Got Questions About the City of Peachtree Corners' New Charter?

Cityhood - it's a big question for the 35,000 + residents who live in the Peachtree Corners community. Citizens will be deciding by vote on Nov. 8, 2011 whether their community should be united and become Gwinnett County's 16th city.

Gov. Nathan Deal signed H.B. 396 on May 11 of this year giving the community the chance to choose. In an effort to inform just what this means, the (UPCCA) has been posting valuable information on this site by way of a series of blogs which appear in the "Local Voices" section of our site.

Over the past months the blogs have been providing the answers to many questions and providing details on the city charter.

The information is always available through the Peachtree Corners Patch homepage. To help with accessing these series of blogs below you may click on links below which will take you directly to each entry.

The First of an ongoing series to inform citizens about the city initiative. Posted May 18

How did the Peachtree Corners initiative begin? Posted May 25.

Our next steps: where do we go from here? Posted June 9.

How does the Peachtree Corners City Charter determine which services will be provided? Posted June 1.

What is Code Compliance, how does it affect our community? Posted June 23.

What is the purpose of planning & zoning? How does planning and zoning impact our community? Posted July 1.

What are boundaries of the city of Peachtree Corners? How were the decisions made to set those borders? Posted July 13.

This is the beginning of a series on the Peachtree Corners city charter. This first blog describes the powers the city is authorized to exercise and the services the city will provide. Posted July 26.

Taxes and fees are a hot topic when the Peachtree Corners city initiative is discussed. we separate fact from fiction. Posted Aug. 16.

Look for more upcoming UPCCA blogs with additional information on the cityhood initiative. Please check back soon. If you've any questions, there is a comment box directly below each blog to post your question or comment.