Gwinnett Magazine Staff

Best of Gwinnett 2010: Spending Time with Those You Love

Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament

Children grow up so fast. At 16, they start driving and at 18, they are off to college to live their own lives. Treasure the time you have with them now and take time out of your week to have family nights. Gwinnett offers child-friendly restaurants and activities for the whole family to enjoy.

 

❯❯  Best Child-Friendly Restaurant

Children have particular taste, especially when it comes to food. Pizza, hot dogs and mac-and-cheese are staples. Help broaden your child’s interests with these kid friendly restaurants: Chick-fil-A Inc., Chuck E. Cheese’s, Frontera Mex-Mex Grill, Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament and Stevi B’s.

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Gwinnett Magazine Staff

Best of Gwinnett 2010: Man’s Best Friend

Taking care of your pet is essential for any owner. Some top tips from the Humane Society of United States include providing your pet with an adequate diet, safe shelter, regular veterinary care, daily exercise and companionship. But you don’t have to do this all on your own — the Gwinnett community is here to help. Use these pet care providers to keep your pet in tip-top shape!

❯❯  Best Veterinarian

Your furry family member is not feeling well. Take them to Duluth Animal Hospital, Eastside Animal Medical Center, Gwinnett Animal Hospital, Snellville Animal Hospital and Sugar Hill Animal Hospital for the best medicine.

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Gwinnett Magazine Staff

Best of Gwinnett 2010: Getting Involved

Being active in Gwinnett is nescessary as a citizen of the county. By letting your voice be heard, you can see positive change within the community. Our readers shared their favorite ways to lend a hand.

 

❯❯  Best Downtown

There are so many culturally diverse small towns in Gwinnett. This year’s best downtowns include Buford, Duluth, Lawrenceville, Norcross and Suwanee.

❯❯  Best Local Charity

Lending a helping hand to those in need is always a good thing to do. It strengthens the community and contributes to making it a great place to work and play. Help out at Annandale Village, Gwinnett Humane Society, Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation, Nspire Outreach and When Everyone Survives Foundation for Leukemia Research.

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Gwinnett Magazine Staff

Best of Gwinnett 2010: Healthy Lifestyle

According to a survey by a National Trade Association of Health Clubs, emotional and physical well-being are more important to Americans than money and a career. You can’t put your health aside or it may come back to haunt you. Many healthy habits are common sense like maintaining a nutritious diet, exercising regularly and getting proper sleep. Then, why do some many Americans struggle with this daily. No worries! Our readers will tell you the best places to seek help for a living healthy.

❯❯  Best Place to Workout

Ready to get in shape and pump some iron? Feel the burn at these local gyms: BodyPlex, C3 Fitness, Gold’s Gym, LA Fitness and Lifetime Fitness.

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Gwinnett Magazine Staff

Best of Gwinnett 2010: Wildcard Winners

Wait! There’s more! Each year we ask our readers to vote for new categories they believe should be included in our Best of Gwinnett annual issue. Implant these winners in your memory as they may pop up as a brand new category next year!

This year’s wildcard winners include, Dr. Stephen Doran for Best Physical Therapist (known for work with the Autism Society of America – Greater Atlanta Chapter), US Auto Spa Mobile Detailing for Best Mobile Detailing Company, Talbert Insurance Services and Lloyd Pro Group for Best Insurance Agency, Lou’s Smokehouse for Best Cigar Shop, and last but not least, Aristeacrats Tea Shop for Best Teashop.

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Mary Rennie

Clyde and Sandra Strickland: 2010 Man and Women of the Year

Clyde and Sandra Strickland are assets to our community and the structure of Gwinnett County – and their generosity seems boundless. Their $1 million donation to Gwinnett Medical Center’s Open Heart Campaign dramatically shaped and paced that successful effort, and just this year, the Stricklands opened their hearts to Lawrenceville’s Hope Clinic with a $500,000 gift to help provide primary healthcare to the uninsured and underinsured.

But, while these remarkable gifts do make headlines, the Stricklands have in fact been devoted community volunteers for more than 41 years, since they moved to Gwinnett in 1969. Gwinnett Magazine is proud to honor Clyde and Sandra Strickland as its 2010 Man and Women of the Year for their enduring commitment to helping people in our community.

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Logical Choice Technologies’ Cynthia Kaye Shares Her Success Story

Cynthia Kaye works in the 48,000-square-foot Lawrenceville corporate headquarters of Logical Choice Technologies – a big change from the home basement where she founded her education technology company in 1994 with a folding card table and her preschooler playing on the floor around her.

Since then, Logical Choice has become the largest full-service partner of Promethean in the U.S. The company, which produces interactive-teaching whiteboard systems for schools and government agencies, reached $100 million in sales this year.

“It was quite a journey from my basement to where we are today,” said Kaye. “But having a vision of what our company could become, and having employees that were focused and passionate on making the vision become a reality [were the biggest drivers of success]. The excitement was the opportunity to start a technology company that would make a difference in education.”

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Gwinnett Magazine Staff

I Will Make A Difference Foundation Drives to Do Good

We all have drives. Things that get us fired up, make us passionate, inspire us to actually do something. These inspirations may come from a childhood memory, an experience later in life – or at an “aha” moment.

In Gary Martin Hays’ case, losing both a dear employee and his beloved older brother to cancer sparked his determination to try to make a difference.

The well-known personal injury lawyer’s life was jarred beyond making annual charitable donations when paralegal and friend Chez Chapman passed away in 2007 after an 11-year battle with cancer. Hays’ brother Chuck was six years into his own long battle with cancer, with his family seeking out new treatments and clinical trials that might help.

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