Buford Area Announcements

On October 16th Tannery Row Artist Colony in Buford Ga premiered their opening for their autumn show Big 2
All paintings were 3 feet by 4 feet canvases and 3-D art was also entered. The gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday from noon to 5pm.Tannery Row's buildings have been in existence since the early 1900's and have undergone many transformations; from a leather goods factory to the present-day configuration of offices, restaurants and the Artist Colony. TRAC currently boasts 17 working artists in separate, unique studios. Their website is http://www.tanneryrowartistcolony.com/

Primrose Schools today announced that Primrose School of Buford and Primrose School of Gainesville have been selected from more than 200 schools nationwide as Approved Onsite Training Schools. In this important role, franchise owners John and Jenifer McKnight will serve as key lead instructors and mentors, along with members of the schools' management teams, in training new Primrose franchise owners.

The McKnight's were chosen to serve in this important capacity based on multiple criteria, including their schools' outstanding scores on Primrose Schools Standard of Excellence Accreditation (SEA). The SEA is Primrose's internal quality assurance review of its schools evaluating performance on 50 standards in four key areas: business management, education and professional development (including all areas of health and safety), campus environment, as well as marketing and communication. The McKnight's consistent implementation of the Primrose Balanced LearningR curriculum and programming in the schools, their willingness to work with other franchise owners, their involvement in the local community, and the depth of training they currently provide staff members were other key factors in the extensive selection process.

After these locations were selected to serve as Approved Onsite Training Schools, the McKnight's completed an extensive two-day workshop led by Primrose national training team at the brand's corporate campus in Georgia.

"John and Jenifer have extensive wealth of knowledge and experience as successful Primrose Schools franchise owners, and we are proud to recognize Primrose School of Buford and Primrose School of Gainesville as Approved Onsite Training Schools," said Dr. Mary Zurn, Vice President of Education and Professional Development for Primrose Schools. "We want children who graduate from our schools to be well-rounded and ready to succeed academically, socially, emotionally, physically and creatively in elementary school. In order to accomplish this goal, we must provide high quality, on-going training for the franchise owners responsible for bringing the Primrose Balanced LearningR curriculum and programming to life in our schools nationwide."

Exceptional training for new and existing franchise owners, school management team members, and school staff members is what sets Primrose apart from other preschools nationwide. Franchise owners and staff members are not just trained when they first join Primrose; they receive an extensive Continual Learning Path and supporting training materials as part of ongoing training as continual learning never stops for franchise owners, staff members and of course, students at Primrose Schools nationwide.

Stonehedge is available for holiday parties and historic tours throughout the month of December. Reservations are required. Please call for more information 770-932-9329.

New Breakfast Choices at Red Sky Café

Starting Saturday, November 1st. every weekend Red Sky Café will have an all you can eat, hot breakfast buffet for just $5.99! Also, each Wednesday we will have a BNI special of either a biscuit or bagel, with cheese and egg, with sausage or bacon and coffee!
Reach for the Sky and make it a Red Sky day!

We wish to congratulate Tim Koenning of Magnolia Financial Advisors on his selection as a FIVE STAR: Best in Client Satisfaction Wealth ManagerSM for 2008.

The October issue of Atlanta Magazine is now available on the newsstands throughout the Atlanta area.

The resulting list of 2008 FIVE STAR Wealth Managers is an elite group, representing less than 3 percent of the wealth managers in the Atlanta area. Only 376 of the top-scoring wealth managers made this year’s list .

Spitfire Media Group Named a Top 10 Atlanta Best Place to Work by Atlanta Business Chronicle

Buford, GA October 3, 2008 - Spitfire Media Group was chosen as  the #8 Best Place to Work in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle in the Small Business category.  The award was presented at the Seventh Annual Best Places to Work awards ceremony held recently at the Georgia Aquarium.
A recent survey of metro area businesses by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and Quantum Market Research Inc. identified Atlanta’s Best Places to Work. Hundreds of companies participated in the survey, and Spitfire Media Group is proud to be among the elite workplaces celebrated at the event.
Firm partners, Jonathan Holmes, Bradley Sherwood and Paige Havens share, “We have always felt that having a strong, supportive work environment with talented employees would result in our ability to deliver innovative client work and excellent customer service. To be recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle for our unique and highly productive work environment is most exciting.  We are very lucky to have an amazing group of people working for us and we work hard to show our gratitude back to them in so many ways.”