Mrs. GarageGuy and I had the opportunity earlier this week to visit with Brendon Barclay, Executive Director of Sustaining Urban Villages. Along with a score of other adults and kids (mostly homeschoolers…), we had volunteered our morning to help with the construction of an outdoor classroom.
Category Archives: life at home
Sustaining Urban Villages – Brockett Elementary Outdoor Classroom
- Saturday, 09 January 2010 11:52
- Written by Lane Bailey
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It all started with a broken wagon wheel, sugar and a hill
- Thursday, 07 January 2010 08:32
- Written by Lane Bailey
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It is Gwinnett’s unsung town. People all over the Atlanta area know where Duluth, Suwanee and Buford are. They know where Lawrenceville and Norcross are. But then there is Sugar Hill…
Atlanta’s First Playground… Norcross, GA
- Tuesday, 29 December 2009 09:07
- Written by Lane Bailey
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Have you heard of the Eastern Continental Divide? It is an imaginary line that runs right through the Norcross Historic District… and all of the rivers and streams on one side of this line eventually flow into the Atlantic… on the other side, they flow into the Gulf of Mexico.
Video Sunday… Let there be light!
- Sunday, 27 December 2009 09:02
- Written by Lane Bailey
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Come on… you know you like those tacky light displays… ok, maybe not IN your neighborhood, but in someone else’s they’re great. So festive… ;^ )
Let’s Talk About Lawrenceville, GA…
- Tuesday, 22 December 2009 09:00
- Written by Lane Bailey
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Lawrenceville is the largest city in Gwinnett County, GA (pop. 29528 inside the city limits in July, 2008). And it is the second oldest in the Atlanta Metro area, created by Charter by the the Georgia General Assembly in December 1821.