Top 10 Cities for Families, Family Circle Magazine, 2011
Top 6 Most Patriotic Cities, Rand McNally/USA Today 2011 “Best of the Road”
Top 10 Best Places to Live in the U.S., CNN/Money Magazine, 2009, 2005
Top 100 Best Places to Live in the U.S., CNN/Money Magazine, 2007, 2011
Top 100 Places to Live – RelocateAmerica.com, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Most Airport Friendly Atlanta City, KNOW Atlanta Magazine, 2010
Great American City, Chevrolet FIREBALL RUN Adventurally, 2011
Georgia’s Best Affordable Suburb, BusinessWeek, 2009
Top 10 Places to Retire, Retire in Georgia Magazine, 2008
10 Great Places for Boomers, Newsmax Magazine, 2009
10 U.S. Communities With Great Ideas (Peachtree City Path System), National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, 2007
Schools serving Peachtree City
Fayette County School System, Highest Metro Atlanta graduation rate, fifth highest graduation rate in Georgia, Governor’s Office of Student Achievement, 2009
Braelinn Elementary, Georgia School of Excellence (1996). State Science Olympiad Champions (2004, 2005, and 2006). Gold Award for Highest Percentage of Students Meeting and Exceeding Standards (2005 – 2008)
Crabapple Lane Elementary, 2008 Bronze Award winner, Georgia’s Single Statewide Accountability System
Huddleston Elementary, 2008 Silver Award for high academic achievement, 2008 School of Excellence in Student Achievement
Kedron Elementary, 1st Place, 2009 Georgia State Science Olympiad; Platinum Level Award 2005 – 2008; 2006 Georgia School of Excellence; 2006 US Department of Education Blue Ribbon School
Peeples Elementary, 2008 Platinum Award for Highest Percentage of Meeting and Exceeding Standards
JC Booth Middle School, National Science Olympiad Contenders for 10 years
McIntosh High School, School of Excellence in Student Achievement (2008), 2007 National Blue Ribbon School, ranked 16th for highest SAT score in the Georgia (2009), Georgia’s 2007 Platinum Award, Newsweek Magazine’s 2009 Top U.S. High Schools report, placing McIntosh in the top 6% of all public high schools nationwide.
Starrs Mill High School, 2005 Georgia School of Excellence
2009 CREATE Community Award for the Online GIS Mapping System, Atlanta Regional Commission
Certified City of Ethics since 2000, Georgia Municipal Association
Energy Efficiency Leader in Municipal Government, Trane, 2009
Internationally Accredited and State Certified Police Department, CALEA
Peachtree City Businesses
Alcan Packaging, 2009 Georgia Mid-Sized Manufacturer of the Year
Aventure Aviation, 2009 Exporter of the Year for Georgia and Exporter of the Year for the Southeast U.S.
Historical Concepts, Arthur Ross Award for Architecture, 2010
M.A. Industries, 40th Anniversary in 2009
N.C.R., Undergoing major expansion in 2009/2010
Towne Club, 2009 “Best of 50+ Housing Awards,” NAHB
