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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

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.

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.

The US Open National Playoffs Southern Sectional Qualifying Tournament is being hosted right by the Peachtree Forest Subdivision at the Racquet Club of the South on June 12 through June 16. If you enjoy tennis, this is your chance to see the “up and coming” of United States tennis.

Raquet Club of the South is on off Peachtree Corners Circle just south of Jay Bird Alley in Gwinnett, Peachtree Corners at 6350 Courtside Dr, Gwinnett, Norcross, GA (770) 449-6060.

See www.rcstennis.com for more details.

Friday May 21 through Sunday May 23

Enjoy The Forum Appreciation Weekend. Relax, dine and shop the open-air oasis.  Friday there is the Parent’s Night out with the kids movie at 7 PM.

Saturday there is Kid’s Zone, Local Music, Fashion Show at 11 AM & 1 PM, complements of Belk’s, and the Taste of The Forum stroll & taste 2 to 4 PM.

Then on Sunday its Kid’s Zone.  5155 Peachtree Parkway, Norcross, GA 30092.  Check out the web site for more details www.theforumpeachtree.com

Saturday May 22

Downtown Norcross will close Main Street to make way for the 13th Annual Norcross Car Show.  About 300 hot rods, muscle cars, classic and antique cars will be there.  There are trophies and prizes, silent auctions, a bake sale, a $1,000 raffle and beautiful cars.  It is a great time for young and old.

The event was started by a group of car lovers, The Depot Gang, and the event raises money for the Kristi Deleon Memorial Scholarship.  The show has provided scholarships to 63 health sciences students in honor of Kristi Deleon, a nursing student that died in a car accident in 1997.

Monday May 24th

The UPCCA would like to Remind You to Join us on

UNITED PEACHTREE CORNERS CIVIC ASSOCIATION

PEACHTREE CORNERS MARRIOTT – 475 Technology Parkway

7:30 9:30 p.m.

Candidates Forum for July 20th Primary

Join us to hear National, State, and County candidates talk about the issues and answer questions.

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

May 15th – Thrasher Park, Norcross

On Saturday May 15th at 6 pm in newly refurbished Thrasher Park in Downtown Norcross bring your dinner and relax to the music presentation of the Pinckneyville Middle School Music Department. Enjoy Pinckneyville Pops, with the Pinckneyville Middle School Pops Orchestra. The program will include a night of popular tunes showcasing students from the Band, Chorus, and Orchestra programs. 

The Music Department will be hosting a bake sale with all profits going to the VH1’s Save the Music, a non-profit that helps restore music programs in low income area. This event furthers the IB Community and Service efforts of the PMS Music Department. Pinckneyville is a IB World-School, and this event fulfills the Community Service Project for the PMS Music Department.

May 15 – 2nd Annual Charity Shrimp & Catfish Boil – Grayson

Held at Hail Mary Sports Pub at 1950GraysonHighway in Grayson the event runs 4 pm to 6 pm or 6 pm to 8pm. Each seating includes a shrimp & catfish low county boil, salad, bread and liquid refreshments. Proceeds benefit the Friends of Gwinnett County Senior Services’ senior meals programs. For more information call 770-822-8837 or email gary.galloway@gwinnettcounty.com

May 15 & May 16 is the First Annual Atlanta Asia Festival – Duluth

Held at Gwinnett Place Mall the festival includes a wide variety of food sampling form different Asian countries. Live performances by local Asian artists and Asian celebrities will be there representing Korea, Vietnam, Japan and China. The event benefits the Holt’s International Children’s Services.

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August 1

Beauty & The Beast – Town Center Park, Suwanee, GA

 

Green Day – Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth GA

 

August 1, 8, 15

Mall of Georgia Summer Concert & Movie Series, Buford GA

 

August 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29

Lawrenceville Ghost Tours – Aurora Theatre, Lawrenceville, GA

 

 

August 1, 2

“The Mousetrap” By Button Theater – Red Clay Theater, Duluth, GA

 

Trains, Trucks, and Tractors – Southeastern Railway Museum, Duluth, GA

 

Pirates of Penzance – New London Theatre, Snellville, GA

 

 

August 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

Kiss Me Kate – Aurora Theatre, Lawrenceville, GA

 

August 6

First Thursday in Downtown Norcross – Thrasher Park, Norcross, GA

 

Brown Bag Lunches – Duluth Town Green & Amphitheater – Duluth, GA

 

 

August 7

Suwanee Majic 107.5/97.5 Concert – Town Center Park, Suwanee, GA

 

Lilburn Idol Finale – Lilburn City Park, Lilburn, GA

 

Brown Bag Concert Series – Gwinnett Historical Courthouse, Lawrenceville, GA

 

 

August 8

Golden Spike Train Show – North Atlanta Trade Center, Norcross, GA

 

Flicks on the Bricks – Duluth Town Green, Duluth, GA

 

 

August 8, 15

Groove with the Grapes Summer Concert Series – Chateau Elan Winery Pavilion, Braselton, GA

 

 

August 14, 28

Norcross Concert in the Park – Thrasher Park, Norcross, GA

 

 

August 14, 15, 21, 22

Norcross Ghost Tours – Downtown Norcross, GA

 

 

August 14, 15, 16

Folk Fest 2009 – North Atlanta Trade Center, Norcross, GA

 

 

August 15

Stone Mountain Village Walk & Wine – Stone Mountain Village, Stone Mountain, GA

 

Off the Cobb – Improv Adventures for Kids, Red Clay Theater, Duluth, GA

 

Concert in the Park – Town Center Park, Suwanee, GA

 

 

August 20

2009 Business in Gwinnett Expo & Job Fair – Convention Center, Duluth, GA

 

 

August 21

Symphony on the Green – Duluth Amphitheater, Duluth, GA

 

 

August 22

The Freedom Concert – Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth GA

 

 

August 28

Moonlight & Music Concert Series – Historic Courthouse Lawn, Lawrenceville, GA

 

 

August 28, 29, 30, 31

USTA Southern NTRP Hardcourt Championships – Collins Hill Athletic Club, Lawrenceville, GA

 

 

August 29, 30

Paddle in the Park – Sims Lake Park, Suwanee, GA

 

Summer Finale Weekend – Georgia Cycling Grand Prix Event, Gwinnett, GA