Buford Business Scholarship Fund

The Buford Business Alliance has established an annual scholarship fund for both Buford and North Gwinnett High Schools ’ students for achievement is the arts and marketing. As our organization grows, we plan to increase the size and scope of our scholarship offerings.

 

Since Buford has been recognized in recent years as an “artists’ colony” and gained national prominence for attracting artists from all over the country, we feel an obligation to further the development of this heritage. As such, we have initially concentrated our fund to promoting excellence in the arts. And since we are also a marketing organization, we would be remiss in not also promoting excellence in the field of marketing.

 

If you would like to support this effort, please fill in this form.

 

Download more information about the 2007 Scholarship Awards.

Buford Business Alliance creates scholarships for arts, marketing

05/31/2007 -

By Ryan Crawford

Staff Writer

ryan.crawford@gwinnettdailypost.com

BUFORD - The Buford Business Alliance has established a scholarship
fund for Buford High School and North Gwinnett High School students
who excel in the arts and marketing.

There were four scholarship winners this year and each received a check for $100.

Buford Business Alliance President Tim Koenning said it may not seem like much, but it's a start.

"We realize that our current scholarship dollar amounts are relatively small, yet we have to start somewhere," Koenning said. "As our organization grows, so will our capabilities of enhancing these scholarships. We look forward to the day when we will be able to offer thousands of dollars to deserving students."

The funding for this year's scholarships came from vending revenues collected during the Tour de Georgia's trip through downtown Buford.

Koenning said the Buford Business Alliance will be mailing out scholarship donation forms later this year to raise money for the fund.

Money will also be set aside for scholarships in the Buford Business Alliance's Historic Buford Arts Patron Fund. In addition to awarding scholarships to art students, the fund will be used to attract artistic talent into Buford by marketing special art events and funding a portion of the prize money for such events.

Scholarship recipients

This year's recipients of scholarships from the Buford Business Alliance:

·  Autumn Encarnacion, Buford High School, Theater

·  Jennifer McHugh, Buford High School, Art

·  Taylor Moseley, Buford High School, Band

·  Katie Martin, North Gwinnett High School, Marketing/DECA