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06/17/2025

This is a deep dive into rezoning and annexation. Link in the comments.

03/13/2025

In Part 2 of Sugar Hill is Growing Slower than ever, we look at housing, permits, rezonings and annexations.

https://www.strongcommunities.net/p/part-2-sugar-hill-is-growing-slower

03/04/2025

Sugar Hill is growing slower than ever. Read about that and school enrollment trends in this Strong Communities article.

https://www.strongcommunities.net/p/sugar-hill-is-growing-slower-than

03/01/2025

In this article, Sugar Hill Mayor Brandon Hembree discusses the city's financial strength. It's also his first podcast - feel free to subscribe through your favorite podcast app by searching for Strong Communities.

https://www.strongcommunities.net/p/end-of-year-finance-update-for-the

10/02/2024

In this article, we discuss the pedestrian bridge across Highway 20. A plan for pedestrians crossing Highway 20 has been around for a couple of decades - now we can make it a reality.

We have a few road rivers in our city - Highway 20, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and the railroad impede pedestrian access. We'll have an opportunity to bridge one in October.

08/24/2024

Denise Hoell discusses the importance of voting and how voting helps make a Strong Community!

https://www.strongcommunities.net/p/widespread-participation-in-local

08/08/2024

On Monday, Sugar Hill City Council will consider a bid for about $400,000 to do repairs to about 300 feet of streambank along Richland Creek in Gary Pirkle Park.

In this article, we go through the history and ask the question about what the future of the park should be given the flooding and streambank restoration costs that the city has incurred in the last few years.

https://www.strongcommunities.net/p/gary-pirkle-park-what-to-do

07/18/2024

I hope you find this first article on Sugar Hill's "The Riverlands" interesting and enlightening. The article covers the history of the north tract - about 100 acres adjacent to the city's golf course. It covers the acquisition of the property in the 80s, the proposed "Global Sports" development in the late 2000s/early 2010s and the current efforts of the city's Riverlands Authority to provide public access to the property.

https://www.strongcommunities.net/p/the-riverlands-now-and-what-almost

05/29/2024

Let's take a deep dive into the new traffic light coming to Highway 20 and Alton Tucker Boulevard.

https://www.strongcommunities.net/p/whats-in-a-traffic-light

04/18/2024

The 2011 update continued the foundation building for downtown Sugar Hill with major construction on public infrastructure including the Bowl, City Hall and West Broad Street. We also see the first mention of an "aging in place community"!

2010 and 2011 was a year of transition with major city construction downtown and preparations for the widening of Highway 20 that included the unfortunate removal of a critical infrastructure piece.

04/11/2024

Here's part 2 of the lookback to the 2008 Comprehensive Plan for Sugar Hill. This is a great opportunity to see both what was envisioned for the future but also a caution on what would happen if the vision is not realized.

https://www.strongcommunities.net/p/part-2-the-2008-comprehensive-plan

04/09/2024

This is part 1 of 2 of the look at the 2008 Sugar Hill Comprehensive Plan. Building on what was done in the prior 3 years, this plan really set the stage for where we are today.

https://www.strongcommunities.net/p/part-1-the-2008-comprehensive-plan