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Peachtree Corners
Unincorporated city
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountyGwinnett
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
30092, 30097

Peachtree Corners is an unincorporated city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA. It is an affluent northern suburb of Atlanta. Although Peachtree Corners uses a Norcross, Georgia, mailing address, the area is not actually part of the city, and the United States Post Office's Peachtree Corners Branch allows use of Peachtree Corners as a mailing address.[citation needed] Peachtree Corners is roughly the area bordered by the cities of Dunwoody and Sandy Springs on the west, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Norcross city limits on the south, the Chattahoochee River on the north, and the city limits of Berkeley Lake on the east.

History

Paul A. Duke is the man who envisioned a planned community where people could live, work, and play in the same quality controlled environment. In 1967, Duke envisioned a campus of low-rise buildings that would house low-pollution, high technology industries. As a member of the Georgia Tech National Advisory Board, he persuaded 16 others to invest $1.7 million to develop a business center that would raise funds for Tech’s foundation and supply local jobs for graduates in high technology fields. Technology Park Atlanta, Inc. was born, and so began the history of Peachtree Corners. In 1968, Duke established Peachtree Corners, Inc., a real estate and development company with a goal of creating a planned community, where people could live, work, and play. He coaxed top developers from throughout the country to work within a stringent set of covenants and restrictions established to control the quality and type of growth in the area.[citation needed]

The man who turned Paul Duke’s vision into executive neighborhoods in Peachtree Corners was Jim Cowart. Having developed and built homes in Dunwoody for years, Cowart came over to Peachtree Corners in the late 1970s, not as a home builder, but as a land developer. He determined from Gwinnett County where the sewer treatment lift station would be and went upstream and bought everything he could afford. The first neighborhood in Peachtree Corners that Jim Cowart developed was Spalding Corners. Chattahoochee Station had gone bankrupt, so Cowart took that property over from a bank and finished developing that neighborhood. He began Peachtree Station in 1979, which developed out at 726 homes. Cowart also developed River Station, Revington, Linfield, and Amberfield. The neighborhoods of Riverfield and Wellington Lake were developed by Jim’s son, Dan Cowart, who was also responsible for locating Wesleyan School in Peachtree Corners. In 1985, Cowart built the Farrell Creek sewer line, from the Wolf Creek pumping station to Farrell Creek, and up Farrell Creek to the east side of Highway 141. The line that allowed for the 1990s development of Amberfield, Linfield, Riverfield, Wesleyan School, and the businesses in Spalding Triangle office park, Check Free, and The Forum. Neely Farm was one of the last neighborhoods to be built in Peachtree Corners, and it is located on the former farm of Frank Neely that abuts the Chattahoochee River.[1]

In 2010 the community considered whether or not to incorporate.[2]

Demographics

Peachtree Corners covers roughly the same area as the zip code 30092, which in 2004 had an Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) of $70,724. The median home price in 2007 was $368,408.[3] As of 2000, 30092 was 70% white, 13% black, 9% Asian, 4% some other race, and 2% two or more races. Hispanics of any race made up 9% of the population.[4]

Movement for Incorporation

In early 2010, it was announced that the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association was pursuing the incorporation of Peachtree Corners. The move was spurned by the failed attempt of the City of Norcross to annex a portion of Technology Park, an area located within the boundaries of Peachtree Corners. It was also cited that UPCCA simply could not compete against a city like Norcross, and that it was time to incorporate. The civic association said the city likely would contain 20,000 to 30,000 residents.[5]

Government and infrastructure

The Gwinnett County Police Department operates a satellite precinct in almost 1,800 square feet (170 m2) of space in the Market Place Shopping Center in Peachtree Corners. The ribbon cutting ceremony was scheduled for Tuesday February 28, 2006.[6]

The United States Postal Service operates the Peachtree Corners Post Office.[7]

Education

The county operates Gwinnett County Public Schools. Berkley Lake Elementary School, Peachtree Elementary School, Simpson Elementary School, and Stripling Elementary School serve the area. Duluth Middle School and Pinckneyville Middle School serve the community. Duluth High School and Norcross High School serve the area.[8]

Weslayan School is an area private school.[8]

Gwinnett County Public Library operates the Peachtree Corners Library.[9]

Community Buildings

Peachtree Corners Fire Station. 5550 Spalding Drive.

Gwinnett County Police, Peachtree Corners Substation. Market Place Shopping Center, 6315 Peachtree Parkway.

Robert D. Fowler YMCA. 5600 West Jones Bridge Road.

References

  1. ^ http://www.upcca.com/2007/02/history.html
  2. ^ You, Camie. "Peachtree Corners exploring whether to incorporate city." Gwinnett Daily Post. February 12, 2010. Retrieved on February 24, 2010.
  3. ^ http://www.city-data.com/zips/30092.html
  4. ^ http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=30092&_cityTown=30092&_state=04000US13&_zip=30092&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y
  5. ^ http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/peachtree-corners-pursues-incorporation-286242.html
  6. ^ "New Gwinnett Police Presence in Peachtree Corners." Gwinnett County. February 22, 2006. Retrieved on February 24, 2010.
  7. ^ "Post Office™ Location - PEACHTREE CORNERS." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on February 24, 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Peachtree Corners Schools." United Peachtree Corners Civic Association. Saturday January 6, 2007. Retrieved on February 24, 2010.
  9. ^ "Hours & Locations." Gwinnett County Public Library. Retrieved on February 24, 2010.
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