GBJ Staff

New facility, new chapter in the Gwinnett Place’s CID

Last month, I had the distinct pleasure to be a part of a rewarding, new opportunity for Gwinnett Place Ford Lincoln and the greater community of Gwinnett. As Owner and General Manager of Gwinnett Place Ford Lincoln and founding board member of the our area’s Community Improvement District (CID), I believe the grand opening celebration of our all-new sales and service facility represents a new chapter for our store and the further development of Gwinnett’s central business district.

This is an ideal time for the grand opening of a new Ford and Lincoln facility in light of the strong business momentum of Ford Motor Company. Ford and Lincoln have an impressive line-up of vehicles including my personal favorite, the 2011 Ford F-150 with EcoBoost which offers an increase in fuel economy by 20 percent. With the continued strain being felt at the gas pump, our customers, especially small business owners, are thrilled to have the power of a V8 truck in the form of a fuel-efficient, V6 engine.

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GBJ Staff

Gwinnett Place gears up for back to school shopping

Gwinnett Place is Gwinnett County’s central business district, collectively offering the widest variety of shopping, dining and entertainment options.

And with everyone facing historically high prices at the pump, savvy shoppers mapping out their back-to-school strategies know Gwinnett Place is the perfect one-stop location.

Greater Gwinnett Place features the highest concentration of nationally known, brand name shopping destinations – all very close to home. There is no need to drive from one side of the county to the other or to leave Gwinnett at all.

Visitors to our shopping centers will see many great community improvements, including the addition of public safety patrols with professionals assisting anyone in need.

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Gwinnett Magazine Staff

Office furniture sales show economy rebounding

You may have a hard time finding any positive indication that America’s job market is rebounding. With unemployment rates still flirting with double digits every month discouragement looms. But looking at the crisis through the eyes of an office furniture manufacturer may provide some encouragement. According the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacture Association, office furniture sales in the U.S. rose 25 percent in the first quarter this year.

Executive Vice President of BIFM, Tom Reardon, says the increase is a definite sign companies are getting back on their feet, putting projects back on the books and needing warm bodies to fill those newly ordered desks and chairs.

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GBJ Staff

2010 Small Business Persons of the Year Award

We’ll never know if the big guy up north had anything to do with Georgia’s 2010 Small Business Person of the Year Award, but an elf was most certainly involved.

“In January 2004, I was at my mom’s house drinking tea when we came up with the idea to write a story about our elf,” said Chanda Bell. “Our beloved Christmas tradition had meant so much to us over the years and we thought it would be wonderful to share those memories with other families. After some consulting with Santa, we knew we had to do it.”

“I had an elf as a child,” explains her mother, Carol Aebersold. “We knew as soon as the elf was around, Christmas had arrived. That was our goal: when other people’s elves arrived, they would know Christmas had come.”

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GBJ Staff

MediPurpose product selected for testing kit

Greenville, SC and Norcross – The SurgiLance safety lancet product manufactured by MediPurpose has been selected for inclusion in ID Biological Systems’ dried specimen collection kit. The diagnostic kit is used for collection and analysis of blood, urine and oral fluid for DNA, HIV, A1c, lipid profiles and IgG allergy testing around the world.

“The SuriLance safety lancet provides customers with a high quality, easy to use and affordable device for fingerstick collections said ID Biological Systems president, Brad Davin. The lancet has also been selected by the Veteran’s Administration s the exclusive lancet used in all their hospitals.

MediPurpose is a leading medical device company known for its innovation in healthcare solutions. The company, based in Singapore with offices in the U.S. and Europe, also offers advice and assistance to medical device inventors and companies in the medical device market.

 
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