Civil Municipal Magazine Aug 2023

200 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 8 Piedmont Eastside Medical Center has been a healthcare leader for more than 40 years in Gwinnett and the surrounding counties and has been part of the not-for-profit Piedmont System since 2021. Piedmont is the largest healthcare provider in the state of Georgia. Piedmont Eastside’s 310-bed, multi-campus system of care in Snellville offers two Emergency Departments, medical and surgical programs in cardiovascular, neurosciences, vascular, orthopedics, maternity with neonatal intensive care, behavioral health, and inpatient rehab. Piedmont Eastside has won honors and recognition from bodies like the American Heart Association, the Georgia Department of Public Health, Leapfrog Group, and Press Ganey, and is DNV accredited. Eastside is a Certified Primary Stroke Center, a Bariatric Center of Excellence, an Accredited Breast Imaging Center, and an Accredited Chest Pain Center. Piedmont Eastside is also an award- winning employer of choice for healthcare professionals. With a respectful work culture that embraces and reflects the diversity in the community, Piedmont Eastside’s 1,100 employees thrive while taking care of patients, their families, and each other. Future plans for expanded services are growing from the deep roots that have been established in the community as Piedmont Eastside continues to offer exceptional care close to home. Piedmont Eastside, with its long history of providing quality healthcare and also being a sought-after place of employment, is proud to call Snellville home. For more information, visit: Piedmont.org/Eastside SNELLVI LLE , GA . When English immigrants Thomas Snell and James Sawyer set up shop in what was then a rural area of oak groves in the 1870s, they probably didn’t dream it would one day be home to more than 20,000 folks. Incorporated in 1923 and celebrating its centennial in August, today, the city that bears Snell’s name is a progressive community on the move, as we learned About 20 years ago, the City and the leadership embarked on the steps to create a downtown area in Snellville, and I’m very happy to say that this is now under construction.We have a $100 million private/public partnership going with some private developers and a lot of City investment in creating a little, walkable downtown hub in Snellville