The Wright Campaign (District 3) Update ... Riverfield, Linfield and the Peachtree Corners Business Association

As part of our city council campaign, we are going door to door visiting neighborhoods all around District 3, to both hear what is on the voter’s minds and also spread the word about our campaign.  This past weekend we were in Riverfield and Linfield.

Riverfield and Linfield are located near Jones Bridge Park which is at the end of East Jones Bridge Road.  Both these neighborhoods were developed in the early to mid 1990s by the Cowart family – Linfield, which has about 80 homes, was developed by Jim Cowart and Riverfield, which has about 140 homes, was developed by Dan Cowart (Jim Cowart’s son).     

Both neighborhoods have very active HOA organizations http://www.riverfield.net/  which provide a wide array of activities for their residents.  Riverfield has the beautiful Fields Club http://www.fieldsclub.com/  which has top notch swimming and tennis facilities in addition to a nature area that backs up to the Chattahoochee River.  Like their sister neighborhood, Amberfield, right down the road, tennis seemed to be a common topic of conversation in spite of the frigid weather this weekend. 

During our visit to Linfield we had an opportunity to spend some time with Kevin and Anne Case, who were one of the original homeowners in Linfield.  One of the most things they mentioned that I found very interesting, was that when bought their house in 1972 that East Jones Bridge was not yet a paved road. 

I have lived in Peachtree Corners since 2003 and had always assumed that most of the area had been fully built out by the late 1980s so it was very interesting to learn that some 30 years before we moved here that some of our main roads were not yet paved and that the rural vestiges (pastures with grazing cows) were not distant memories for many residents. 

Another thing I noticed when walking these two neighborhoods was that many of the residents owned their own businesses.  A common topic that came up with these small business owners was the new Peachtree Corners Business Association http://peachtreecornersba.com/.  There was a lot of excitement about this new organization and what it was going to mean to the community. 

Most of the business owners I spoke to agreed with my belief that there is a lot of value in the Peachtree Corners name, but that one of our main problems is our name is not nearly as well known as it should be.  These business owners generally agreed that having our own business association will be great for the community for a variety of reasons, including having an organization that can assist with branding our new city and getting the word out that this a great place to do business.

The Peachtree Corners Business Association is having their inaugural meeting on February 21st (7:30 a.m.- 9:00 a.m.) at the Peachtree Corners Marriott.  For $10 you get breakfast https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e5i0blug93be01b3&oseq= and a chance to hear Mike McLaughlin, the first president, talk up the benefits of the organization and what it can do for both business owners and for the community in general.  I strongly encourage anyone in the business community, and interested residents in general, to try and attend. I have already signed up and am looking forward to the meeting next week.

A successful business community is one of the keys to keeping Peachtree Corners a great place now and into the future.  The new business association is a great start to ensuring our new city will have a great future.  Having a city council that has experienced business people who understand that a successful business community undergirds our area’s overall economic health is just as important. 

I have 13 years experience working in corporate finance for companies as diverse as Glaxo SmithKline, Equifax, Home Depot and my current company Biolab.  I have managed budgets from $50M up to $30B.  One of my primary roles is to provide cost / benefit analysis of business initiatives whose success or failure can have a tremendous impact on the long term future of a company.  I can bring real world, nuts and bolts business experience to the council on day one that will help ensure our city will be a great place for businesses both now and into the future.

Please review my background and position on the issues at www.wright4pccouncil.com.

I hope you will consider me for your city councilman for District 3 on March 6th.