Suwanee named in magazine Top 10 list
Suwanee has been named one of the nation's 10 Best Towns for Families by Family Circle magazine.
The story is featured in the August issue of Family Circle, which hits newsstands July 2; it's also available online at www.FamilyCircle.com/besttowns.
Family Circle used demographic information and family-friendly criteria – including affordable homes, quality schools, access to health care, green space, low crime rate, and financial stability – to assess cities and towns with populations between 10,000 and 150,000. The magazine article about Suwanee features the Chun family, who moved to the community from Maryland in 2001.
Suwanee was the smallest community to be named to Family Circle's list of perfect places to call home. Other communities to make the list Allen, Texas; Boulder City, Nevada; Madison, Alabama; Marion, Iowa; Morton, Illinois; Rio Rancho, New Mexico; Troy, Michigan; Upper Arlington, Ohio; and West Hartford, Connecticut.
About the Author
Dan Klepal is editor of the local government team, supervising nine reporters covering county and municipal governments and metro Atlanta. Klepal came to the AJC in 2012, after a long career covering city halls in Cincinnati and Louisville, Ky. He has covered Gwinnett and Cobb counties before spending three years on the investigative team.
