Mark Lackey's (marklackey) Blog

Today May 1, 2010 the neighbors of Peachtree Forest held their first annual garage sale.  Many neighbors participated and the streets were filled with cars and people walking home to home to get some great buys. Signs were standing at each entrance to direct traffic from Spalding and Jay Bird.  F...

There will be a free, DOCUMENT SHREDDING SERVICE  in Peachtree Corners on Friday, May 7 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  Debbie Dykes Allstate Agency and Shredderman Document Destruction Services have teamed up to help our community fight Identity Theft again this year.  We will offer complimentary...

May 29-30, Atlanta Jazz Festival. Piedmont Park. For 33 years, the Atlanta Jazz Festival festival has brought world-renowned performers such as Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Etta James, Hiroshima, Neville Brothers, Al Jarreau, Branford Marsalis & Wynton Marsalis, Nina Simone and Dizzy Gillespie to...

To parents of middle and high school aged children: Norcross High School will be sponsoring a heart screening event on campus on April 17th.  This screening is open to the public, not just students at Norcross High School.  Feel free to forward this email to other family and friends. This screeni...

Water Conservation - Replacing Old Toilets If you live in the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District you may be eligible to participate in the toilet rebate program when replacing an old, inefficient toilet.  It pays $50 or $100 per toilet depending on the efficiency of the new toilet...

Hi Mark,     On Saturday, April 10th, the City of Norcross is hosting a Clean-Up and Recycle Day, and is asking for donations of non-perishable food items to benefit NCM. Here's how it works:   Drop off your old electronics, computers,keyboards, etc. at the Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Cen...

Georgians impacted by recent severe storms may be able to increase their standard deduction by claiming their net disaster losses suffered from the federally declared disaster. Provisions of the National Disaster Relief Act allow all taxpayers to claim the casualty loss deduction regardless of th...

  Sunday Mark Lackey, Team Leader of Atlanta Housing Source @ Solid Source Realty, Inc. shaved his head to support St. Baldrick's event - Shaving the Way to Conquer Kids Cancer. The event took place in Roswell at the Harp Irish Pub and Mark's shave was performed by Emily Ludolph, owner of Salon ...

Georgia had 152,200 construction workers last month, down 3 percent from 156,900 in December 2009 and down 16.7 percent from 182,700 January 2009. It ranked 14th worst among the states for construction job losses. These losses reflect the direct decline in homebuilding, but less evident is the lo...

Gwinnett serves up another solid waste ordinance By Patrick Fox The Atlanta Journal-Constitution After 14 months, four lawsuits and thousands of dollars in legal fees, Gwinnett County has proposed a new solid waste ordinance to replace one shot down in court. This ordinance, set to go into effect...