Super Guide to Gwinnett 2017
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GUIDETOGWINNETT.COM<br />
PEACHTREE<br />
CORNERS<br />
Let’s test your <strong>Gwinnett</strong> County<br />
knowledge — name our newest city<br />
and our biggest city. Peachtree Corners<br />
takes both honors. Incorporated in 2012,<br />
Peachtree Corners has more than 38,500<br />
residents. But while Peachtree Corners is<br />
young as an official city, the community<br />
was actually planned in the late 1960s and<br />
70s. Businessman Paul Duke envisioned<br />
a place where residents could live, work<br />
and play without long commutes, placing<br />
Technology Park, a campus of hightechnology<br />
buildings at its heart. Today,<br />
Peachtree Corners continue <strong>to</strong> emphasize<br />
business innovation as home of Pro<strong>to</strong>type<br />
Price, the city’s start-up incuba<strong>to</strong>r.<br />
Work continues on the city’s new Town<br />
Center, a 21-acre development with<br />
entertainment venues, restaurants, shops,<br />
office space and <strong>to</strong>wnhomes. The center<br />
will also include a <strong>to</strong>wn green with an open<br />
air pavilion, amphitheater, open lawn and<br />
a community garden. Town Center will<br />
be very much in keeping with Peachtree<br />
Corners current status as an active-family<br />
oriented city with a wide range of residential<br />
living options. The city’s proximity <strong>to</strong> the<br />
river mean that many of its’ parks enjoy<br />
river access and views, fishing and boating.<br />
Peachtree Corners residents and visi<strong>to</strong>rs<br />
enjoy plenty of year-round activities from<br />
hiking and cycling <strong>to</strong> tennis and swimming<br />
<strong>to</strong> festivals and parades.<br />
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