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Community Conversation Critical to 20/20 Vision, Starts with June 23 'Happy Hour' ross COfficial newsletter R ads of the June 2011 You’re invited! Community conversation critical to 20/20 Vision, starts with June 23 ‘happy hour’ 20/20 Vision Open House Schedule A “Visioning Happy Hour” will be hosted from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, June 23. The Open House then continues during the times designated below through July 28 at 3930 Charleston Market Street (Suite B1) in Town Center. Please drop in when you can. Mondays Closed Tuesdays 11:30 am-1:30 pm 4:30-7 pm Wednesdays 11:30 am-1:30 pm 4:30-7 pm Thursdays 11:30 am-1:30 pm 4:30-7 pm Fridays Closed Saturdays 9-11 am Sundays Closed Check out www.suwanee.com for any schedule updates. See article by Interface Studio Principal Scott Page on page 2 for more insight into the 20/20 Vision A look to the future Citizens are invited to get engaged in strategic planning process. the 20/20 Vision strategic planning process. It’s critical that as many folks as possible be a part of the conversations. INSIDE THIS ISSUE… The City of Suwanee is set to encourage community conversations in unique, high-energy ways as it never has Suwanee bucks before. It’s all part of the launch of the City’s strategic plan national trend…p. 5 initiative, 20/20 Vision. The creation of a shared, inclusive, exciting strategic plan, a plan that will shape the Suwanee of 2020, will Here we grow again…p. 8 require input from as many citizens as possible. The City SculpTour of Suwanee and Interface Studio, the Philadelphia-based unveiled…p. 4 planning firm hired to guide the community through the Continued on page 3 Page 2 June 2011 www.suwanee.com A conversation about community vision by Scott Page Editor’s note: An urban designer and planner, Scott Page is the founding principal of Interface Studio, the Philadelphia-based consultant that Suwanee is working with on the 20/20 Vision community strategic plan. Page earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and master’s degree from Georgia Tech. A conversation from June 1, 2020: “Mom, you should see Suwanee now, it’s.…” How would you finish this sentence? Would you talk about Suwanee’s elegant system of parks? Quality education? Its art scene? Or something else altogether? This isn’t just an exercise or a game. Suwanee’s 20/20 Vision is a community-driven strategic plan for the next decade. It will seek to capture the hopes and dreams of Suwanee’s residents in order to develop specific strategies and action steps that can help the vision become reality. Why plan now? Simply put, Suwanee has changed drastically over the past few decades. To be proactive in address- ing local needs and creating a place that residents continue to be proud to call home requires thoughtful planning combined with creative City and citizen leadership. Suwanee already has a documented commitment to citizen involvement in planning. Residents rated their commu- nity number one in the 2010 National Citizen Survey (compared to a national benchmark of 500 other jurisdictions who utilized the survey) for “the job Suwanee government does at welcoming citizen involvement.” In addition, Suwanee’s designation as one of Money magazine’s Best Places to Live in both 2007 and 2009 is a great celebration of the town and represents an opportunity for leaders and residents to start thinking ahead. With half of Suwanee’s population having lived in the City for less than 10 years and continued growth on the horizon, it will be important to reinforce the features that have made Suwanee a “model community” while at the same time creating a realistic plan for the future. In order to improve quality of life, balance growth and development, ensure excellence in education, fully capitalize on arts and culture, promote the local economy, and reduce the City’s environmental footprint – all while operating within fiscal constraints – proactive thinking and open communication among local leaders and residents is critical. Suwanee needs your ideas, insights, and voice to create the 20/20 Community Vision. The City has a great story to tell, and local leaders are excited to engage the community in creating a forward-thinking and comprehensive Vision Plan. A number of creative and fun activities are being planned over the next 8-12 months to encourage everyone to get involved and to stay involved as the City sees this through. The City of Suwanee is offering a number of ways to participate and get involved: • ATTEND the Open House, which will begin on June 23. The Open House will temporarily transform a vacant storefront in Town Center into an exhibit on Suwanee’s past and present. The space will include activities and games designed to tease out citizen concerns and ideas for Suwanee’s future. • JOIN in small roundtable discussions with your neighbors to talk about Suwanee and your hopes for its future. The roundtable discussions will begin in late summer 2011 and will be scheduled periodically through the end of the year. Refreshments and a unique perspective on the City will be on the menu. • LOG ON to the 20/20 Community Vision website, www.suwanee2020.com, which will collect all infor- mation on the project and provide an interactive map that invites everyone to tag places around the City with ideas, concerns, and “a-ha moments”! In listening to the voices of Suwanee, your City hopes to collaboratively develop an effective blueprint for Suwanee’s next 10 years. Suwanee needs you. See you at the Open House and stay tuned for more opportunities to stay involved! June 2011 Page 3 www.suwanee.com Community Conversation…continued from page 1 process, will launch those conversations and input opportunities this month. A Visioning Happy Hour will be held from 6-9 p.m. during Toast @ Town Center Thursday, June 23, at 3930 Charleston Market Street in Town Center, at the location of the for- mer Smitten shop in Suite B1. Then for the next five weeks, through July 28, at a variety of differ- 20/20 Vision ent times on different days, citizens can drop in at the community Steering Committee Members open house on Charleston Market Street, to offer input and partici- pate in visioning exercises, enjoy a Suwanee photo and art exhibit, and Brad Alexander Winship Rees learn more about the 20/20 Vision strategic plan. See the schedule for Scott Auer Todd Renner open house times on page 1. David Buckle Rob Rohloff “We want this to be an exciting process,” says Assistant to the City Dr. John Green Kristin Scott Manager Jessica Roth. “We want to generate widespread participation Carol Hassell Mike Smith from the community. By extending the open house over five weeks, Beth Hilscher Jim Stewart there’s no excuse for anyone not to come and participate. We hope Dr. Rhonda Hogan Rob Sumner that every single community member stops in.” Doug Ireland Bill Syrett To assist Interface and the City throughout the process, a commu- Dr. Dion Jones Mary Warren nity steering committee has been established. Approximately two Pastor Bobby Linkous Audrey Wood dozen community members, representing a diverse cross-section of the Tony Manners John Wyn community, will help design, facilitate, and advocate for the planning Eric Miller Chris Yoder process. Alliese Owenby Richard Yoon Small-group community conversations also will be a key compo- Rick Packer nent to the planning process and will begin in late summer. Community members can register to be part of those conversations at www3.suwanee.com. Throughout the strategic planning process, Interface Studio is part- nering with two local firms, Market + Main, Inc. and Pond|Ecos. Page 4 June 2011 www.suwanee.com unveiled Need an idea for something cool to do with out-of-town guests visiting this summer? We’ve got it – Suwanee SculpTour! Fifteen sculptures, representing various styles, materials, and sizes, are now on exhibit throughout Town Center Park – and a couple of nearby locations – through March of next year. This outdoor exhibit of sculptures officially began on May 21, the date of the Arts in the Park festival. SculpTour, part of the City’s public arts initiative, is funded by generous private sponsors: Georgia Natural Gas, Peoples Bank & Trust, and Ssam’s Grill + Café. The Gwinnett Convention & Visitors Bureau and Ippolito’s Italian Restaurant also have provid- ed funding support. Intrusion The SculpTour sculptures – and other pieces of permanent pub- lic art – have been arranged as an approximately one-mile walking tour; a brochure with a map and information about each of the pieces will be available at City Hall. Citizens will be invited to vote for their favorite sculpture begin- ning in July; the sculpture with the most votes at the end of the exhibit in March will be the “People’s Choice” and purchased as part of the City’s perma- nent art collection. Look for more information about how to vote at www.suwanee.com. In selecting the 15 sculptures from more than 30 art pieces submitted, Suwanee’s Public Arts Commission considered quality of workmanship, origi- nality, structural soundness, ease of installation, and general community appeal. The pieces and artists selected were: • Amne and Dreams of Flying by Harry Zmijewski (Buford, GA) • Arachnid by Damon Lusky (Dawsonville, GA) • Bright Ideas 2 by Lori Sturgess (Roswell, GA) • Catching the Wind by Gregory Johnson (Cumming, GA) • Deconstructed Bolt by Andrew T. Crawford (Atlanta, GA) Deconstructed Bolt • Free Spirit and Ribbon Dance by Jennifer Freeman (Johns Creek, GA) • Intrusion by Harry McDaniel (Asheville, NC) • Magic Rain and Sunset by Gus and Lina Ocamposilva (Clearwater, FL) • Mother & Child by Eluisa Altman (Bogota, NJ) • Prayer Booth by Dylan Mortimer (Kansas City, MO) • Sticks 7 by Dennis Primm (Buford, GA) • Sunbeam II by Sydney Atkinson (Woodstock, GA) “I love that each of the sculptures has such a distinctive person- ality,” says Economic and Community Development Director Denise Brinson.
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