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      <title>ATLANTA REAL ESTATE MARKET - September Market Report 2008</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atlantaga.gov/" title="City of Atlanta official site" target="_blank"&gt;Atlanta &lt;/a&gt;started to see a decline in sales volume and units in June, 2007. And, to date, our market has still not recovered. Year over year decline in closings is over 30% from last year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;OVERALL ATLANTA MARKET RECAP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Market has experienced declines for the past 18 months in a row.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;An average of 7 percent of all outstanding listings are selling each month.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Past 3 (three) months show slight increases of home values. A possible indicator Atlanta home values may be stabilizing.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;New home construction is down&amp;nbsp;over 80 percent&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mortgage rates projected to decline slightly over the rest of the year with a gradual increase over time.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Months supply of inventory for single family detached homes (resale)&amp;nbsp;stands at 13.2&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Months supply of inventory for condos (resale)&amp;nbsp;stands at 13.6&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;A LOOK BACK OVER SEPTEMBER, 2008&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/8/4/3/4/ar12265219943484.jpg" height="600" alt="" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.realtor.org/research/reinsights/economistcommentary" title="NAR - Economic Conditions" target="_blank"&gt;Economic conditions&lt;/a&gt; will obviously play a big part in the housing recovery for all markets: &lt;a href="http://www.opec.org/home/basket.aspx" title="Opec" target="_blank"&gt;Oil prices&lt;/a&gt; have dropped considerably,&amp;nbsp;we should start seeing improvement in the credit markets; and, although Atlanta has always provided affordable housing compared to many other parts of the country, it is without question, home&amp;nbsp;prices are even more affordable now&amp;nbsp;than they have been in years.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Articles of Interest:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.opec.org/home/basket.aspx" title="Opec Oil Prices" target="_blank"&gt;Opec Basket Prices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/steo" title="Short Term Energy Outlook" target="_blank"&gt;Short Term Energy Outlook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.realtor.org/research/reinsights/forecast" title="NAR The Forecast Article" target="_blank"&gt;The Forecast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Data collected from First Multiple Listing Service. Data is believed accurate at time of recording, but not guaranteed.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Sources:&amp;nbsp; First Multiple Listing Service, Smart Numbers, Trend Graphixs&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>Janice Slaven, Suwanee Georgia Real Estate (Prudential Georgia Realty)</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:53:49 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.suwaneetalk.com/blogsview/786742/ATLANTA-REAL-ESTATE-MARKET-September-Market-Report-2008</link>
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      <title>SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO SUWANEE!</title>
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MUST BE SANTA!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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It's a busy time of
year for santa and his elves! So many&lt;br&gt;
children to visit and the clock is ticking!!&lt;br&gt;
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but santa has a way of making sure he travels to visit&lt;br&gt;
every boy and girl to find out just exactly what it is they&lt;br&gt;
want under the christmas tree!&lt;br&gt;
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so get ready suwanee because santa is coming to town by&lt;br&gt;
tractor-pulled sleigh....&lt;br&gt;
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When: &amp;nbsp;Saturday, December 6&lt;br&gt;
time: &amp;nbsp;5:00 pm&lt;br&gt;
where: &amp;nbsp;Main street @ Old town&lt;br&gt;
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festival and caboose lighting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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s'mores and cookies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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it's a family affair and bring your camera to get your&lt;br&gt;
picture taken with santa!!&lt;br&gt;
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MySuwaneeHome.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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      <author>Janice Slaven, Suwanee Georgia Real Estate (Prudential Georgia Realty)</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:36:34 -0600</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.suwaneetalk.com/blogsview/779080/SANTA-CLAUS-IS-COMING-TO-SUWANEE</link>
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      <title>SUWANEE, GA - THIRD QUARTER 2008 IN REVIEW</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The data collected below for the third quarter, 2008&amp;nbsp;is specific to &lt;a href="http://www.suwanee.com" title="Suwanee Official Website" target="_blank"&gt;Suwanee&lt;/a&gt;, Gwinnett County.&amp;nbsp; It appears the&amp;nbsp;third quarter &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;closings &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;for homes in&amp;nbsp;Suwanee (Gwinnett) outperformed the second quarter by 18 units: 155 units closed third quarter vs. 137 units during the second quarter.&amp;nbsp;However, the average original list price (based on solds) fell from $445,069 to $364,764 in the&amp;nbsp;third quarter.&lt;a href="http://janiceslaven.prudentialgeorgia.com/prudential_ga/modules/agent/agent.asp?p=findahome.asp&amp;amp;selected=foreclosure&amp;amp;acc=107383" title="Foreclosure Properties for Sale"&gt; Foreclosures &lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;almost doubled in the third quarter with 21&amp;nbsp;homes closed under foreclosure vs. only 12 homes in the second quarter. Foreclosures&amp;nbsp;continue to dominate our metro market as a whole. And, with the&amp;nbsp;current instability in the financial markets, we are seeing&amp;nbsp;an even further slow-down in the market place. However, with the current first time home buyers credit, also known as the &lt;a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/639730/H-R-3221-FIRST-TIME-HOME-BUYERS-TAX-CREDIT" title="H.R. 3221 First Time Home Buyers Credit Article by Janice Slaven" target="_blank"&gt;Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(or &lt;a href="http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/eresummary.pdf" title="H. R. 3221 Bill" target="_blank"&gt;H.R. 3221&lt;/a&gt;)&amp;nbsp;if you are first time homebuyer this is a wonderful time to be in the market for a new home.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left: 120px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;SUWANEE, GWINNETT&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Third Quarter, 2008&lt;br /&gt;(July, 2008 through September, 2008)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;CURRENT&amp;nbsp;ACTIVES:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Total Units: &amp;nbsp;587&lt;br /&gt;High Price: &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;$8,500,000&lt;br /&gt;Low Price: &amp;nbsp;$63,000&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Breakdown:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Corporate: &amp;nbsp;25&lt;br /&gt;Estate Owned: &amp;nbsp;3&lt;br /&gt;Foreclosure: &amp;nbsp;39&lt;br /&gt;Fixer-Upper: &amp;nbsp;6&lt;br /&gt;Lease/Purchase: &amp;nbsp;36&lt;br /&gt;Transfer: &amp;nbsp;34&lt;br /&gt;Other: &amp;nbsp;444&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;CURRENT PENDINGS:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Total Units: &amp;nbsp;41&lt;br /&gt;High Price: &amp;nbsp;$1,199,000&lt;br /&gt;Low Price: &amp;nbsp;$108,400&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Breakdown:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Corporate: &amp;nbsp;7&lt;br /&gt;Estate Owned: &amp;nbsp;1&lt;br /&gt;Foreclosure: &amp;nbsp;6&lt;br /&gt;Fixer-Upper: &amp;nbsp;1&lt;br /&gt;Lease/Purchase: &amp;nbsp;3&lt;br /&gt;Transfer: &amp;nbsp;3&lt;br /&gt;Other: &amp;nbsp;20&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;CLOSED/SOLDS:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Total Units: &amp;nbsp;155&lt;br /&gt;High Price: &amp;nbsp;$2,778,877&lt;br /&gt;Low Price: &amp;nbsp;$72,000&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Breakdown:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Corporate: 15&lt;br /&gt;Estate Owned: &amp;nbsp;2&lt;br /&gt;Foreclosure: &amp;nbsp;21&lt;br /&gt;Fixer-Upper: &amp;nbsp;1&lt;br /&gt;Lease/Purchase: &amp;nbsp;4&lt;br /&gt;Transfer: &amp;nbsp;7&lt;br /&gt;Other: &amp;nbsp;105&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h1 style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"&gt;3rd Quarter vs. 2nd Quarter&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h1&gt;
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Active High Price: &amp;nbsp;$8,500,000&lt;br /&gt;Active Low Price: &amp;nbsp;$ &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 63,000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;High Pending Price: &amp;nbsp;$1,999,000&lt;br /&gt;Low Pending Price: &amp;nbsp; $&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 108,400&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;High Sold Price: &amp;nbsp;$2,778,877&lt;br /&gt;Low Sold Price: &amp;nbsp;$ &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 72,000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avg ORIG. List Price: &amp;nbsp;$364,764&lt;br /&gt;Avg SOLD Price: &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; $355,301&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;2nd Quarter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
Active High Price: &amp;nbsp;$7,950,000&lt;br /&gt;Active Low Price: &amp;nbsp;$ &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 80,000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;High Pending Price: &amp;nbsp;$2,499,000&lt;br /&gt;Low Pending Price: &amp;nbsp;$ &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;85,000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;High Sold Price: &amp;nbsp;$2,080,816&lt;br /&gt;Low Sold Price: &amp;nbsp;$ &amp;nbsp; 119,000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avg &amp;nbsp;ORIG. List Price: &amp;nbsp;$445,069&lt;br /&gt;Avg. SOLD Price: &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;$355,301&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Data collected courtesy of FMLS (First Multiple Listing Service). The data is believed to be accurate at the time collected, but is not guaranteed. ALL data is specific to Suwanee, GWINNETT COUNTY.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mysuwaneehome.com" title="Janice's Website" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/3/5/4/9/6/ar12246896669453.gif" height="176" alt="" width="166" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mysuwaneehome.com" title="Janice's Website" target="_blank"&gt;Come to my house:&lt;br /&gt;MySuwaneeHome.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Janice Slaven, Suwanee Georgia Real Estate (Prudential Georgia Realty)</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:48:26 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.suwaneetalk.com/blogsview/752410/SUWANEE-GA-THIRD-QUARTER-2008-IN-REVIEW</link>
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      <title>State Ballot Referendum Information and Gwinnett SPLOST - Nov. 4</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/9/2/2/3/ar122453155632298.jpg" height="97" alt="" width="61" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Every two (2) years, in the Governor's and Presidential Election in the State of Georgia, the state legislature has the authority to ask the voters of Georgia to change the &lt;a href="http://sos.georgia.gov/ELECTIONS/constitution_2007.pdf" title="GA State Constitution" target="_blank"&gt;State Constitution&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;This year is no exception.&amp;nbsp;One note to point out that I recently was told, over the past 12 years, 40% of the people who actually vote for Governor or President never vote on these important ballot questions (mainly because the politicians make these very confusing). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This year at the end of the ballot, you will see three (3) &lt;a href="http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/2008_amendments.htm" title="Amendments in 2008 GA Election" target="_blank"&gt;Amendments &lt;/a&gt;to the Georgia State Constitution.&amp;nbsp; Although I am one of the AJC's worst critics, the best explanation of these three amendments (including their endorsement which I agree), was published in Wednesday's edition last week. &amp;nbsp;Please take a moment to read through these and if you feel as though you need more information than that is provided, please contact me and I will try my best to answer your questions. &amp;nbsp;To summarize the information below:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Amendment #1 - Deals with preserving forests in Georgia with the use of a property tax incentive program.&amp;nbsp; Vote Yes.&amp;nbsp; (will mainly be used in southern Georgia)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Amendment #2 - Allows local school boards the choice to participate to improve blighted property in redevelopment areas. &amp;nbsp;Vote Yes. (will mainly be used in Metro Atlanta including Gwinnett and the School Board supports its passage)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Amendment #3 - Allows developers the authority to charge a tax to future homeowners for infrastructure improvements. &amp;nbsp;Vote No.&amp;nbsp; (will mainly be used in south Georgia, currently used in northern Florida with a lot of problems).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Finally, the very last question on the ballot is specific to &lt;a href="http://www.gwinnettcounty.com/cgi-bin/gwincty/egov/ep/home.do?tabId=0" title="Gwinnett County Official Site" target="_blank"&gt;Gwinnett County&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;It is the extension of the &lt;a href="http://www.gwinnettcounty.com/cgi-bin/gwincty/egov/ep/gcNavView.do?path=Home|Hidden+Page|Splost%20Renewal" title="One Cent Sales Tax Explanation" target="_blank"&gt;1 cent sales tax&lt;/a&gt; that has been critical to Gwinnett over the past decade. &amp;nbsp;This five year extension (not a new tax) will raise $850M for roads and bridges, green space and parks, new court rooms, fire stations, police stations and libraries. &amp;nbsp;This is certainly a yes vote for Gwinnett for this last question on the ballot.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chuck Warbington,PE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Executive Director&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;770.449.6515 (Tel)&lt;br /&gt;770.449.6561 (Fax) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.GwinnettVillage.com" title="Gwinnett Village CID" target="_blank"&gt;www.GwinnettVillage.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guide to voting on state ballot questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Atlanta&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Journal Constitution&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wednesday, October 01, 2008&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Georgia voters face three proposed amendments to the state constitution this year, all of them dealing with changes in local taxing authority. Two of them deserve qualified support but will require careful monitoring after passage. The other should be rejected outright.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Text of proposed amendment No. 1:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To encourage the preservation of Georgia's forests through a conservation use property tax reduction program.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide that the General Assembly by general law shall encourage the preservation, conservation, and protection of the state's forests through the special assessment and taxation of certain forest lands and assistance grants to local government?"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Explanation: This amendment would allow a special property tax assessment on tracts of 200 acres or more of forest land, provided the owner agrees not to change the way the land is used or sell it for development for at least 15 years. The assessment would be based on the value of the land in its current use and would not be influenced by neighboring tracts that are sold for development. If the owner reneges on the agreement, local governments would be authorized to recover the taxes that would have been levied against the property. Conservationists believe the amendment is needed to keep owners from being pressured into selling their property because they are paying higher taxes due to adjacent development.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The amendment also authorizes the General Assembly to appropriate grants to local governments to offset the loss of tax revenue from the lower assessment of such property. This portion of the amendment is critical since many rural school districts would lose even more of their tax base. Local school officials estimate that the cost to the state for reimbursements would be about $34 million annually. They worry that the Legislature will back off its commitment to help when the state budget is tight, which is why the Georgia School Boards Association opposes the amendment. Vote YES.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Text of proposed amendment No. 2:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To authorize local school districts to use tax funds for community redevelopment purposes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize community redevelopment and authorize counties, municipalities and local boards of education to use tax funds for redevelopment and programs?"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Explanation: This amendment was necessitated earlier this year when the state Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does not allow local governments to use school property tax revenue to help finance redevelopment projects. Dozens of projects around metro Atlanta, as well as other cities around the state, were proposing to use a financing mechanism called tax allocation districts to stimulate redevelopment in areas where developers would not otherwise be able to get conventional financing. Most of the tracts asking for the designation are in depressed areas that currently generate little or no tax revenue.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tax allocation districts, or TADs, work by freezing property taxes in these designated districts while they are being redeveloped. Then, as the property is being improved and sold for residential and commercial use, the new taxes are used to pay off the debt for the redevelopment project. In the long run, everyone benefits, promoters say. Depressed property is improved and more taxes go into the general coffers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This amendment does not authorize specific TAD-financed projects anywhere in Georgia. It merely allows school property taxes - which account for about two-thirds of all local property taxes - to become a part of the mix. Local school boards would retain the authority to say "no" to the use of school taxes or to negotiate specific terms in order to approve a TAD. That's important because some of the projects promoted for TADs in recent years are too risky, especially in a depressed housing market. Local government officials, including school boards, should scrutinize these requests closely before approving them, demanding to know why the developers can't get conventional market financing or why local governments won't issue general revenue bonds to get them off the ground.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tax allocation districts can be a useful financing tool for well-conceived projects that might not otherwise be affordable. But they also should be used sparingly. This amendment will allow communities to keep them in their redevelopment tool box. Vote YES.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Text of proposed amendment No. 3:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To authorize the creation of special Infrastructure Development Districts providing infrastructure to underserved areas&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by general law for the creation and comprehensive regulation of infrastructure development districts for the provision of infrastructure as authorized by local governments?"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Explanation: This amendment would give developers the right to assess fees to future homeowners in unincorporated communities to help pay off bonds for infrastructure. The proposal has been cleaned up somewhat from an earlier version, which had been referred to as a "private cities" bill. The districts would first need the approval of the local government before they could be formed, and developers using them also would be required to set aside some property within the development for green space.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Still, taxation, even in the form of a fee, is a power that should be confined exclusively to elected officials who can be held accountable to voters. There is no compelling reason for state or local government to surrender that power to developers. Taxpayers outside the district still would have to pay for access roads and improvements to sewers to accommodate the new construction. Homeowners inside the district would pay two sets of taxes - one levied by the developer and the other by elected county officials. Vote NO.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This article was posted to SuwaneeTalk with the express consent of Chuck Warbington.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mysuwaneehome.com" title="Janice's Website" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/6/2/0/9/ar122453168890265.gif" height="130" alt="" width="111" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mysuwaneehome.com" title="Janice's Website" target="_blank"&gt;Come to my house:&lt;br /&gt;MySuwaneeHome.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Janice Slaven, Suwanee Georgia Real Estate (Prudential Georgia Realty)</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:45:52 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Gwinnett- Norcross, GA....Key Revitalization Principals Viewed First Hand in Raleigh-Durham,  NC</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/7/0/0/7/8/ar122410397187007.jpg" height="97" alt="" width="61" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By: Chuck Warbington, PE - Executive Director, Gwinnett Village CID&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As I reflect over the past week concerning our recent trip to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina with the &lt;a href="http://www.gwinnettchamber.org/" title="Gwinnett Chamger" target="_blank"&gt;Gwinnett Chamber&lt;/a&gt;, I cannot help but get excited about the potential and opportunity for Gwinnett as we begin a concerted effort to improve the southern part of the County.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The focus of the end of the strategic trip centered around revitalization of old growth areas.&amp;nbsp; In some cases, old buildings were demolished and new mixed-use developments rose in their place while in other areas, we saw where large existing tobacco warehouses were structurally maintained and internally gutted for class A office space.&amp;nbsp; It was clear that this resurgence was not by accident.&amp;nbsp; Several deliberate actions were common in both Raleigh and Durham that set in motion positive revitalization of areas that had in recent years been considered areas of blight and decay.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;First and foremost, a champion organization was formed that brought vision and focus to these declining areas called Business Improvement Districts (BIDs).&amp;nbsp; The BIDs, similar to Gwinnett's CIDs, are self-taxing districts that were formed over 15 years ago.&amp;nbsp; The labor of their efforts were certainly evident with significant decreases in crime, triple digit property value increases, and a overall improved quality of life.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; These champions were business and property owners who organized and did more than just talk about change.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The BIDs were results driven reaching out to elected officials, community leaders, and residents in the surrounding community to engage and foster full buy-in for positive change.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Although early in its tenure, &lt;a href="http://www.gwinnettcounty.com/cgi-bin/gwincty/egov/ep/home.do?tabId=0" title="Gwinnett County GA Official Site" target="_blank"&gt;Gwinnett County&lt;/a&gt; can be encouraged that champion organizations are already in place in declining areas called Community Improvement Districts (CIDs).&amp;nbsp; The CIDs are providing the leadership to begin the transformation of blighted and decaying areas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Secondly, the start of any successful initiative begins with a plan.&amp;nbsp; Each of the communities began over 15 years ago with visioning and masterplanning that included the desires of the surrounding residents while building upon the wishes of the business community.&amp;nbsp; Bringing together these two entities were at times a challenge, but in the end an ultimate plan for the area was agreed upon.&amp;nbsp; The success story does not end there.&amp;nbsp; I was most impressed with their ability to understand how to stay committed to the plan for improvement while maintaining a flexibility to address economic and political pressures over time.&amp;nbsp; This balance was uniquely and carefully navigated by the "champion" organizations (BIDs) that ultimately created what can now be clearly seen in Raleigh and Durham as a destination where residents desire to live and businesses thrive.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Finally, public funding was strategically used to spur signifigant investment in the private community.&amp;nbsp; From a $10 million dollar streetscape project to construction of $43 million worth of shared parking decks for businesses, it was certainly clear that public investment is needed in declining areas to set the table for the significant private investment.&amp;nbsp; The public investment was strategically spent on projects of impact meeting the goals of the overall masterplan for the area.&amp;nbsp; For example, over the 15 year period, the public investment in the declining areas totaled $314 million causing just under $1 billion worth of private investment.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; This was a true win-win investment for the public and private investors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I feel encouraged in the initial efforts that Gwinnett is making to transform our declining areas of the County.&amp;nbsp; We are finally reaching the point of understanding that we need to address urban issues with urban solutions (not suburban solutions). &amp;nbsp;These include the plans of all three CIDs, the Chamber's focus to bring in high paying jobs through Partnership Gwinnett, and the County's long range vision outlined in the 2030 plan that will be presented to the public in November.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Be encouraged and be involved in the movement to transform the southern part of Gwinnett.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Links to other sites for more information&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.GwinnettVillage.com" title="Gwinnett Village CID" target="_blank"&gt;Gwinnett Village CID&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article has been posted to Suwanee Talk with the express consent of the author.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mysuwaneehome.com" title="Janice's Website" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/0/9/1/5/ar122410444251905.gif" height="157" alt="" width="185" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mysuwaneehome.com" title="Janice's Website" target="_blank"&gt;Come to my house:&lt;br /&gt;MySuwaneeHome.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Janice Slaven, Suwanee Georgia Real Estate (Prudential Georgia Realty)</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:02:59 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.suwaneetalk.com/blogsview/741975/Gwinnett-Norcross-GAKey-Revitalization-Principals-Viewed-First-Hand-in-Raleigh-Durham-NC</link>
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      <title>SIM'S LAKE PARK OPENS!!!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/4/8/3/6/ar122390916963842.jpg" height="105" alt="" width="105" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/6/1/7/3/ar122390935137169.jpg" height="105" alt="" width="105" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/6/4/8/2/0/ar122390936902846.jpg" height="115" alt="" width="105" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/6/9/5/2/ar122390920325961.JPG" height="215" alt="" width="380" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The newest park in the city of Suwanee's portfolio, Sim's Lake Park - &amp;nbsp;is open for business!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Staying true to form with their Open Space Initiative, Sim's Lake Park consists of&amp;nbsp;62&amp;nbsp;beautiful natural&amp;nbsp;acres plus a 7 acre lake. The park&amp;nbsp;is also&amp;nbsp;comprised of 1.2 miles of looping trail, a picnic paviliion; and, two-2 acre play meadows.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Located at Suwanee Dam Road and Tench Road, the Grand Opening Celebration for the park is scheduled for November 8 from 2 pm - 5 pm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>Janice Slaven, Suwanee Georgia Real Estate (Prudential Georgia Realty)</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:52:46 -0500</pubDate>
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&lt;h2&gt;Rivermoore Park, Suwanee GA&lt;/h2&gt;
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      &lt;td style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Third
Quarter, 2008&lt;br&gt;
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SOLD: &amp;nbsp;3&lt;br&gt;
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Corp Owned: &amp;nbsp;1&lt;br&gt;
Foreclosure: 1&lt;br&gt;
Owner Transfer: 0&lt;br&gt;
Lease/Purchase: 0&lt;br&gt;
No Special Circumstances: 1&lt;br&gt;
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High Sold Price: &amp;nbsp;$454,000&lt;br&gt;
Low Sold Price: &amp;nbsp;$366,000&lt;br&gt;
Average Sold Price: &amp;nbsp;$401,633&lt;br&gt;
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Avg DOM: &amp;nbsp;80&lt;br&gt;
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Avg ORIG. List Price to Actual Sale Price Percentage: &amp;nbsp;93%&lt;br&gt;
Avg Seller Concessions: &amp;nbsp;$5,360&lt;/td&gt;
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Quarter, 2008&lt;br&gt;
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SOLD: &amp;nbsp;9&lt;br&gt;
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Corp Owned: 1&lt;br&gt;
Foreclosure: 1&lt;br&gt;
Owner Transfer: 1&lt;br&gt;
Lease/Purchase: 0&lt;br&gt;
No Special Circumstances: &amp;nbsp;6&lt;br&gt;
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High Sold Price: &amp;nbsp;$717,000&lt;br&gt;
Low Sold Price: &amp;nbsp;$460,000&lt;br&gt;
Average Sold Price: &amp;nbsp;$575,277&lt;br&gt;
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Avg DOM: &amp;nbsp;49&lt;br&gt;
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Avg ORIG List Price to Actual Sale Price Pecentage: &amp;nbsp;94%&lt;br&gt;
Avg Seller Concessions: &amp;nbsp;$4,152&lt;/td&gt;
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        &lt;li style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Number
of homes sold 3rd quarter vs. 2nd quarter: &amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;6
units&amp;gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;Avg &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;SOLD&lt;/span&gt;
price 3rd quarter vs. 2nd quarter: &amp;lt;$173,644&amp;gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;Avg &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;DOM&lt;/span&gt;
3rd quarter vs. 2nd&amp;nbsp;2008: &amp;nbsp;^31 days&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;Avg &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ORIG&lt;/span&gt;
List to Sale Price Percentage 3rd vs. 2nd: &amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;1%&amp;gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;Avg &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Seller
contributions:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;3rd quarter; $5,360 3rd&amp;nbsp; vs.&amp;nbsp;2nd quarter;
$4,152 &amp;nbsp;^29.1%&lt;/li&gt;
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**Drop in AVG SOLD PRICE 3rd quarter vs. AVG SOLD PRICE 2nd quarter
does not reflect current property values within Rivermoore Park and is
not the intent of this report.&amp;nbsp; It is an indicator, in my
opinion,
of what price point within Rivermoore Park is selling best in today's
current market.&lt;br&gt;
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      &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Current
&amp;nbsp;market in Rivermoore Park:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ACTIVES&lt;/span&gt;
in Rivermoore Park: &amp;nbsp;28&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;Avg LIST price of ACTIVES: &amp;nbsp;$581,035&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;Highest List: &amp;nbsp;$999,000 &amp;nbsp; Lowest
List:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;$445,900&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;Predominant price range of current ACTIVE listings:
&amp;nbsp;$525,000-$599,900&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;PENDING: 1&lt;/li&gt;
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Look Back at 3rd Quarter, 2007:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Sold: &amp;nbsp;10&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;Avg. ORIG List Price to Sale Price Percentage:
&amp;nbsp;94%&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;Avg. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;DOM:
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;108&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;Avg. Seller Contributions: &amp;nbsp;$1,973&lt;/li&gt;
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      <author>Janice Slaven, Suwanee Georgia Real Estate (Prudential Georgia Realty)</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:40:36 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Gwinnett County, GA: Where's a Cop When You Need One?  Too often, responding to a false alarm.  </title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chuck Warbington,PE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Executive Director&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Article by:&amp;nbsp; Chuck Warbington, PE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;It is probably that at one time or another, 99% of us have uttered the&lt;br /&gt;phrase, "Where's a cop when you need one?"&amp;nbsp; Some startling statistics that&lt;br /&gt;offers some explanation to that very question can be summed up under the&lt;br /&gt;term: False Alarms.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As has been reported earlier this year, the Gwinnett Village overall crime&lt;br /&gt;rate was down by 1/3 over the first half of the year.&amp;nbsp; However, Gwinnett&lt;br /&gt;Village, like the rest of the County, does register as problematic with&lt;br /&gt;false alarms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Annually, the Gwinnett County Police Department receives just under 39,000&lt;br /&gt;security alert dispatches; security alerts are the leading cause for&lt;br /&gt;dispatches and exceeds moving vehicle accidents that accounts for just under&lt;br /&gt;24,000.&amp;nbsp; What is most alarming about these statistics is that 99% of these&lt;br /&gt;security alarm dispatches are actually false or non-valid.&amp;nbsp; Of the 6111&lt;br /&gt;alarm calls that occur at the Westside Precinct that covers Gwinnett Village&lt;br /&gt;thus far in 2008, only 22 were valid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Information from the Norcross Police Department indicates that false&lt;br /&gt;security alarm calls are also a problem for the City's force.&amp;nbsp; Of the 1458&lt;br /&gt;annual security alarm calls, approximately 2% are valid as provided by&lt;br /&gt;police chief Dallas Stidd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to Gwinnett County Police, a false alarm dispatch can require one&lt;br /&gt;to three officers to report to the scene.&amp;nbsp; These false alarm calls can take&lt;br /&gt;up to two hours of an officer's time, thereby deterring them from regular&lt;br /&gt;patrols where an actual crime could occur.&amp;nbsp; Not only do these false alarms&lt;br /&gt;increase the threat of crime within the community, they are also serious&lt;br /&gt;economic implications that are too easily dismissed by uneducated consumers&lt;br /&gt;and the general public.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Police officials confirm that it costs taxpayers $58.40 for every dispatch -&lt;br /&gt;a number that does not truly reveal the severity of this problem until&lt;br /&gt;multiplied by the 38,405 invalid false alarm dispatches.&amp;nbsp; Calculations&lt;br /&gt;indicate that over $2.2 million in taxpayer dollars are wasted each year on&lt;br /&gt;false alarms.&amp;nbsp; In a time of budget shortfalls, this is a significant problem&lt;br /&gt;that businesses and residents alike should be attentive to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The police have provided these few tips:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mare sure the type of alarm is the right type for your particular&lt;br /&gt;business&lt;br /&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Use the correct motion sensor in the appropriate location.&lt;br /&gt;Circulating air can move wall mounted items tripping the motion sensor.&lt;br /&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Make sure employees are trained properly and have established&lt;br /&gt;protocols for when employees accidently activate an alarm.&lt;br /&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; For repeated false alarms, contact your alarm monitoring company for&lt;br /&gt;an analysis of your system.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This article has been posted to Suwanee Talk with the express consent of Chuck Warbington.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <author>Janice Slaven, Suwanee Georgia Real Estate (Prudential Georgia Realty)</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:06:19 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.suwaneetalk.com/blogsview/735245/Gwinnett-County-GA-Wheres-a-Cop-When-You-Need-One-Too-often-responding-to-a-false-alarm</link>
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      <title>SUWANEE GOES HOLLYWOOD!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Article written by:&amp;nbsp; Carole Townsend/Gwinnett Daily Post&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/6/7/3/2/ar122313294523761.jpg" height="180" alt="" width="158" /&gt;Driving through Suwanee, a newcomer might think the historic district and the thriving Town Center look like a postcard or a well-designed movie set. Three young men - couldn't agree more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The next notch on the progressive city's belt of accomplishments will be a movie set. Filming of "Exit 111", an independent film will begin in April, 2009. "It's a story we know, about people we know," said Joel Hoffman, director, executive producer and one of the writers of the script.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Picture a hybrid flick with the feel of TV's popular "Friends," humor like "American Pie," with the sharp, quick pace of Aaron Sorkin's old "West Wing" dialogue. That's what the guys behind this film intend to create in "Exit 111".&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;"It's about three guys who grew up together here in Suwanee. It's their last weekend before one of them leaves for law school, and they are going to try to do as much as they can in that weekend, said Hoffman. What happens during that weekend, the twists and characters' personal struggles that result, are the backbone of the plot.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Adam Zappia, the film's producer and another 1999 NGHS graduate, is excited about making Suwanee the setting for the film.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;"As a kid, I used to hunt and fish right here where we're sitting," said Zappia of Suwanee's Town Center. "There's definitely a small-town feel here. A different director couldn't capture that."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hoffman has lived in Log Angeles for about 3 years and Zappia is moving to the West Coast at the end of September. It's been a dream of both to work together on a film, and the ability to bring in their hometown is just an added bonus.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;"We think this film will be something people in Suwanee will be proud of," Hoffman said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While the lead roles will be cast in Los Angeles, pivotal character roles and all the extras will be selected from local talent. Both Hoffman and Zappia feel strongly that there is untapped talent to be found locally, and they are eager to give locals a chance they might never otherwise get.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The team's production company, Quarter Water Entertainment, is laying the groundwork for the film and building local support. Hoffman and Zappia are scouting locations and talking with Suwanee business owners and city leaders.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;"We want people to know we're not just a couple of kids running around town with DV camera," said Zappia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;"Our goal is to take the film to Sundance (Film Festival) in 2010," Hoffman said.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;THANK YOU TO GWINNETT DAILY POST AND CAROLE TOWNSEND&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;This article was printed in the Gwinnett Daily Post on Wednesday, September 24, 2008. The article was written by Carole Townsend&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Permission was granted by Gwinnett Daily Post and Carole Townsend to post this article to "Suwanee Talk"&lt;/li&gt;
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      <author>Janice Slaven, Suwanee Georgia Real Estate (Prudential Georgia Realty)</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:12:38 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.suwaneetalk.com/blogsview/722888/SUWANEE-GOES-HOLLYWOOD</link>
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      <title>ATLANTA REAL ESTATE MARKET -  August Market Report 2008</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Decreased demand in housing continues to plague our market; and with the current inventory levels, we&amp;nbsp;are seeing an overall increase&amp;nbsp;in days on market, particularly&amp;nbsp;with town homes/condos, as well as declining home prices.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4,545 &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;single family homes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; closed in August, 2008.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;(Down approximately 41% from a year ago.)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;3,938 closings for single family &lt;strong&gt;detached&lt;/strong&gt; homes compared to 5,412 closings in August, 2007:&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;1)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Average List Price August, 2008: $252,355&lt;br /&gt;2)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Average Sold Price&amp;nbsp;August, 2008:&amp;nbsp; $238,854&lt;br /&gt;3)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Average DOM '08:&amp;nbsp; 91&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;607 closings for &lt;strong&gt;townhomes/condos&lt;/strong&gt; compared to 1,007 in August, 2007:&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;1)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Average List Price&amp;nbsp; August, 2008:&amp;nbsp; $193,797&lt;br /&gt;2)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Average Sold Price August, 2008:&amp;nbsp; $183,842&lt;br /&gt;3)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Average DOM '08:&amp;nbsp; 105&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/3/7/0/2/2/ar122228304422073.jpg" height="600" alt="" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/4/3/8/8/ar12222830688344.jpg" height="600" alt="" width="800" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Interest rates are still very favorable, but economic instability seems to be keeping some buyers at a distance. All conventional and FHA down payment assistance programs come to an end on September 30 which will push some buyers out of the market entirely. In its place will be the required 3% down....at least until January, 2009.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Despite the tightening of mortgage loans, with our current housing prices and the inflated inventory levels, the current real estate market in Atlanta is definitely tilted in favor of the buyer. However, with current oil prices and financial market instability it may take some encouraging news to get buyers back in the game - particularly if they do not have to buy now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Although the news each month seems like doom and gloom, homes in the Atlanta market are selling.&amp;nbsp; It does require more work on the home owner's part compared to years gone by. But, when we look back at the 2008 Atlanta real estate market stats, despite all the bad news, billions in dollars will have sold in our market. To increase your chances of success, preparation is the key: Make sure your home is pristine, be willing to price ahead of the curve and be patient. You can be one of the successes!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;*Stats gathered from FMLS. Data believed accurate, but is not guaranteed.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:11:37 -0500</pubDate>
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