Lane BaileyLilburn Market Report, March, 2010

Lilburn is in Gwinnett County, GA, just outside of Atlanta.  As of the 2000 Census, there were 11,307 people in Lilburn, but that is only including people in the city limits, and there has been a lot of growth since 2000 in Gwinnett County.  It was incorporated in 1910.  Lilburn is home to Parkview High School, and also has students that the Brookwood, Berkmar and Meadowcreek clusters. It is also home to Killian Hill Christian School, Providence Chrisian Academy, St. John Neumann Catholic School and Parkview Christian School.  Possibly the most famous resident of Lilburn is General Beauregard Lee, a groundhog with a better winter prediction record that Puxatawnee Phil up in PA. Dominique Wilkins, formerly of the Atlanta Hawks also lives in Lilburn.

Lane BaileyVideo Sunday… Viva Mexico… WRC

This weekend is the Corona Rally Mexico.  If you aren’t familiar with World Rally Championship, and you are a car person, you are missing the boat.  It is an incredible form of motorsport…  Dirt, gravel, snow, asphalt.  The cars are blindingly quick, and rather than covering the same course over and over, many of the stages are only seen once in an event.

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Late in 2008, Gwinnett County, GA, announced the implementation of a new Waste Management Plan.  I wrote about the announcement here…  You can check out the costs and so forth there…

Just a few weeks later, the plan was killed in court.  The trash haulers that weren’t selected successfully sued the county to stop the plan.  The plan was to take effect on January 2nd, 2009.

It’s Baaack…

On March 2nd, the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners approved the plan.  It has been slightly modified, but is largely the same plan.  Instead of two haulers dividing up the county, now there are five haulers.  The plan is expected to start effective July 1st, 2010.

On the plus side, there should be curbside pick-up for more recyclable materials.  Costs are projected to be almost the same as they are for most private contracts.

Will it hold?  We’ll see…

Lane BaileyGwinnett Market Reports from January

The real estate market for Gwinnett County is in a state of flux.  There are wide variations between different location throughout the county, as well as different price strata.  There are a few themes that are readily apparent, but some locations and price ranges are standouts (good or bad)…

There are two things that give me more pride than anything else…  And one of them will be celebrating his 2nd birthday on Saturday.

In reaching back two years for a post, this is the one that jumped out…  I loved the first thing he had to say after being born.

Last week he got his big present… a “Big Boy Bed”.  He doesn’t seem to be sure what to think of that whole thing…  He likes it, but isn’t so sure that sleeping in it is cool.

And he isn’t shy about letting his feeling be known.  But I can’t imagine being more proud.  My boys are both amazing people.

Happy Birthday Jackson!