Info and pictures of new Snellville City Center

From the AJC

From the Gwinnett Daily Post

When I have some free time, I'll get over there and get some pictures and share them here.

Pizza or Politics?

Looks like pizza won. Congratulations Pizza! I always liked you. Here's what people have typed into the search engine to find this blog. I hope they weren't disappointed!

01/29/06 19:58:15 stevie b's - gwinnett county, ga (Google)
01/29/06 19:04:44 mayor of Snellville, georgia (MSN)
01/29/06 14:36:47 kidsignment gwinnett (Google)
01/28/06 17:56:49 kidsignment (AOL) [sic: s/b http://www.kidsignments.com ]
01/28/06 14:54:38 cici's pizza opinion (Google)
01/28/06 14:32:50 Stevie B's Pizza (Google)
01/28/06 13:36:31 snellville police department (MSN)
01/27/06 14:54:19 "snellville first baptist" (MSN)
01/27/06 14:52:22 Kidsignment (MSN)
01/27/06 14:52:08 stevie B pizza (Google)
01/27/06 07:43:41 stevie b's pizza (Google)
01/27/06 07:40:19 stevie b's pizza, snellville (Google)
01/26/06 11:07:14 provino's restaurant snellville ga (MSN)

Snellville City Councilman Charged with Credit Card Scam

Here is the story
Details are a little different in each account.

Here is the story from 11Alive News

Gwinnett Daily Post

Walton Tribune

WSB-TV Report

WSB Radio

A Banner Day...

If you've been down Wisteria and North Road lately, maybe you've seen the street light banners that are near the Nanston Building. The street light poles and the banners both have sort of a retro old town look going. Yesterday I noticed the one for Stevie B's Pizza....Stevie B's is the new all-you-can eat pizza joint on Hwy 124 in Snellville near the Michaels Arts and Crafts store.
I'll give you a review of Stevie B's in just a minute...lol...now, back to the banners. It's so weird to see a photo of a big ol' pizza screenprinted on a town banner. All the sponsors of the Snellville Days event are featured on banners. The pizza photo makes me hungry. Would they turn down anyone as a sponsor if they sold something that would be really horrible to show a photo of on a banner?
(I will leave this one to your own gross imagination!) LOL!

As promised, here is the review from the average man on the street (not me, I haven't eaten there yet...besides that, I'm not a man...or average...lol) but here is a review from a pizza eating man I know....his opinion is that the food isn't as good as it is at CiCi's Pizza (there is one near the K-mart in Snellville at Wisteria and Hwy 78 intersection). He said that Stevie B's had much nicer interior decorating, and that Stevie B's had a better salad bar...ie more selection, but for overall pizza quality, he preferred Ci Ci's. He also said the price was a little higher. Last time I was in CiCi's Pizza, they are remodeling the interior to include stone/slate tile flooring. Isn't it great what a little competition will do? So now when Cici's Pizza gets their redecorating done, I think they should do fine. Stevie B's is more likely to get the diners from the Ronald Reagan Parkway area...the employees of the hospital, etc.

Now if someone would just kindly lend me $100,000, I will open a wildly successful Chuck E. Cheese and put up a banner with a mouse on it in downtown Snellville.

Kudzu.com

There's a new (ok fairly new) website called Kudzu where you can post reviews for Atlanta businesses, or advertise your own business. Here is my Kudzu listing. I have 3 reviews so far. Kudzu is owned by Cox Communications, the same people who publish the Atlanta Journal and Constitution.

It is $50 a month if you want a paid listing with bold type, photographs, a higher ranking on their site. Or try it for free and see what happens. I get my customers from all over the world, so I don't need to specifically market to the Atlanta area, but for businesses that need to only market locally - ie hairdressers, construction, real estate agents, etc...I think the $50 would probably be a good investment.

With some knowledge as to how to use the site effectively, Kudzu can be a good source for referrals to businesses.

However, a drawback the site has is that someone could easily have their friends (or even themselves) review their company.

When you use the site, I advise you to look for reviewers who have reviewed at least 4-5 times. If a reviewer has only posted ONE review, then chances are, a company approached only their happy clients or friends and asked them to post a review for them. When I see a company with 20 great reviews, but each reviewer has only reviewed one time - and that time was for only that company, I don't consider the reviews to be entirely valid. I would be more likely to do business with a company that has 2 good reviews by reviewers who have reviewed 5 or more times. Two good reviews by such reviewers hold more weight than two dozen good reviews by one-time site visitors.

ABWA January Meeting South Gwinnett Chapter

The speaker for the January meeting of the South Gwinnett Chapter of the American Business Women's Association was Debra Green, CPPB, CPPO - the Purchasing Director for Gwinnett County. You'd think it would be very dry, but it was very interesting.

The owner of Contours for Women, the work out place in the Wisteria Village Shopping Center, gave a 7 minute presentation. She inspired me to get in shape! As I so often do, I put my foot in my mouth when I spoke to her, I called it Curves instead of Contours...I was kind of embarrassed, but I guess it was a natural mistake.

Everyone did a short introduction, and as usual, I was unprepared and shy and blew my opportunity to toot my own horn. (ugh)

Traci Smith of WOG was there (our Pampered Chef lady!)..it was nice to see you again Traci. I got to sit between two Traci's...Traci Smith and Tracey from Rockdale Mortgage Company. We enjoyed salads and sandwiches from Jersey Mike's Subs.

The ABWA group made a motion and it was approved to donate 3 scholarships to Snellville Middle School for students who need tutoring. (three $75 scholarships).

The group also discussed a fundraiser idea. Traci suggested Pampered Chef as an on-the-side fundraiser to whatever larger fundraiser thegroup decides to do. The Tracey on the other side of me suggested a silent auction and karaoke event. Someone else suggested a wine tasting, and someone else had suggested a fashion show.

The Charter Members of the South Gwinnett Chapter were presented with Certificates and crystal necklaces as part of the Crystal Award (chapters get it for fast growth after inception). I was almost the last person, or perhaps WAS the last person to sign the Charter when I joined several months ago, so I also received the certificate and the necklace.

kidsignments sale 2006 gwinnett county fairgrounds

If you are interested in selling in
the Kidsignments sale (takes place in February), then you need to do
the steps outlined on their website to get registered to sell. I sold
a bunch of my kids old stuff at the last sale for the first time ever,
and I found it quite easy and fun to do. If you just want to shop, you
can't beat the deals there, either! http://www.kidsignments.com/
If you want to sell, then go register ASAP, the slots fill up quickly.

PS: if you tell any pregnant friends about the sale, make sure you
tell them to be prepared with something to carry their stuff -
something with wheels is extra nice...and to make sure they have some
snacks and water bottles with them. The sale has 1,000 sellers, takes
up 3 buildings at the Gwinnett County Fairground, and the line can be
extremely long, so they need to be ready to hang in there and have a
buddy.

Snellville Days Parade New Route

The Snellville Days Parade will take place Saturday, May 6, 2006 at 10 am.
The parade route is new this year, so all of our 15,000 residents should jot that on the calendar.
It will begin at Wisteria Village, go right on Wisteria Drive, left onto North Road (by the new tall Nanston Dental Building) then take a left on Oak Road (by the Snellville Post Office), and will end at the new City Center.

We respectfully ask that the ladies keep their tops on at all times, and that the men refrain from giving out mardi gras necklaces. We would also ask that the senior citizens please not bring kegs of beer. We don't need another incident like last year, when Mabel (age 102) was breakdancing on US78 and got run over by a clown car. Keep in mind that Snellville is a Christian town.

Arbor Day Activities at Briscoe Park March 25, 2006

"Join us as we dedicate a day to enhancing our park. You are welcome to bring your own rakes, shovels, gloves, planting tools and other items. Children 12 and under must be supervised by an adult. Bring a sack lunch or enjoy refreshments from our concession stand.

When: Saturday March 25 from 9 am to 3 pm
FREE breakfast from 8:30 to 9 am

The Annual Arbor Day celebration will be held in conjunction with this event. We will include the presentations of community awards, tree care demonstrations, free trees, and other goodies to the community."

Snellville Police Cruisin' on Harleys Now

The Snellville Police Department now has two Harley Davidson Motorcycles.
Now they can not only maneuver through heavy traffic, but they'll look cool when they direct traffic at Snellville First Baptist Church after services.

Another Snellville Business Closing - Folks

Adding to the list of closing businesses in Snellville:

Folks Restaurant on US78.
I was surprised that they closed, because so many networking meetings go on there.
But as far as family dining, I think more people are eating at home now.

I don't think Snellville is going downhill, businesses are just closing or moving because of changes to the area. Many businesses are leaving the US78 corridor and going to Hwy 124/Scenic Highway.
For instance, the Wendy's Restaurant moved from 78 to 124. Hwy 124 is just becoming more of a central hub for everything.