Groundbreaking was recently held at Sawnee Village neighborhood in Cumming

ATLANTA – (Dec. 4, 2023) – The Providence Group, the premier developer and homebuilder of award-winning neighborhoods throughout Atlanta, has partnered with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® for the second consecutive year to build the 2024 St. Jude Dream Home in Atlanta, which will be located in their newest neighborhood, Sawnee Village, in Cumming. 

The groundbreaking ceremony took place on Wednesday, Nov. 29, and was attended by The Providence Group team, its trade partners, local St. Jude donors, volunteers, sponsors and others. The 2024 St. Jude Dream Home will be the Lassiter plan, which is an open concept design featuring both the primary bedroom and guest bedroom on the main level with an additional bedroom and large media room on the second floor. The plan has 2,579 square feet of living space with a covered rear porch and a striking modern farmhouse elevation. 

Sawnee Village is a mixed-use community located within 1 mile of the new Cumming City Center. Upon completion, the gated community will include 544 new construction townhomes and single-family homes, and 262 apartments. The community will also include more than 100,000 square feet of commercial, office, retail and entertainment venues. This one-of-a-kind community will change the landscape of this incredible Cumming location. The wide variety of home designs will appeal to residents across all life stages and the high quality amenities and maintenance-free lawns at Sawnee Village will provide residents with an elevated lifestyle that The Providence Group has become known for. The community pricing will range from the mid $300’s to the high $900’s.

“We were so honored to be part of the first ever St. Jude Dream Home® Giveaway in Atlanta that we knew we wanted to be a part of it again,” said Warren Jolly, President of The Providence Group. “This is a wonderful opportunity for The Providence Group, our trade partners and our community to support the lifesaving work happening at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and make a difference in the lives of children and families faced with cancer and other life-threatening pediatric diseases.”

The Providence Group, along with more than 30 trade partners built the first-ever St. Jude Dream Home® in Atlanta in the gated, master-planned community of Millcroft in the Sugar Hill area of Western Gwinnett. The 2,470 square-foot home with 4 bedrooms and 3 baths is valued at over $650K. The interior and exterior of this one-of-a-kind-home showcases the commitment to both quality construction and meticulous detail. The Providence Group and its partners were honored with several awards from St. Jude including the Zero Hero Award, the First Year Builder Award and the Most Impressive Home Feature Award. These prestigious awards are selected from several homebuilders who support the more than 40+ Dream Homes across the country. The 2023 Atlanta St. Jude Dream Home® Giveaway was also awarded a Gold OBIE from the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association for the Best Community Service Project. 

The St. Jude Dream Home® Giveaway program is one of the most prominent and longstanding fundraisers for St. Jude, raising more than $650 million dollars since 1991. The St. Jude Dream Home® Giveaway program was founded by Dr. Donald Mack, a pediatric physician from Shreveport, Louisiana. Builders, subcontractors, vendors and other campaign sponsors that donate time and labor to build a home help ensure that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – so they can focus on helping their child live.

Tickets for the 2024 Atlanta St. Jude Dream Home® Giveaway will be available for $100 each starting in May 2024, and will support St. Jude in its work advancing treatments and cures for life-threatening pediatric diseases The home will be raffled off on August 15, 2024.

About The Providence Group   

Celebrating a legacy of over 20 years of success in the homebuilding industry, The Providence Group continues to develop and build award-winning communities fulfilling its mission to provide Lifestyle, Location and Luxury to its growing family of homeowners. Throughout its long history, the company has built well-crafted homes in one-of-a-kind communities in the most sought-after locations in and around Atlanta providing an unsurpassed, low-maintenance lifestyle for residents and enhancing the value of surrounding neighborhoods. Each location is intentionally selected for accessibility and proximity to the best school districts, entertainment, shopping and dining options, and every neighborhood is outfitted with amenities tailored for the lifestyle of the area. In 2011, The Providence Group entered a financial partnership with JBGL Builder Finance which subsequently became Greenbrick Partners, Inc., a diversified homebuilding and land development company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “GRBK”. With Green Brick’s financial and operational support, The Providence Group has been able to combine its local expertise with the financial liquidity of a national, public homebuilder. Visit theprovidencegroup.com to learn more.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was largely considered incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80%, and it won't stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes to help doctors and researchers at local hospitals and cancer centers around the world improve the quality of treatment and care for even more children. Because of generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, so they can focus on helping their child live. Visit St. Jude Inspire to discover powerful St. Jude stories of hope, strength, love and kindness. Support the St. Jude mission by donating at stjude.org, liking St. Jude on Facebook, following St. Jude on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok, and subscribing to its YouTube channel.