Over 100 breweries will be in attendance at the 2016 Suwanee Beer Fest, with over a dozen of them being newer names on the Georgia craft beer scene. These additions were made possible thanks to VIP sponsor, Dimensional Design, who is dedicated to helping create a truly one-of-a-kind look and experience for this festival! As you wander through the festival grounds, you might notice several changes such as the large entry, digital signs, and a completely redone VIP tent. This means more bathrooms, less lines, easier entry, and more overall space.

In an effort to increase the variety of beers available as well as provide festival attendees with the best overall experience, Suwanee Beer Fest is taking up even more of Town Center Park in its 6th year. From live music, to local food vendors, cornhole competitions, Irish dancers, a bagpipe player, and all the craft beer you can drink, it is easy to see why this festival is recognized as one of the biggest and best craft beer festivals in the Southeast. Each year this award-winning festival attracts people from all over the country to claim their share of unlimited tastings of over 300 craft beers! Truly not an event to be missed, this festival has been named “Best Festival in Gwinnett” by the Gwinnett Daily Post Reader’s Choice Awards for the past two years, and this year they plan on earning that title for year number three. Paddy’s day finest for the 6th Annual Suwanee Beer Fest. On March 19th, thousands of people will descend upon Suwanee Town Center Park dressed in their St. Georgia Public Broadcasting is a state agency funded in part by the state of Georgia.” “…the festival experience is going to be even bigger & better with more Beers more restrooms, & overall space for less lines…” This includes the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, which currently has a wait list of 344 people.

Brian Kemp asked for every state agency to make 4% cuts in their budgets this fiscal year and 6% cuts on what’s left the year after. “The only thing that’s keeping everybody from having that life on some level is dollars allocated by the state legislature and the federal government to support those folks in the community,' he said. That created more demand for programs like L’Arche.īut Executive Director of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities Eric Jacobson says not everyone who wants this type of care can get it. Georgia had to close many of its mental health hospitals in 2010, due to a settlement with the federal government. 'So, in L’Arche, we flip that fear upside down and we invite people to encounter the person and the gifts that are within the people with disabilities.' That difference is feared no matter where it is,' Moore said. “There is always an incredible amount of difference that is created by disability.

Tim Moore has been the Executive Director of L’Arche Atlanta since it launched in 2012. It also gives people in the community with and without developmental disabilities the opportunity to understand one another. “It’s such a relief to know he’s gonna be ok, he's gonna be loved, he’s gonna love where he is, who he’s with and his life.” Home and community-based programs also help family members and caretakers answer the question of who will take care of their loved one after they’re gone. But, it was the best place,' his mother said. Because I just have so much fun being with him and feel so comforted by his presence. 'If I could have chosen when he would have come here, it would have not been when he did. L'Arche Atlanta is part of an international network of community-based care facilities founded in 1964 in Trosly, France.Ĭorbin left his mom’s home 3 years ago to move into L'Arche. During the week, Corbin leaves the house and attends a day program with his friends in Gwinnett County.

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