By Vanessa Butts | The City of Sugar Hill has been named by the Georgia Municipal Association as the Most Active City among Georgia’s 530 cities. This honor comes on the heels of another distinction. Sugar Hill was also awarded the American Heart Association’s award for worksite Innovation and is a “Gold Fit-Friendly Worksite.”
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Mayor Steve Edwards says: “This recognition is largely due to initiatives that city staff members have put in place throughout 2015. It’s really a new day in Sugar Hill. We are no squeaky little town, and will be competitive with other cities in the future as we build the downtown. We have a great staff, we work hard, play hard and have fun.”
Edwards also points out: “We try to do things that the other cities do not do. This includes our ice skating rink, our Gary Pirkle Park, which is an all synthetic turf field, and there’s no other amphitheatre in Gwinnett like we have behind our City Hall. The residents really enjoy it and the events there. We’re trying to be innovative, have good services and provide good government at the same time.”
Twice a week during the warmer months, the city hosts free Fitness Bootcamps that are open to both city employees as well as residents of Sugar Hill. This program has been very successful, with attendees losing significant amounts of weight. One inspirational city employee has lost 100 pounds through exercise and lifestyle changes. Sugar Hill will soon be opening doors to an employee fitness center where city employees can use equipment for free after business hours.
Mayor Pro-Tem Brandon Hembree believes these distinctions are among the many reasons he is proud to call Sugar Hill home. He says: “Sugar Hill’s status as ‘Most Active City’ in Georgia and our American Heart Association awards for Worksite Innovation and the Gold Fit-Friendly Worksite reflects our community’s commitment to being active and healthy. This is just another reason why Sugar Hill is the best place to live, and we should be proud to call this sweet city our home.”
Dan Popovic is founder of cMEcompete of Sugar Hill. This firm hosts the platform in which participants log their daily activity for the Active Georgia campaign.
He says: “Sugar Hill is an inspiration to other communities when it comes to community health and citizen engagement based on all the redevelopment initiatives occurring in the City. Their wellness endeavors recently won Active Georgia for being the most Active City in the Peach State.”
The city of Sugar Hill is looking for residents and businesses to get involved as it hopes to defend the title of Most Active City in 2016. The Fitness Bootcamps will be free to local residents and are held in front of City Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting on March 1. Sessions are instructed by a certified trainer. All residents, regardless of age and physical abilities, are encouraged to be a part of this Fit-tatstic community initiative.
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