If you are looking for a new place to enjoy some very fine food, great wine and incredible atmosphere, then you should check out Bella Vita Italian Bistro. Bella Vita is Laurie Attaway's newest restaurant and is comparable in atmosphere and style to her signature restaurant, Aqua Terra Bistro in historic Buford, with the same focus on excellent food, service and presentation. Just a short drive down Hamilton Mill Road, you will find Bella Vita in the midst of the Buford Village, the mixed-use development at the corner of Hamilton Mill and Buford Highway.
The restaurant is one of the first businesses to open in this new development, which hopes to gain the same level success as Madison Park at Suwanee Town Center. Laurie Attaway's restaurant fits very well with stylish "live, work, play" environment being created by these new community centers. Bella Vita, like Olde Towne Tavern and Ippolito's in Suwanee, will provide a community gathering place and fine dining for Buford Village residents, employees and customers of the other surrounding shops, and visitors from nearby communities like Hamilton Mill and Suwanee. I hope to see more businesses and residents moving into the Buford Village soon to support this life-style concept.
My wife and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary at Bella Vita and had such a great time that we went back two nights later with my wife's parents to share the experience with them. On both nights, every member of the staff serving us was exceptional in their efforts to make everything about the experience memorable. We were especially impressed with Laurin (with an "i"), our waitress for the anniversary dinner, because she was such a pleasant, fun person to meet. We will be back again soon.
Post originally published at HamiltonMillDwellings
Read more about Bella Vita by Lori Johnston (8/1/2008) - AJC AccessAtlanta
Suwanee has a tremendous connection to professional sports, which many residents and neighbors may not know about. The Suwanee Sports Academy has a well-respected staff of former professional and college athletes and coaches from several different sports, including ties to the NBA, WNBA, MLB, and even European Professional Soccer. The facility and commitment excellence in training young athletes continues to attract the attention of their former professional friends and colleagues in basketball, soccer and volleyball.
On June 27-29, Suwanee Sports Academy will host the NBA Development League Pre-Draft Camp for aspiring basketball stars. The camp participants must be 18 years of age. There will be 200 participants hoping to catch the attention of the many NBA D-League scouts and coaches in attendance, as well as NBA scouts and league management. At the end of the camp, a few lucky participants will join the player pool for the November league draft.
The D-League draft is held in Orlando where players put through a variety of drills and are placed on a team for at least two games to show their skills. For more information see Sam Amico’s article in Pro Basketball News.
One of the lesser known attractions in Suwanee and specifically the Town Center Park is the weekly Farmer's Market which occurs every Saturday morning from May through October.
Neighboring residents, and some not so close neighbors, enjoy visiting the park to buy fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as herbs, flowers, house plants, fresh honey, meats, pastries, deserts and much more from local growers. The market is open every Saturday morning 8:00 to noon with the growers set up along the park's east perimeter near Lawrenceville-Suwanee Rd. Friends and neighbors enjoy walking along the sidewalk to see what farm-fresh items will be available.
The fresh produce changes as the summer growing season progresses so that each week brings a slightly different selection. The market merchants are always friendly and helpful with suggestions for growing your new herb or cooking your selection of fresh veggies. They probably will not give all their top secret recipes for great desserts, but they are extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Just more of the many reason to Play Hard, Live Well, Smile More in Suwanee.
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Realtor with Diamond Dwellings Realty in Suwanee, Georgia just NE of Atlanta. Enthusiastic real estate agent & resident of Suwanee. Gwinnett County resident since 1993 and home inspector since 2002.
12-year resident of Gwinnett county with extensive network of family and friends in throughout the metro-Atlanta area and Georgia. Additional residential real estate experience as the owner and primary inspector for Look Close Home Inspections serving the metro-Atlanta and surrounding areas for over 6 years, including work as a certified radon gas test provider. Web 2.0 user and enthusiast constantly expanding usage of new technologies and tools available to better market properties for my clients. Recent attendee at the RETech South Conference on Web 2.0 usage within the real estate industry. Regular blog contributor on www.suwaneedwellings.com.
Educational background includes BS degrees from both the University of Georgia and the University of St Louis, plus an MBA from Webster University. A diverse work and career history includes 10 years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force in research and development engineering as well as managing advertising and marketing for recruiting throughout the western states. The Air Force service was followed by 9 years as an outside sales engineer covering the southeast for Westinghouse Motor Company and calling on upper level management and engineering decision-makers at numerous industrial, commercial and manufacturing corporations.
Interested in the growing residential and commercial markets for properties in mixed-use developments, which is a developing trend in the north Atlanta suburbs. As a resident-owner of a condominium in a mixed-use development and the president of the condominium association, I'm very excited about the life style and the opportunities but also well aware of the special considerations to be addressed by buyers, sellers and tenants in this relatively new style of property for this area.
As a home inspector and business owner since 2002, I've also developed a special appreciation and interest in assisting and educating first-time or inexperienced buyers. I've participated as a guest speaker in numerous home buyer seminars over the years. I have extensive experience in training from previous career positions in sales and in the Air Force, which enable me to assess to knowledge and background of individuals, listen carefully to their concerns and questions, then clearly communicate the information to enable them to better understand the subject matter, which in this case is a real estate transaction. I have a strong desire to continually learn and gather new information, techniques and skills which I use to better serve my clients. If I don't know the answer to their questions, then I readily admit that I do not have the answer and immediately begin assisting them to find the answers.
I love to be active and especially outside. My home literally overlooks the Town Center Park in Suwanee and I enjoy walking in the park with my wife and my dog. We also have the added benefit of being only about 1/2 mile walk from the Suwanee Greenway trails.
I love tinkering with my hands whether it is fixing something that is broken or taking something apart to learn how to fix it. I like tinkering with electronics such as high-tech A-V equipment and computers, at least until I get in over my head to the point of frustration.
I'm an avid user of the internet and web-based marketing, which allows me to apply several of my other interests such as photography, graphc layout and design, writing, researching, and playing with new computer applications to make it all look and sound cool. I'm also getting into video production and editing on a very low level.
My blog almost always include photos and/or video such as this:
Some of my photos in Suwanee
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