Editing Sugar Hill, Georgia (section)

==Economy==
Sugar Hill, as with the rest of Gwinnett County, has a sales tax of 6%, which comprises the 4% state sales tax and a 2% local tax.<ref name="taxrate">{{Cite web |title=Gwinnett County Georgia Sales Tax Rates |url=http://www.taxrates.com/state-rates/georgia/counties/gwinnett-county/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001091527/http://www.taxrates.com/state-rates/georgia/counties/gwinnett-county/ |archive-date=October 1, 2017 |access-date=June 16, 2016 |publisher=taxrates.com}}</ref>

On April 28, 2011, Governor [[Nathan Deal]] signed legislation that allowed individual local communities to vote on whether to allow alcohol sales on Sundays, which had previously been prohibited by the Georgia General Assembly since the 1800s.<ref name="11alivesunday">{{Cite web |last=Leslie, Jennifer |date=November 20, 2011 |title=Sunday sales off to a brisk start in many cities |url=http://suwanee.11alive.com/news/news/91285-sunday-sales-brisk-start-many-cities |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219210752/http://suwanee.11alive.com/news/news/91285-sunday-sales-brisk-start-many-cities |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 19, 2013 |access-date=January 20, 2013 |publisher=[[WXIA-TV|11 Alive]]}}</ref> Supporters of the proposal to allow Sunday sales of alcohol argued that doing so would help the economy.<ref name="11alivesunday" />  A total of 97 cities and counties in Georgia held referendums on November 8, 2011,<ref name="ajcblog97">{{Cite web |last=Galloway, Jim |date=September 13, 2011 |title=Political Insider 97 Georgia counties, cities set to vote on Sunday sales |url=http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2011/09/13/97-georgia-counties-cities-set-to-vote-on-sunday-sales/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318225332/http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2011/09/13/97-georgia-counties-cities-set-to-vote-on-sunday-sales/ |archive-date=March 18, 2013 |access-date=January 20, 2013 |publisher=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]}}</ref> including Sugar Hill.  The Sugar Hill city council voted to allow Sugar Hill residents vote on the issue<ref name="gdpsundaysales">{{Cite web |last=Alpert, Michael |date=July 11, 2011 |title=Sugar Hill to allow Sunday sales vote |url=http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2011/jul/11/sugar-hill-to-allow-sunday-sales-vote/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719003950/https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/archive/sugar-hill-to-allow-sunday-sales-vote/article_f79789af-086b-5f59-b3f2-53984102bc0c.html |archive-date=July 19, 2022 |access-date=January 20, 2013 |publisher=Gwinnett Daily Post}}</ref> and on November 15, 2011,<ref name="shalcohol">{{Cite web |title=Ordinance - Alcohol Sunday Sales |url=http://www.cityofsugarhill.com/filestorage/50/113/347/1715/8856/9162/Ordinance_Alcohol_Sunday_Sales.pdf |access-date=January 19, 2013 |publisher=City of Sugar Hill }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Sugar Hill became one of several cities that voted to allow Sunday sales of alcohol.<ref name="sundaysales">{{Cite web |date=December 18, 2011 |title=Sunday alcohol sales start in metro Atlanta |url=http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/16086087/sunday-alcohol-sales-start-in-metro-atlanta |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621074929/http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/16086087/sunday-alcohol-sales-start-in-metro-atlanta |archive-date=June 21, 2012 |access-date=January 17, 2013 |publisher=[[WANF|CBS Atlanta]]}}</ref>  In 2012, the remaining areas of Gwinnett County that did not hold November 8 referendums voted to allow Sunday sales.<ref name="gdpsundaybuford">{{Cite web |last=Young, Camie |date=March 7, 2012 |title=Sunday sales passes in Gwinnett, Buford by wide margin |url=http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2012/mar/06/sunday-sales-passes-in-gwinnett-by-wide-margin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310100049/http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2012/mar/06/sunday-sales-passes-in-gwinnett-by-wide-margin/ |archive-date=March 10, 2012 |access-date=January 20, 2013 |publisher=Gwinnett Daily Post}}</ref>