Atlanta Housing Source

At the end of the month, there were 5,942 single family residences actively for sale on the FMLS. In the prior 30 days 426 homes had sold for an average sales price of $161,157. The average sales price represents selling at 96.84% of the average listing price. The average days the homes were on the market before they sold were 85 days.

Brought to you by Mark Lackey, Assoc Broker, EcoBroker with Atlanta Housing Source at Solid Source Realty – 404.886.8789 – mark@AtlantaHousingSource.com

Fall is in full swing and that means it’s time to pick pumpkins! Celebrate the season and help the Norcross Cooperative Ministry at the same time. Two local pumpkin patches donate a portion of their proceeds to NCM.

Over the years, NCM has received thousands of dollars from these local patches.

So come on by from now until October 31st, bring your family and friends to visit the pumpkin patches at:

Norcross Presbyterian Church
3324 Medlock Bridge Road
Norcross, GA 30092
Sat: 10am – 8pm / Sun: Noon – 8pm
Weekdays: 9am – 8pm

Peachtree Corners Christian Church
6060 Spalding Drive
Norcross, GA 30092
Sat: 10am – 8pm
Sun – Fri: Noon – 8pm

Congratulations to Gwinnett County Public Schools and Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks for winning the nation’s top education honor and largest education award in the country, the 2010 Broad Prize for Urban Education!

Broad officials chose Gwinnett County Public Schools as the nation’s top urban school system based on student performance over a three-year period. Gwinnett was noted for achieving significant gains between 2005 and 2009.

Among them:

The average SAT score of 1526 in 2009 topped state and national averages.
Between 2006 and 2009 SAT participation for African-Americans rose by 9 percentage points.
Twelve Gwinnett high schools were named Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools for performance on exams that prepare students for the rigors of college.
In addition to Supt. Wilbanks unparalleled leadership, the Gwinnett Chamber would especially like to recognize the Gwinnett County Public School System’s Board of Education (2010 Chair Dr. Mary Kay Murphy, District III; Vice Chair Dr. Robert McClure, District IV; Carole Boyce, District I; Louise Radloff, District V; and Daniel D. Seckinger, District II), as well as the entire administration, principals, and teachers that achieved such phenomenal success.

Please mark your calendars now to attend the first annual Artist Extravaganza at Greater Atlanta Christian School November 4, 5 & 6th.

Dust off your holiday shopping lists and plan to purchase unique, one of a kind gifts. This event, sponsored by GAC’s non-profit Patrons of the Arts, is sure to become a must attend event each year!

Additional information available on the GAC website: http://www.greateratlantachristian.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1557.

Taste of Suwanee

Saturday, October 16th, 2010

12-5pm
Town Center Park, Suwanee GA
Attended by over 9,000 festival-goers, families and food connoisseurs, Taste of Suwanee is now an annual tradition in the City of Suwanee, voted in the top ten cities in the nation. Over 30 local restaurants and vendors participate in an afternoon of sampling appetizers, entrees and desserts from their menus. Dish Network will air college games live for the football fanatics. The event will also offer entertainment to please every palette, including a concert stage with live music and performances. The Kids Zone will return with new and improved inflatable activities, rides and games. After dining, festival-goers can meet Community Partners and stroll through the Artist Market for arts and crafts from local artists.
The North Gwinnett Tip-Off Club invites you to be a part of this incredible community event.
Admission is Free! Tickets to sample food and enjoy the activities in the Kid Zone are 50 cents each. Each food sample or activity is between 1-6 tickets. The Town Center Park is located on the corner of Buford Highway and Lawrenceville Suwanee Dam Rd. Free Parking at the Town Center Park and Shadowbrook Baptist Church. Free shuttles running from 11:30-5:30 between park and Church.

Mark Your Calendar!

*** The UPCCA would like to Invite You to Come Join us on Monday, October 25th ***

UNITED PEACHTREE CORNERS CIVIC ASSOCIATION

***Invite your Friends and Neighbors***

Christ the King Lutheran Church

7:30 PM-9:30PM

Christ the King Lutheran Church

5575 Peachtree Parkway

Peachtree Corners, GA 30092

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Candidate Forum

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Join us to hear National, State, and County candidates talk about the issues and answer questions. The following candidates have confirmed their appearance.

District 2 County Commissioner: Robert Byars (D) & Lynette Howard (R)

State Senate District 40: Eric Christ (D) & Fran Millar (R)

State Senate District 5: Gary Guan (R) & Curt Thompson (D)

US Representative District 4: Liz Carter (R)

US Representative District 7: Doug Heckman (D) & Rob Woodall (R)

Please visit the UPCCA website – http://www.upcca.com

This is open to EVERYONE! Please tell all of your neighbors and friends. What a great way to clean out before the holidays!

Fields Club is partnering with ecycle and EcoShredding to protect you and the environment. On Saturday, November 6th from 9am – 2pm, we are hosting an Electronics Recycling and Document Shredding Day at the club. Bring your electronics and sensitive documents to us at 4500 Missendell Lane to be recycled and destroyed.

For a small charge, ecycle will destroy all data on your computers in compliance with DoD and NIST standards and process the equipment in accordance with EPA regulations, and EcoShredding will shred and recycle your documents on-site in their shredding truck. No waste will be disposed of in a landfill – either locally or abroad. You can clean out your house, protect your information and safeguard the environment all at one time.

What:
Electronics Recycling and Document Shredding Day

When:
Saturday, November 6th

9am – 2pm

Where:
The Fields Club

4500 Missendell Lane

Norcross, GA 30092

Cost:
· $6/box for document shredding

· $10/car for all electronics plus $10/monitor or TV (if you bring to clubhouse)

· $20/car for all electronics plus $10/monitor or TV (if we pick up from your house)*

* Pickup is only available for residents of the Linfield, Amberfield and Riverfield neighborhoods.
A phone number will be provided to residents to schedule a pickup.

For more information about The Fields Club, visit http://www.fieldsclub.com; for more information about ecycle or electronics recycling, visit www.ecycleservices.com; and for information about EcoShredding, go to www.ecoshredding.com.

Keeping you updated on events around Peachtree Corners check out this article in the AJC Lite.

By David Wickert

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Armed with a new study that shows that an incorporated Peachtree Corners would be financially viable, a citizens group plans to launch a new effort to incorporate the neighborhood north of Norcross.

Proponents are drafting a proposed charter for a “city lite” that would provide a few key services such as zoning and code enforcement.

Many details remain to be worked out. And state legislators, voters and Gwinnett County officials must still approve the plans. But the idea of incorporating Peachtree Corners appealed to many of the roughly 150 people who attended a community meeting Monday night.

“I think it’s definitely something we need to put in place,” said resident Nat Burton. “It’s a matter of control. Do we want to control our destiny?”

Residents have talked about incorporating Peachtree Corners for years. Many want to ensure the area maintains its distinctive character and isn’t swallowed up by a neighboring city, like Norcross.

But to date the talk has not led Peachtree Corners to become Gwinnett County’s 16th city.

In 2005 members of the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association voted overwhelmingly against incorporation. And earlier this year legislation that would have allowed communities like Peachtree Corners to provide limited services – a sort of “city lite” – failed to clear the legislature.

Now advocates may try a new tactic. They’re pressing for local legislation in the next session of the General Assembly that would allow Peachtree Corners to incorporate and provide limited services. The local legislation would need the approval of the Gwinnett County delegation, but not the full legislature.

Rep. Tom Rice, R-Norcross, supports the legislation. He said he wants to ensure residents get a chance to vote on incorporation.

If the legislation passes and is signed by the governor, Peachtree Corners residents would vote on incorporation as soon as next year. The final hurdle: approval by Gwinnett County commissioners.

The civic association is drafting a proposed charter that would spell out city services and other particulars.

Association President Mike Mason said Peachtree Corners would provide only land-use planning and zoning services, code enforcement and trash collection, leaving other services such as police and fire protection to Gwinnett County.

On Monday the civic association unveiled a study by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia that shows an incorporated Peachtree Corners could generate enough revenue to pay for those basic services and cover other costs like elections and administration.

The study assumed the city would raise money from planning and zoning fees, utility franchise fees and property taxes. Based on the cost of services for similar cities around the region, the study concluded that Peachtree Corners could run a surplus of about $2.3 million annually.

According to the study, Peachtree Corners had an estimated 2008 population of more than 34,000.

Support for incorporation is not universal. Opponents in the past have objected to additional property taxes and have raised other concerns. And on Monday some residents quizzed the study’s author on his financial assumptions.

Mason said a public vote on incorporation will be crucial to its success or failure.

“We want the people to say, we love the idea (or) we don’t want the idea,” he said.

Recycle Your Electronics – Keep Norcross Beautiful

Saturday, 10/09/10 – 9:00am-1:00pm

Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

ACCEPTABLE ELECTRONICS
Personal Computers Laptops Modems
Floppy/Disk Drives Printers UPS Batteries
CD-Roms Fax Machines Cell Phones
Circuit Boards Copiers Phones
PC Power Supplies Music/VCR/CD players Scanners
Keyboards Typewriters Microwaves
Mouse/Mice Test Equipment Wire/Cabling
PC Monitors Networking Equipment Wire/Cabling Servers

Join us on the same day for our canned food collection for local food banks! Clean out your pantry and bring non-perishable food items, to be donated to our local food banks and given to members of our community in need. You do not need to make a donation in order to participate in the Clean-up and Recycle Events, but it is greatly appreciated.

CONTACT: Philomena Robertson
770-448-7327
probertson@norcrossga.net

The City of Norcross will again host a community Clean-up Day, Shred Day, and Electronics Recycling events and our canned food drive!

On Saturday, October 9, 2010 the City of Norcross will be offering a secure way to destroy confidential records. American Security Shredding will be bringing two of their Onsite Shred Trucks to shred personal documents free of charge.

STOP IDENTITY THEFT AND RECYCLE AT THE SAME TIME! After the secure shredding is complete, all material will become recycled.

Place: Norcross City Hall, 65 Lawrenceville Street

Date: Saturday, 10/09/10

Time: 9:00 am—1:00 pm

Join us on the same day for our canned food collection for local food  banks! Clean out your pantry and bring nonperishable food items, to be donated to our local food banks and given to members of our community in need. You do not need to make a donation in order to participate in the Cleanup and Recycle Events but it is greatly appreciated.

 For more information contact Philomena Robertson at 770-448-7327 or probertson@norcrosga.net.