Georgia Chapter of the SWCS[home]Annual MeetingPresentations from the annual meeting can be viewed at: http://www.gaswcs.org/service/trainingeventoct09.html
Please come join us for our annual meeting to be
held Thursday 15 October 2009 at the LEED-Gold-Certified Gwinnett
Environmental and Heritage Center (
http://www.gwinnettehc.org/) in Buford GA. We have assembled an eclectic group of speakers to address the theme of "Climate
and Conservation: Planning for our Future". Thirty-minute presentations
will address the different avenues of (a) conservation in construction
developments, (b) energy alternatives and conservation, and (c) water use
and conservation. A business meeting of the Georgia SWCS will be held
Friday 16 October 2009 at 10 am at the USDA Watkinsville Research Center,
1420 Experiment Station Road, Watkinsville GA.
Registration fee for the program is $30, which includes lunch and breaks, admittance to the museum and learning facilities at the GEHC, and presentation of Blue Planet. To reserve your attendance or to get more information, please contact Alan Franzluebbers (Email: alan.franzluebbers@ars.usda.gov, Telephone: 706-769-5631 ext 223). Payment can be made on-site by cash or check. Hotels: SpringHill Suites, 3250 Buford Drive, Buford, GA, 678-714-2150 Hampton Inn, 3240 Buford Drive-Sr 20, Buford, GA, 678-546-1200 Country Inn, 1395 Mall of Georgia Blvd, Buford, GA, 770-271-1441 Wingate Inn, 1355 Mall of Georgia Blvd, Buford, GA, 678-714-0248 Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 2499 Satellite Blvd., Buford, GA, 877-410-6681 Americas Best Value Inn, 4267 Buford Dr, Buford, GA, 770-932-0111 Super 8, 317 Sawmill Dr, Suwanee, GA, 770-614-6222 Comfort Inn, 2945-A Lawrenceville Suwanee, Suwanee, GA, 770-945-1608 Days Inn, 2955 Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd, Suwanee, GA, 770-945-4921 Directions to GEHC: From Athens west on GA-316, north at Buford Dr/GA-20 (7.6 mi), slight left to stay on Buford Dr/GA-20 (0.1 mi), left at Plunketts Rd (1.6 mi), left at GEHC entrance From downtown Atlanta north on I-85, slight left at I-985 N (signs for Lanier Pkwy/Gainesville/I-985), take exit 4 for GA-20/US-23 toward Buford/Cumming (0.3 mi), right at Buford Dr/GA-20 (0.3 mi), right onto Plunketts Rd (1.6 mi), left at GEHC entrance From Gainesville GA south on GA-365 S/I-985 S/US-23 S (16.2 mi), take exit 4 for US-23/GA-20 toward Cumming/Buford (0.3 mi), left at Buford Dr/GA-20/US-23, continue to follow Buford Dr/GA-20 (0.5 mi), right onto Plunketts Rd (1.6 mi), left at GEHC entrance Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center 2020 Clean Water Drive Buford GA 30519 Telephone: 770-904-3500 http://www.gwinnettehc.org/ |