Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter will host the December Lasseter’s Listening Session, a constituent meet and greet with the residents of Commission District 1. Gwinnett County’s Commission District 1 covers the western part of the county and includes the cities of Duluth and Suwanee. The meeting will be held on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 10 [...]
Suwanee’s Downtown Development Authority (DDA) has sold one of the oldest commercial buildings along Main Street to a business focused on constructing, remodeling, and retrofitting buildings using green practices in order to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. Deming LLC has acquired a 50-year lease purchase on the approximately 6,000-square-foot, two-story Pierce’s [...]
Suwanee City Council has approved a contract with Hogan Construction Group of Norcross for construction of a new 7,100-square-foot police substation and training facility at 2996 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road in the Suwanee Gateway area. Work is expected to begin on the substation by the end of December or early January. Construction was approved at a maximum [...]
On December 6, the Suwanee Police Department will offer a two-hour course designed to encourage safe teen driving habits. The Georgia Teens Ride with PRIDE (Parents Reducing Injuries and Driver Error) course is for new teen drivers and their parents. The program will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 6, at the Suwanee Police [...]
The City of Suwanee invites area residents to share their best photos with the community through the annual Snap Suwanee photo competition. Photographs should have been taken within the City limits of Suwanee, preferably within the past two years. A dozen or more of the submitted photos will be selected as winners and displayed at [...]
Suwanee voters have elected Jimmy Burnette as the City’s new mayor. Newcomer Doug Ireland was elected to City Council, and incumbent Dick Goodman, who ran unopposed, will return for another term. Uncertified election results are below: Mayor Jimmy Burnette 876 Dan Pittman 454 Council Post 1 Doug Ireland 804 Jimmy Spiro 474 Council Post 2 [...]
The oldest section of the Suwanee Creek Greenway, from Martin Farm Road to Suwanee Elementary School, will be closed in two phases over a seven-month or more period so that the City of Suwanee, through its contractor Georgia Development Partners, can rehabilitate and upgrade the approximately one-mile section of multiuse trail. The first phase, from [...]
Spooky, funky, or silly costumes are the suggested attire for the annual Trek or Treat event from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, October 29, at Suwanee Creek Park. The park is located at 1170 Buford Highway. Lil’ pumpkins, superheroes, princesses, and scary monsters are invited to enjoy fall festival-style games, crafts and activities, and trek or [...]
The North Gwinnett Arts Association (NGAA) will host a pumpkin carving challenge as part of the final Toast at Town Center event of the season. Area residents are invited to come in costume or “come as you are” for frightfully good meals…good deals…and good times from 6-10 p.m. Thursday, October 27, at Suwanee Town Center. [...]
The City of Suwanee is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the 2001 bond referendum vote that made possible acquisition of nearly 350 acres of open space and construction of six new parks with – what else? – a parks party. The City will host Parker’s Parks Party on Saturday, November 5. A variety of activities [...]
