The Week In Review

Closing the Book on Borders

What happened in/around Suwanee from Feb. 13-19.

Another week that was. The highlights: SculpTour: Suwanee long has had an eye for art, and now it has launched SculpTour. The city wants unique sculptures to display around the city, and it has an RFP and is offering stipends for artists. Courthouse weddings: Love was in the air on Valentine's Day, and several couples turned out at the historic courthouse in Lawrenceville to tie the knot. Re-cycling: A group of road cyclists regularly starts rides of 30 to 50 miles from Suwanee. One is a current NFL player. And it can get a bit dangerous, but it's also fun. The Outlaws have their own Facebook page, too. Closing the book: Bookstores are now on the Internet hit list, following newspapers and music CDs. The Borders chain filed for Chapter 11 …

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Suwanee Borders Store To Close

The Peachtree Parkway location is a casualty of the company's Chapter 11 filing.

The Borders bookstore location in Suwanee, on Peachtree Parkway near Johns Creek, is among the locations set to close as the retailing company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This location is in Forsyth County. Another casualty of technology advances, big-box bookstores have been hit hard as more people shop online and use e-readers, such as Amazon's Kindle. The company announced Wednesday that it was taking the Chapter 11 step. Also on the hit list is the company's Mall of Georgia location in Buford.

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