SOME 350,000 SOLAR MODULES spread over 1,200 acres in Early County are providing electricity for the Facebook operation in Newton County through Walton Electric Membership Corporation. The massive field generates 102.5 megawatts of solar energy to run the Facebook plant. For more details, see Today’s Focus below.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Walton EMC Flips Switch on Early County Solar Facility for Facebook
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ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s Wishing You a Year of Love, Hope, Faith, and Purpose
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Remembers the Boom Effect Gwinnett Place Once Generated
UPCOMING: Cooper and Company To Build New Libraries in Norcross and Duluth
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners Welcomes Brightree, a Health Care Company
RECOMMENDED: Movie: Fanny and Alexander
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Where Does the Pinckneyville Name Come From? Series Begins
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Train Is Pulling Out…..But Where Pulling Out From?
CALENDAR: Several Authors To Make Presentations in Gwinnett
Walton EMC opens Early County solar facility for Facebook
By Greg Brooks
BLAKELY, Ga. | Facebook’s first solar project in the state of Georgia is now operational in Early County. Facebook representatives joined Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) and Silicon Ranch to “flip the switch” on the 102.5 megawatt (MWAC) solar facility in a special ceremony at the project site recently. State and local officials joined more than 100 guests to help celebrate the milestone.
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Facebook chose Walton EMC as the power supplier for its data center in Newton County when it announced the facility in March 2018. As part of its agreement to supply 100 percent renewable energy for the Newton Data Center, Walton EMC announced a contract in December 2018 with Silicon Ranch, the U.S. solar platform for Shell and one of the nation’s largest independent solar power producers.
The resulting solar project has yielded tangible economic benefits across the state.
To support Facebook’s data center and corresponding investments in Newton County, Silicon Ranch employed more than 675 people in Early County over the past ten months to assemble and install single-axis trackers that utilize NEXTracker’s TrueCapture smart control system. This will enable more than 350,000 solar modules to track the sun from east to west across more than 1,200 acres. The locally-sourced modules were among the first produced by Hanwha Q CELLS at its new manufacturing facility in Whitfield County, which is the largest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.
Governor Brian Kemp was present, and said: “This project is representative of the cooperative approach to economic development across our state that has made Georgia a leader in innovative fields like solar energy. The world-class solar cells manufactured by Hanwha Q CELLS in northeast Georgia and installed at Silicon Ranch’s solar field in Early County are paving the way for leading companies with a focus on sustainability – like Facebook – to find a home in Georgia. That cooperation, facilitated by our outstanding local economic development partners like Walton EMC, is a large part of what has earned Georgia the title of No. 1 State for Business for seven consecutive years, and I am excited for the future of the solar energy industry in our state.”
In addition to sourcing locally-made solar modules, Silicon Ranch has introduced another unique feature for the project in Early County. The solar farm is Silicon Ranch’s first new-build site to incorporate its holistic approach to land management, which it has trademarked as Regenerative EnergyTM. The innovative approach keeps the property in agricultural production, as adaptively-managed grazing livestock, diverse plant life, pollinator habitat, and wildlife work together to revitalize degraded soils, enhance biodiversity, make ecosystems more resilient, improve the watershed, and sequester carbon in the soil.
Walton EMC CEO Ronnie Lee notes: “Less than two years ago, Facebook, Morgan Stanley, and Walton EMC came together to design a landmark energy supply arrangement for Facebook’s Newton Data Center, and today marks an important milestone toward honoring the commitments we made.”
As a tribute to the history of Early County, the project team has named the facility the Bancroft Station Solar Farm in honor of the original name of the local area.
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DEC. 31, 2019 | It’s amazing what the Internet has given us, if nothing more than the ability to produce GwinnettForum twice a week.
Yet at the same time, the Internet has caused changes that have dramatically taken away many of our society’s most cherished institutions.
For instance, we all know that the daily (and some weekly) newspapers are just not what they used to be, directly from an onslaught of the Internet. We all remember the fat editions which used to come to our door, containing page-after-page of department store advertising. However, the loss of department store advertising may stem more from the arrival of the Wal-Mart and other discount stores.
Yet the Internet took away from newspapers much more, from classified advertising, from real estate, automobile, help wanted employment and even “personal” advertisements. You see these listings now more readily available through the Internet. And do you remember those full-page new car advertisements? Gone, for the most part.
So what happened? The shrinking advertising revenue meant reduction in personnel for newspapers, and after that came a reduction in the space for news, meaning fewer pages and a much smaller “news hole.” That led to daily newspapers reducing the geographic area they covered. No longer did the Atlanta newspaper, for instance, seek to cover the state; now it only attempts to produce much-less news for the Metro Atlanta area. But seldom does it really cover this area as before.
Remember when the Atlanta newspapers had a local daily (Gwinnett EXTRA) tucked within the daily newspaper? In most of those days, the AJC was in a fight with the New York Times in Gwinnett. At one time, when Gwinnett had about 400,000 residents, the Gwinnett EXTRA had 47 reporters in the county. Really. I know. And today? With 900,000 people now in Gwinnett, the Atlanta newspaper has only about three reporters in Gwinnett. And you can’t cover the county with so few and put out “complete” coverage!
Meanwhile, the Gwinnett Daily Post struggles with only a few reporters, now publishing only three times a week. The legal advertising is a Godsend keeping it in print.
In Gwinnett there are very few web sites devoted to the county or individual communities. GwinnettForum seeks to provide a window to residents for comment and opinion, plus a few other items,. But our offerings are meager for such a large county. If GwinnettForum was dependent on revenue to feed families, it would not survive. Luckily, a few resolute and forward-thinking companies and individuals help with most of its expenses. We need more underwriting sponsors!
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Here’s wishing you a year of love, hope, faith and purpose
By Debra Houston, contributing columnist
1 Corinthians 13:13: “And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
LILBURN, Ga. | I look back at a harsh year. I lost a brother to bipolar disease. You cannot imagine the heartache and regret involved in such a loss. God is always teaching us and he taught me an earful. A new year approaches. What can we do differently in 2020?
The Apostle Paul offers ideas. First, faith, the foundation of the heart. Prayer is an exercise of faith that reveals our heart. Faith in yourself is worthy to a degree; it creates self-confidence and may lead to self-sufficiency, but you can only carry yourself so far. Idea: Pray for your loved ones.
Secondly, hope, the foundation of our outlook. We must practice it to get out of bed in the morning because we don’t know what lies ahead. It can carry us through dreadful things. To have hope is to have courage. To give hope is to encourage. Idea: Shine light on those who live in darkness and encourage them not to give up.
Then, love. It’s a verb and doesn’t exist in a vacuum. We think of it as a feeling, but what good is it if we don’t practice it? If you share your love, you’ll make sacrifices. Love is the foundation of generosity, which has the power to spread and reciprocate. Idea: Stop texting. Speak directly to your loved ones so they can hear your voice. Tell them you love them.
I’ll add a word of my own: purpose. I believe God chose the date of my birth and holds the date of my death. In-between is my journey. I think we worry more about death than how we spend finite time. We must determine our purpose or else float around like an inner-tube in a pool. It took a while to learn God’s purpose for me, but once I discovered it, I latched onto it.
My mission is to love people, to write, and to teach. Years ago I answered a questionnaire during a Bible study. It asked, “What is God’s purpose for you?” I wrote, “To teach immigrants to speak English.” I don’t know why I scribbled that answer. Would you believe I forgot all about it? Idea: Search for your own purpose.
Then, at a new church, someone asked me to teach English as a Second Language. I’ve taught for five years now, and in the process, stopped judging immigrants as political issues but as human beings with their own journeys. Many are in need of friendship. Some are terribly misinformed. In October a Chinese student, who has lived here ten years, said her daughter was trick-or-treating on Halloween Eve. When I told her children trick-or-treat on Halloween night, her eyes widened. “I have many phone calls to make,” she said.
Recently I came across the questionnaire where I had answered in Bible study. “I want to teach immigrants …” God had opened the door, but I had to step inside. Since then he has reminded me to serve both family and community. Wisdom is a series of hard lessons we learn over time.
May you have a new year filled with love, hope, faith, and purpose. If so, you’ll have unequaled 2020 vision.
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Remembers boom effect Gwinnett Place once generated
Editor, the Forum:
I remember the boom effect Gwinnett Place Mall once generated, having both worked there and shopped as well. The worst thing that could have occurred was as when Mall of Georgia opened and Gwinnett Place became only am afterthought! Oh, how my neighbors, friends and family miss Gwinnett Place Mall.
–Belinda Ford, Duluth
Comment brought back memories of singing Christmas carol
Editor, the Forum:
Thank you for mentioning this Christmas carol (In the Bleak Midwinter). It’s one of my favorites. As a matter of fact, I sang it in choruses many times, the most recent with the Michael O’Neal Singers, where I was a member for several years.
I tried to find a good version of it on YouTube but tired from looking. Even the Atlanta Master Chorale’s version did not satisfy me as it was an unusual arrangement. YouTube is screwed up since Google bought it. They used to provide a right panel with all different versions/different performing groups. Now they have irrelevant other items and I tired of searching.
Singing is very emotional for me. But yes, it is a lot of fun singing in choruses. My list is long, covering a lifetime (in school, college, community). I would sing in another if I could find an excellent community chorus nearby. Eric Nelson at Emory is great, but Emory is too far for me to drive at night now.
— Linda McPherson, Norcross
Danes panicking that English fish may not be available soon
Editor, the Forum:
I roared in irony of a report that Danes are panicking that English fish will not be available to them when Brexit is implemented soon.
Danish Vikings were awarded or ceded Normandy to try to set up a blocking of the invasions from Norse Vikings in the north. All French rivers were being penetrated by Norse men and Rollo got Normandy and the king’s daughter as wife. He made Richard I and second wife, Gunnor, a Dane, produced Emma, who married Athelred II, the Weak. She later married Canute the Great when Athelred II died. The line produces the Victor’s at Hastings, so Danish Vikings inbred with French become Norman conquerors and dominate the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Now the Danes want some fish from people who have close ancestry. And the walls came a tumbling down. One by one the members of European Union will need the lost products from the UK. The UK has a strong hand, but must move spritely to establish trade relations to create stability as quickly as possible. Expect a huge package with the USA, but individual countries in Europe will be reaching out to the UK. On the contrary, citizens and companies in the UK will be reaching out to the EU even to establish citizenship to keep the free travel. Many European countries are calling back their people living in the UK.
Fish is just the beginning of some twisted rocky times as this divorce is settled.
— Byron Gilbert, Duluth
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Cooper and Company to build new libraries in Norcross, Duluth
Two new libraries for Gwinnett County were funded by the Gwinnett County Commission in late December. The new libraries will be in Norcross and Duluth. The contract to build both libraries went to Cooper and Company, General Contractor, which is located in Cumming. The library was designed by CAS Architecture of Lawrenceville.
The Norcross branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library and a parking deck will soon be under construction on a 1.6-acre site located at Buford Highway (U.S. Highway 23) and Britt Avenue near Lillian Webb Park. Gwinnett commissioners earlier this month approved the $12.2 million construction contract, which includes some demolition work.
The 22,000-square-foot library will be about twice the size of the existing library branch located at 6025 Buford Highway. The new facility will feature areas for children, teens and adults, a multi-purpose meeting room, maker spaces and study rooms. The project will also include a pedestrian plaza, parking structure for 134 cars and a drop-off area from Britt Avenue. Parking will be dedicated for library use during regular hours but will otherwise be available to the general public. The project is funded from various SPLOST programs and the city of Norcross.
The downtown Duluth branch library will move from 3480 Duluth Park Lane to 3215 Main Street, virtually across from the Duluth City Hall. The city of Duluth provided 1.9 acres of land for the site while the county added about a half-acre. The county is building and furnishing the structure while Duluth is providing offsite stormwater detention and streetscape improvements. Lord Aeck Sargent of Atlanta designed the library branch, pictured above, to meet LEED certification through the U.S. Green Building Council.
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners awarded the $5 million construction project to Cooper and Company General Contractors, Inc. Construction is estimated to take about 12 months.
The single-story, 22,000-square-foot space will be twice the size of the existing branch, with areas for children, teens and adults, a multi-purpose meeting room, maker spaces and study rooms. The County is funding the design and construction with revenue from the 2014 and 2016 SPLOST programs.
Peachtree Corners welcomes Brightree
At the ribbon cutting as Brightree arrived in Peachtree Corners were Matt Mellott, CEO of Brightree, Mayor Mike Mason and Council members Phil Sadd, Weare Gratwick, Lorri Christopher plus State Representative from District 95, Beth Moore.
Brightree, a cloud-based health care company, celebrated the opening of its new 60,500 square-foot headquarters in Peachtree Corners’ Technology Park Atlanta.
The 1970s-era three-story office building, formerly occupied by Honeywell, Inc., was completely renovated and now features open-layout work areas, gathering spaces and an outdoor amenity space for its 160-employee work force and guests. The company was previously located in Duluth.
Matt Mellott, CEO of Brightree, says: “When considering a new location for our headquarters, we were won over by the vibrant technology community of Peachtree Corners. The recently opened Curiosity Lab, in particular, has generated a powerful synergy that speaks to the collaborative values of the companies and people here. We are thrilled to be part of the Peachtree Corners business community and believe this will play a significant role in our next chapter of growth and innovation.”
Peachtree Corners Mayor Mike Mason says: “We are happy to welcome Brightree. Technology Park Atlanta has become a thriving center that attracts modern technology-based businesses. Brightree’s relocation here is further proof that Technology Park is becoming the innovative hub we imagined just five years ago.”
Brightree’s grand opening capped off a year that has brought in a number of new businesses that have purchased or leased space in Peachtree Corners’ 500-acre Technology Park/Atlanta.
Local barbershop chorus installs Siegel as new president
The Stone Mountain Barbershop Chorus installed its 2020 slate of officers at the annual installation and awards banquet recently.
Serving the chapter in 2020 are President Robert Siegel of Atlanta; Executive Vice President and VP of Music and performance Lynn Trapp of Clarkston; VP of Membership Recruiting Bill Rigdon of Johns Creek; VP of Programs David Southern of Norcross; Treasurer Greg Arthur of Lilburn; and Secretary and Dixie District Delegate Bob Shurbutt of McDonough. Board members include Bruce Adams of Loganville, Phil Guy of Lilburn, Dennis Walker of Lawrenceville and John Gordon of Grayson. The Immediate Past President is Bill Banks of Suwanee.
The group will begin its 2020 performance calendar under the musical leadership of chorus director Ben McDaniel of Woodstock. The groups’ Spring concert will be April 25, at Mountain Park United Methodist Church.
The Stone Mountain Chorus invites interested men to visit a regular rehearsal meeting each Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Peachtree Corners Baptist Church. Call the chorus information line at 770-978-8053 or visit the chorus web site at www.stonemountainchorus.org for more information.
Movie: Fanny and Alexander
From Karen Harris, Stone Mountain: I discovered Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander in 1984 when working at the Ponce de Leon Branch of the Atlanta Fulton Public Library. This long (318 minutes) film is a look into the life and times of the artistic and eccentric Ekdahl Family in Sweden (no city named!) I have watched this film every Christmas since I purchased it in 2009 after countless check outs from the library! Each view is a deepening of my dive into imagination, lust for living and the move from ecstasy to anguish and back again to ecstasy and renewal. Worth a look if you have not seen it!
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Where did Pinckneyville get its name? From which Pinckney?
Editor’s Note: Where did Gwinnett County the name of the Pinckneyville voting precinct come from? Historians will tell you that it comes from the Revolutionary War Pinckney family of Charleston, S.C. But there is a problem. There was Charles Pinckney, and there was his cousin, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and records do not indicate which invested in land on the frontier of Georgia in the late 1700s. So today we begin a series of articles on the two Pinckneys from the South Carolina Encyclopedia. We begin with Charles Pinckney, who is important because he’s the person who put into the U.S. Constitution that there should be no religious test for holding office in the United States. He owned the Snee Farm near Charleston, S.C., and his former plantation is a national landmark. —eeb)
Charles Pinckney
Charles Pinckney was a planter, legislator, governor, statesman. He was born in Charleston on October 26, 1757, the son of Charles Pinckney and Frances Brewton. Little is known of his childhood. In 1773, while still in his teens, he enrolled in the Middle Temple in London, but the Revolution prevented him from attending. As a result, he received most of his education in Charleston, first under the tutelage of Dr. David Oliphant and later in the law office of his father.
In 1779 Pinckney entered public service as a representative to the General Assembly from Christ Church Parish, home of his family’s country estate, Snee Farm. During the Revolution he joined the Charleston militia and saw action at the siege of Savannah (September–October 1779) and was captured at the fall of Charleston in May 1780. After being confined on board the prison ship Pack Horse, Pinckney was eventually paroled in a general prisoner exchange in the summer of 1781. Following his release, he went to Philadelphia. After his father died in September 1782, Pinckney returned to South Carolina the following year to assist his mother in settling the estate and to resume his political career. In 1784 Pinckney re-entered the General Assembly and, later that year, was elected to the Confederation Congress.
In Congress, Pinckney quickly made a name for himself. He became friends with James Monroe and served with the Virginian on a committee responsible for presenting Thomas Jefferson’s ordinances regarding the Northwest Territory. Pinckney also spoke forcefully regarding negotiations with Spain, stressing that securing navigation rights to the Mississippi River for the United States was imperative to southern interests. In 1786 Pinckney was one of three members appointed to persuade the New Jersey assembly to pay their share of Confederation taxes. In his address, Pinckney suggested that if they did not agree with the operation of the government, they should call a convention to try to make necessary improvements.
(To be continued)
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This train is pulling out, but from where?
Let’s rate this edition’s Mystery Photo as slightly easy. Figure out where it is and send your answers to elliott@brack.net, with your hometown.
The last edition photo came from Dr. Brendan Keith of New York City, via Susan McBrayer.
George Graf, Palmyra, Va. was in first with the recent Mystery Photo answer, recognizing the Christmas tree at the Grand Place, Brussels, Belgium. He sent in some added information about the area:
- The Brussels’ International Airport is the world’s largest chocolate selling point.
- Europe’s oldest shopping arcades, the “Galeries St. Hubert”, was opened in 1847 in Brussels.
- Brussels has 138 restaurants per square mile.
- The world’s deepest swimming pool, reaching 35 metres in depth, can be found in Brussels. It is a practice ground for scuba divers. Funny enough, it’s name is Nemo33.
- Brussels has a French fries museum! A fries museum!!!! “Yay!.”
Also recognizing the photo were Jo Shrader of Suwanee, who said: “The Brussels Christmas tree is a Christmas tree erected annually in the Grand Place, Brussels, Belgium. It has traditionally been a real tree either from the Ardennes forest, from the city of Helsinki or from different countries as diplomatic gifts, except in 2012 when it was replaced with an abstract sculpture.
Others recognizing it include Jim Savadelis, Duluth; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; and Robert Foreman, Grayson.
Allan Peel, San Antonio, Tex., added: Today’s mystery photo is a picture of the decorated Christmas tree in front of the Brussels Town Hall at Grand-Place in Brussels, Belgium. Every year as the Christmas Holiday season approaches, the city of Brussels installs a large, lighted Christmas tree in the middle of the square, and puts on an hourly show of lights and sounds during the evenings.
“But the history of this square is far from glorious and happy, as it witnessed many tragic events unfold during its long history. In 1523, the first Protestant martyrs Henri Voes and Jean Van Eschen were burned by the Inquisition on the square. Forty years later, the Counts of Egmont and Horn, who had spoken out against the policies of King Philip II in the Spanish Netherlands, were beheaded in the square, triggering the beginning of William of Orange’s armed revolt against Spanish rule. In more modern times, as refugees flooded Brussels at the start of World War I, the Grand-Place was filled with military and civilian casualties. The Town Hall served as a makeshift hospital until August 20, 1914 when the occupying German army arrived at the Grand Place and set up field kitchens.
“Turning back now to happier times, if the readers of the Gwinnett Forum would like to see the 360° holiday light show at the Grand-Place for themselves, they can do so from the comfort of their own living rooms! Just check out the webcam online here: http://www.brussels.be/webcam-grand-place/.
“While the webcam is operational 24/7, you should check out the cam during the showtimes for the light show itself, a spectacular event where the facades of the buildings around the Grand-Place dance with colorful lights. The eight-minute shows start locally on the hour, every hour, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. (10:30pm on Fridays & Saturdays) from Nov. 29, 2019 to Jan. 5, 2020. Don’t forget that the square is in the GMT+1 time zone, which is 6-hours ahead of the local time in Georgia. That said, it also seems that the cam feed has a built in 30-minute delay (probably for security reasons), so it would be best to check the cam feed on the half-hour marks. Check it out and enjoy!”
Meet the writing duo of Iris and Roy Johansen at Peachtree Corners City Hall on Tuesday, January 7 for wine and dessert. This is presented by Gwinnett County’s Public Library. The couple will discuss their new book, Hindsight. The event is free and open to the public. Books will be for sale and signing.
Meet Tax Commissioner Richard Steele, bring your questions, and get the inside scoop on all things Tax and Tag.
- How to save time and money on your vehicle tags;
- How to minimize your property taxes;
- Why your neighbor, with the same home, might pay less or more in property taxes;
- What you can do online or on your phone – and how; and
- Why sellers receive a tax bill and could be liable for the full year’s taxes (don’t let that be you!).
This talk takes place on Thursday, January 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Gwinnett County Public Library Suwanee Branch, 361 Main Street. It is free and open to the public.
Meet New York Times Bestselling author Brad Taylor on Saturday, January 11 at 7 p.m. at the Peachtree Corners Branch Library. He is the NYT bestselling author of over 13 novels. His latest action-packed thriller is Hunter Killer. Autographed books will be for sale.
Bestselling authors Karen White, Lauren Willig, and Beatriz Williams have teamed up again to write a collaborative novel about three women who find refuge at Paris’ legendary Ritz hotel during the dark days of two World Wars through the turbulent years of the 1960s. If you loved The Forgotten Room and The Glass Ocean, you’ll love All The Ways We Said Goodbye even more! Join Gwinnett County Public Library for this author program on Monday, January 13 at 7:30 pm at Georgia Gwinnett College, Kaufman Library Building L, Heritage Room, third floor. Visitor parking is located at Lot 3000 off of Lonnie Harvel Boulevard in Lawrenceville 30043.
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