Atlanta, the Superior Plumbing North
Georgia State Fair attracts nearly
300,000 people every year from north
Georgia and neighboring states. The
fair features live music, free attractions
and shows, farm animals, flower
shows, blue ribbon competitions,
local entertainment and fair foods.
There are also games and rides on the
Great James H. Drew Exposition
midway — one of the largest carnival
midways in the U.S., featuring the
Wildcat Rollercoaster, Georgia
Mountain Lift and debuting in 2017
the Mega Slide.
At 50-feet high and rippling out
another 170 feet, the yellow and green
Mega Slide was one of the most iconic
structures at last year’s fair. With wavy
lengths of grooved, galvanized metal
over a scaffolding support, the new
ride featured five humps and was
grooved to keep riders going straight
and waxed periodically to keep riders
from slowing down.
A covered arena guarantees
concerts rain or shine every year by
country and contemporary Christian
artists. Performers in this year’s
Georgia Lottery Concert Series
haven’t been announced yet, but the
dates for this year’s fair have been set
for Sept. 24 – Oct. 4.
4. Affinity Home
Lending
84 Church St A, Marietta, GA 30060
(404) 418-7547
affinityhomelending.com
SECTION: Real Estate & Finance
CATEGORY:
Best Mortgage Services (1,649 votes)
Affinity Home Lending, whose
office is a stone’s throw away
from our No. 2 winners Ansley
Atlanta Real Estate Marietta, was
founded by Managing Member DJ
Stuntz in 2014. Its service providers
work with multiple lending sources to
find the correct solution for its clients.
The office won Best Mortgage
Services last year so they’re what you
might call “back-to-back champs,”
although they raked in far more votes
this year than last.
Affinity is licensed in six states
and continues to grow its presence
and its staff. Affinity Home Lending is
an A+ lender with the Better Business
Bureau, maintains a 5-Star Google
rating and continues to have an
outstanding reputation. Loan origination,
operations processing, and
closing are all completed locally by
Affinity.
5. elon Salon
695 Piedmont Rd, Marietta, GA 30066
(770) 427-8698
elonsalon.com
SECTION: Health
CATEGORY: Best Hair Salon (1,514)
Rounding out our top five (or top
10, really) is Marietta’s own elon
Salon. The salon cut to the chase (see
what we did there?) to rise to the top,
handily winning the coveted title of
Best Hair Salon from the votes of its
supporters.
For nearly 30 years, elon Salon
has been a premier hair color specialty
salon in the Atlanta area. Its
employees are constantly undergoing
additional education and certifications
to make sure they are at their
very best and on top of the ever
changing trends in hairstyles and
coloring.
In addition to making its clients
beautiful, it also strives to make the
community a more beautiful place by
giving back. The salon had always
participated in various community
events but, about a decade ago, its
staff and leadership decided they
wanted to do more and the devastating
effects of breast cancer were
witnessed and dealt with first-hand in
their own salon, making it the perfect
cause to champion. From there, the
elon Salon Cut-A-Thon was born and,
now in its second decade, it has raised
more than $150,000 for breast cancer
causes, most notably the charity It’s
the Journey.
The salon continues to grow
and its charitable spirit certainly
“perm”-eates throughout our
community.
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