, families can enjoy the wonderful creativity of local craftspeople, fun activities for the kids, great music and great food. Spaces are still available for contestants in the World’s Greatest Backyard Athlete competition and contributions can still be made to Project Joy.
Competitors can sign up through June 2. Project Joy contributions can be delivered to the City of Suwanee and made payable to “Life is good Kids Foundation.”
Our own DeWayne Davis will be competing for the title of World’s Greatest Backyard Athlete, so come out to cheer him on in the competition and help him raise money for this very worthy cause.
Many volunteers are needed in order to make this event successful. Please consider helping out!
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