THE FEDERAL OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROGRAM is a new community and economic development tool that aims to drive long-term private investment into low-income communities throughout the country. Here are the opportunity zones in the Gateway85 CID. The program encourages investors with recently realized capital gains to invest in local businesses, real estate, or development projects in exchange for a reduction in their tax obligations. Recently, the Internal Revenue Service released its second round of regulations on investing in areas designated as economically distressed under the Federal Opportunity Zone Program, with the new rules providing greater flexibility for leased properties. Read more about the different types of opportunity zones on Gateway85 CID’s website here.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Great Little Minds Program Seeks Early Reading Enrichment
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Yes, Indeed, Government at the Local Level Is Shining Again
ANOTHER VIEW: Comparing President’s Statements with Those of Health Officials
SPOTLIGHT: Agrisel USA Inc
FEEDBACK: Questions Our Government Bailing Out Airlines and Banks
UPCOMING: CIDs To Zoom Air Live Forum in County Commission Chair Race
NOTABLE: Two PCOM Students Enjoy Medical Rotation…at the State Capitol
RECOMMENDED: This Could Hurt by Jillian Medoff
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Cobb Native James McRae Was Studio Artist for 60 Years
MYSTERY PHOTO: Military Scene Is Offering for This Issue’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Red Cross Continues To Need Blood Donations during Pandemic
Great Little Minds program seeks early reading enrichment
By Katie S. Gill
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. | Gwinnett Reading Exchange and Art Transforms (G.R.E.A.T.) Little Minds program is an early learning program of the Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services. G.R.E.A.T. Little Minds is designed to inspire the love of reading, provide access to children’s early learning books, and encourage appreciation for public art in Gwinnett County. With the help of our community partners and sponsors, we have built 150 book exchanges and have enlisted local artists to create visually appealing book exchanges to be placed where books are scarce in Gwinnett County.
Gill
G.R.E.A.T Little Minds is needed in Gwinnett County because only 48 percent of students entering Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) are ready for kindergarten curriculum. In fact, 44 of 80 GCPS elementary schools have over 50 percent of their students arriving who have not yet mastered PRE-K standards.
Many of these young children are arriving to kindergarten as much as 18 months to two years developmentally and academically behind. Once behind, without costly interventions, kindergarteners fall further and further behind their grade-level peers making it nearly impossible to catch up by third grade. Children who do not read proficiently by the end of third grade are four to six times more likely to leave school without a diploma.
Research shows that early language exposure sets the foundation for cognitive ability, literacy, and school readiness, and it is the strongest predictor of third grade reading proficiency. The most successful way to improve the reading achievement of children is to increase their access to books. Yet, a significant number of Gwinnett County children are growing up in homes without books.
Together, with our partners and sponsors, the G.R.E.A.T Little Minds program promotes early learning and fights illiteracy by encouraging reading and allowing free access to books where they are needed. Mark Daniel, with Books by the Pound in Lawrenceville, says, “We’re committed to fighting illiteracy, and this project is in line with our goals.”
Keith Parker, president and CEO of Goodwill of North Georgia, says: “Stimulating and strengthening the minds of our youth at an early age makes it that much easier for Goodwill to help people not only find a job but a better job and then a career. G.R.E.A.T. Little Minds is preparing our children for the future.”
Currently, we are seeking site-placement suggestions and stewards. Site placements are areas in the community where children can easily access the G.R.E.A.T Little Minds book exchanges and also, where the community believes this site placement will make a great impact towards early learning. Stewards can be individuals, families, or organizations. The primary role of a G.R.E.A.T. Little Minds Steward is to care for the book exchange so that it becomes and continues a long life as a vital, engaging resource for the neighborhood or community. Stewards are the key local contacts for each book exchange.
Do you have a site suggestion or are you interested in becoming a steward? Please contact us at greatlittleminds@gwinnettcoalition.org or visit our website gwinnettcoalition.org/great-little-minds for more information.
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Yes, indeed, government at the local level is shining again
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
APRIL 17, 2020 | An old adage is that government at the local level is the best government.
That’s been seen recently in the way governments at the different levels have handled the COVID-19 pandemic.
Government at the city and county level, in general, sought swifter action in putting emergency rules in place to fight COVID-19. Across the nation, these county and municipal governments have been urging governors to move faster in keeping citizens at home, and to shut down normal business operations.
Many governors seemed to resist the recommendations from the lower governments. Several states have no stay at home policy at all. Governor Kristi Noem, a South Dakota Republican, said statewide orders would limit the rights of individuals in her state. Arkansas and Alabama are among other states not ordering social distancing. Governor Brian Kemp’s slow ordering has given Georgia a “D” rating for social distance actions.
Finally, ever so slowly, the governors eventually made their moves in most states. Some states, such as Arkansas, held back. You wonder if we will see the spread of COVID-19 continue longer in these non-complying states than in others. Meanwhile, the Federal Government, led by President Trump, was maintaining the COVID-19 was not such a threat, and saying this would soon pass.
Again, the lower level governments (the states) were looking out better for their people than the higher federal government, as shown by President Trump.
Meanwhile, at the same time, President Trump was attempting to take advantage of the pandemic by holding daily televised briefings. These soon fell into nothing less than campaign rallies by the president, with little news out of them. The president continued to denigrate people across the land, including his own staff, on the way they handled the crisis. He, of course, felt no fault.
One governor who has been most vocal in warning about the COVID-19 problem is New York’s Andrew Cuomo. His state has been the hardest hit and is the epicenter of the virus. As early as March 7, Cuomo declared an emergency in New York.
The COVID-19 virus has seen great leadership from leaders in many states. California and Washington took early measures. The mayor of San Francisco, Calif., London Breed, was among the first to see how no action could help spread the virus faster. So, on March 12, she ordered San Francisco schools to close and people to stay at home, and it’s still in place.
Showing even more leadership later on, Governor Cuomo now is looking forward to the pandemic peaking. He is already working with other governors of northeastern states to plan how to proceed in returning their states to more normal, at the appropriate time when the virus shows major signs of declining.
It all adds up for a new distinction for local and state governments, while the federal government and President Trump give conflicting information and poor leadership.
That simple, lowest level of government, is coming through this crisis beautifully.
Give Yourself a treat, and at the same time, help the local economy. Order takeout from one of your favorite restaurants. Many are open and will appreciate your business. It’ll award your favorite chef for being open during this pandemic. And you get a tasty meal out of it, right in your home.
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Comparing president’s statements to health officials’ words
By Jack Bernard, contributing columnist
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. | Gwinnett County is fortunate to have strong local leadership. Even before the Governor’s “shelter in place’ order, the BOC issued an ordinance restricting contact, the best way to slow the virus. Similar leadership is completely lacking at the national level. For months, Trump told us that COVID-19 was not a problem.
Remember America’s cold war civil defense “duck and cover” instructions for nuclear attack? Sure, you avoid flying glass. But that won’t do much good if the bombs dropped in your lap, like COVID-19. But politicians telling kids to “duck and cover” made the public feel like something was being done.
And, that was the early reaction of Trump to COVID-19, voluntarily duck and cover. COVID-19 will be gone, sooner rather than later. We will all be going to church by Easter! Right. Until March 17 when Trump strangely said he knew it was “a pandemic, long before it was called a pandemic.”
But let’s not forget what he completely failed to do in the months from December, when COVID-19 was discovered in China, until his belated awakening in mid-March. Let’s briefly compare what Trump had to say in January, February and March versus Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Health, our nation’s leading authority on infectious diseases, and others.
In January, when interviewed at the World Economic Forum, President Trump said: “It’s going to be just fine. We have it (COVID-19) totally under control.” (CNBC, 1-22-20).
While Dr. Fauci stated: “It’s tough to predict ultimately where it will go; But we have to take it very seriously.” And the Center for Disease Control Dr. Nancy Messonnier, stated: “We do expect additional cases in the United States and globally.” (CNN, 1-20/21-20)
In February President Trump said (per CNBC, 3-17-20): “One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”; “This is their (Democrats) new hoax”; “we’re in very good shape.”
While Dr. Fauci stated: “I can see that the virus and the pattern of disease continues to accelerate.” (Journal of the American Medical Association video, 2-6-20); and a pandemic is “on the verge of happening reasonably soon unless containment is more successful” (CBS;2-16-20).
In early March, President Trump falsely stated: “anyone who wants a test can get a test.”(New York Times, 3-7-20). Trump believed the death rate would be “a fraction of 1%” (Fox, 3-4-20) and compared Covid-19 to the flu.
Meanwhile, Dr Fauci stated “It’s 10 times more lethal than the seasonal flu.” (Fox, 3-10-20) and “The potential global public health threat posed by this virus is high” (Congress, 3-3-20).
President Trump’s position didn’t change until the stock market crash made him realize that the financial markets weren’t buying his misleading fantasy. On March 13 the president declared a “national emergency” but also stated: “I don’t take responsibility at all” for his prior inaction.
I suppose that’s what we get when we elect a narcissistic, compulsive liar and reality show host to run the world’s greatest power.
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Questions our government bailing out airlines and banks
Editor, the Forum:
Let me be down as absolutely, diametrically, 100 percent opposed to any corporate bailout for banks and airlines. (I’m not really excited about any corporate welfare, but financial aid to these two industries really hits me the wrong way.)
Airlines have been operating like flying cattle cars for years, squeezing as many people as possible into as small a space as possible, reducing service frequently, and assessing charges for everything except air (and they’d charge for that, if they could find a way to do it.) They’ve been racking up record profits for years, especially since the number of major carriers has been reduced from 12 to four.
The only way I’d approve any kind of bailout for the airline industry would be if it came along with pre-1977 style regulation. Fares would be regulated, passenger comfort – and rights – would be protected.
It will behooves an industry that has treated the traveling public like dirt to expect that same public to use its tax dollars to pull its chestnuts out of the fire.
Personally, I think they should be allowed to go bankrupt. Perhaps the purchasers of the properties at the bankruptcy auction would operate them in a more responsible manner.
As for banks: they were bailed out to the tune of billions of dollars about ten years ago and they spent it buying back their shares, raising executive compensation to obscene levels, and generally using it to increase their share value, not to provide a cushion for any future calamity such as this.Meanwhile, they’ve lobbied – with remarkable success – to reduce and/or eliminate banking regulations that protected the public from their shenanigans.
Again – any relief to them should come with heavy regulations, beginning with the reinstatement of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, and adding regulations from there.
Fool me twice – shame on me.
I believe the management of these two industries should have to get permission from regulators to do so much as go to the restroom.
— Robert H. Hanson, Loganville
AJC lost power, influence with decision not to endorse
Editor, the Forum:
Let me agree with you that the Atlanta Journal-Constitution surrendered a lot of power and influence along with performing a great service to the community by not endorsing candidates since 2008. Many people don’t know the candidates, especially down the ballot, and therefore need some help from journalists that know the field either from interviewing or reporting..
— George Wilson, Stone Mountain
Dear George: Thanks. GwinnettForum will make its recommendations on which candidate to vote for, in every local and state race, in the May 19 issue. –eeb
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CIDs to air live Zoom forum in county commission chair race
[Updated since original publication] The five Gwinnett County Community Improvement Districts (CID), Gateway85, Gwinnett Place, Evermore, Lilburn and Sugarloaf, will be hosting a virtual online (via Zoom) candidate forum from 6 – 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22, for the Gwinnett County Commission Chairman seat being vacated by Charlotte Nash.
The event, originally scheduled to be held at The Global Mall, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the state-wide shelter-in-place executive order issued in mid-March. However, the CIDs felt that it was important for Gwinnett County citizens to learn more about the candidates looking to fill the position that Charlotte Nash has held since 2011.
The online forum will be conducted via Zoom and livestreamed on Facebook. The event will feature seven of the eight candidates who have confirmed their participation, including George Awuku, Nicole Love Hendrickson, Andy Morgan, Marcia Neaton, Desmond Nembhard, David Post, Curt Thompson and Lee Thompson.
The event will be moderated, and candidates will be allotted time to answer questions covering transportation, redevelopment, security and more. Viewers may also submit questions via the Zoom chat option or in the Facebook Live comments. The public can register to watch the forum by clicking here.
GGC to offer B.S. in health sciences this fall
In response to the community’s need for skilled health professionals, Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) will offer a Bachelor of Science degree in health sciences, beginning fall 2020.
The new bachelor’s program will offer two concentrations. The patient navigator track will provide students with skills to guide patients through treatment plans, identify and connect patients with community resources, and collaborate with other health care professions in the development, implementation and evaluation of the patient’s plan of care. When implemented, GGC will be one of only three institutions in the country that offer a bachelor’s degree with a patient navigator concentration.
Students studying in the public health concentration will gain skills to address the health-related problems of individuals in the school, workplace or various community environments, collaborate with local, regional and national health care agencies to foster health and wellness in communities, and contribute public health knowledge and skill in pandemic and disaster events.
Georgia Gwinnett College names Oliver as education dean
New leadership, an innovative strategic plan and solid community partnerships attracted Dr. Bernard Oliver to Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC). After completing a nationwide search, Oliver has been named dean of GGC’s School of Education. Oliver begins his new role July 1.
Oliver
Oliver comes to GGC from Valdosta State University where he has been a professor and dean of the James L. and Dorothy H. Dewar College of Education and Human Services. In that role, he oversaw the accreditation of the college and led its restructuring efforts. Oliver provided leadership in implementing and developing strategic plans and initiatives, diversity and school-university partnerships and student success initiatives, focusing on student retention and recruitment.
Before his time at Valdosta State, Oliver was a professor and dean of education at the United Arab Emirates University, where he led more than 60 faculty and staff members as he oversaw accreditation initiatives, established research centers and national conferences and strengthened partnerships with national and international agencies.
Oliver spent time at the University of Florida, Washington State University, St. Cloud State University and Syracuse University. He was dean and the University of Missouri-Kauffman endowed chair, professor and director of the Center for Educational Partnerships at University of Missouri-Kansas City. His K-12 experience includes a leadership role at Virginia Beach City Public Schools as assistant superintendent for high schools. He had teaching and coaching roles at Jefferson Union High School District in Daly City, California, and Aragon High School in San Mateo, California.
A California native, Oliver earned his bachelor’s degree from California State University Hayward and his master’s and doctoral degrees from Stanford University.
Two PCOM students enjoy medical rotation … at state capitol
Two PCOM Georgia Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) students recently completed a four week public policy rotation with the Medical Association of Georgia (MAG). Vash Patel (DO ’20) and Yassmin Shariff (DO ’20) spent their time under the Georgia State Capitol’s “Gold Dome” meeting with state legislators about a wide variety of healthcare policies.
Donald J. Palmisano, Jr, executive director of MAG, said, “It was a real honor and a pleasure working with Yassmin and Vash during their MAG rotation. I have a greater sense of optimism knowing that we have medical students in Georgia who have a genuine interest in the overall healthcare system and who understand the vital role that organizations like MAG play when it comes to the state’s practice environment and the policy-making process.”
Patel said he enjoyed the rotation because it was different than any other rotations he’s completed in the past. “I don’t have a background in healthcare policy and I know about as much as the next med student,” he said, “But I knew health care was a central debate in the upcoming national elections so it just made sense to try and understand the minutia.”
Shariff said, “I applied for the rotation to learn more about health policy and how I as a future physician can make a more direct impact. I think my short time with MAG at the state capitol gave me a lot more tools to be a strong advocate for patients.”
The two discussed their experience following HB 888, a bill initiated in the state House of Representatives that is aimed at eliminating “surprise billing.” They had the opportunity to see the bill’s verbiage change week to week and to understand who was pushing the changes.
Palmisano was complimentary of Shariff and Patel. “They represented PCOM and their fellow medical students in exemplary ways, and I am confident that they’re going to be delivering some excellent patient care for many years to come,” he said. “The future of the medical profession in Georgia is clearly in good hands.”
Snellville gets grant for linking The Grove, T.W. Briscoe Park
Snellville has been awarded $385,000 in Community Development Block Grant Program funds for the Briscoe Trail sidewalk construction project which will link The Grove at Towne Center with T.W. Briscoe Park.
The Briscoe Trail sidewalk will be a 5,000-linear-foot connection between T.W. Briscoe Park, U.S. Highway 78, nearby neighborhoods and the planned Towne Center trail system, which will run through the Historic Cemetery and behind the office parks on Wisteria Drive. The city will be providing $68,000 for engineering design and construction supervision. The Briscoe Trail sidewalk will connect with the planned trail system to be constructed in the Towne Center area via an existing sidewalk which begins at the Snellville City Hall and Senior Center complex on Oak Road.
Construction on the The Grove at Towne Center is scheduled to begin this summer. When completed, The Grove will offer high-quality apartments, a parking deck, City Market, the Elizabeth Williams Public Library and numerous dining and shopping options.
Norcross partners with restaurants to offer meals
The City of Norcross along with Global Mall and Walia Hospitality Group (including Café Bombay, Masti and Ashiana restaurants) are working to provide free meals to local citizens fighting the economic effects of COVID-19. A special initiative of Mayor Newton’s, the effort began April 15, with pickup available via drive-through in the Global Mall parking lot off Jimmy Carter Boulevard.
Up to 500 freshly cooked meals will be provided each day to anyone in need of help. Distribution will take place three days a week via drive-through in the parking lot of the Global Mall, located at 5675 Jimmy Carter Blvd. Pickup will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on the following days:
- Week 1: April 15th, 17th, and 19th
- Week 2: April 22nd, 24th and 26th
- Week 3: April 29th, May 1st and May 3rd
- For questions, call 770-416-1122.
This Could Hurt by Jillian Medoff
From Karen Harris, Stone Mountain: This is a portrait of life in a corporate setting replete with all its complexities. Friendships that skirt boundaries, theft, and the race to grasp illusive success. Rosa Guerrero is chief of Human Resources at a research firm. Each of her team are talented, though each has what can be an area of vulnerability that can undermine their goals. All depend upon Rosa to support, nurture and sustain them as they make their way in this world. When a health crisis derails Rosa, each must put aside their individual differences, micro aggressive comments and fears with the sole goal of keeping the company afloat and minimize any attempt to marginalize Rosa’s role as HR Chief. The story grabs the reader on the first page and though almost too true to life it is a read that includes anecdotes that will resonate with readers especially those who work in such settings.
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Cobb native McRae was studio artist for 60 years
Painting by McRae
James McRae was born on March 24, 1924, in Marietta to Ruth Leola Campbell and Fred Hampton McRae. His father was a stone carver, and his mother was an accomplished traditional handcrafter.
McRae spent much of his childhood at his grandparents’ farm in Marietta, and the animals there became regular subjects in his later works of art. After his family moved to Atlanta, McRae was able to earn money selling portraits, though he lacked any formal training at the time.
McRae joined the U.S. Navy in 1943, during World War II (1941-45). He was honorably discharged in early 1946 and entered the Atlanta College of Art on the GI Bill. There he learned the skills crucial to his future success as a portrait painter, commercial artist, illustrator, and cartoonist. McRae eventually abandoned commercial work in favor of painting and worked as a studio artist for nearly 60 years.
McRae is remembered as an inventive painter who focused primarily on figurative painting. His work is held in museums and collections worldwide. McRae continued painting until two weeks before his death on December 7, 2010. His acrylic painting Shapes and Sky is part of Georgia’s State Art Collection.
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Military scene is offering for this issue’s Mystery Photo
Today’s Mystery Photo may be rather easy, and it tells quite a story. Figure out this mystery, and send your idea to elliott@brack.net, with your hometown. Last issue we did not identify who sent in the Trafalgar Square photo. It was Cindy Evans of Duluth.
Quite a few people pinpointed the most recent Mystery Photo, sent in by Ginger Spradley of Lilburn. George Graf of Palmyra, Va. wrote: “Grand-Pre Memorial Chapel and statue of Longfellow’s Evangeline at the Grand-Pré National Historic Site of Canada, Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. The Memorial Chapel Grand-Pre is one of the best examples of a structure built to present and commemorate the Acadian expulsion as popularized in the poem of Evangeline by Henry Wordsworth Longfellow. The Grand-Pre site is commonly accepted as the location where the Acadians were held before the deportation. The site is also associated with the historian John Frederic Herbin, who formed the Grand-Pre Preservation-Restoration and Acadian-Longfellow Memorial Movement, with the aim of purchasing the present site and developing it as an Acadian memorial.”
Jim Savadelis, Duluth, said: “Today’s picture is the Covenanter Church, Grand-pre National historic site in Kings County, Nova Scotia. Translated from the French, the name means Great Meadow.’”
Others with the right answer were Lou Camerio, Lilburn; Jo Shrader, Suwanee; Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill; and Harriett Nicholls, Mountain Park.
Lee Klaer of Duluth wrote of the significance: “Evangeline, a Tale of Arcadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published in 1847, is a poem that follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the expulsion of the Acadians. It’s based on a true story of Emmeline Labiche and her love, Louis Acceneaux, who were separated when the British invaded Nova Scotia in 1755. It is estimated that more than 6,000 Acadians were deported. They were attracted to Louisiana due to familiarity of language, and many thrived in their new location after arriving penniless.”
“My wife and I visited this church in August, 2006 and were absolutely enamored by its beauty and fascinated by the history and subsequent folklore of the banishment and deportation of the Acadians by the British during the French and Indian War. We were enamored so much by this that when we took our first road trip from Atlanta to Texas in March 2011, we made sure to stop in St. Martinsville, Louisiana to see the famed ‘Evangeline Oak Tree’, named for the heroine of the poem ‘Evangeline‘, written and published by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1847.”
Red Cross needs blood donations during pandemic
The American Red Cross will be conducting several blood drives at Gwinnett County parks in April. The appointments range from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on the following dates and locations:
- Shorty Howell Park Activity Building in Duluth | April 22, 23, 28, and 29
- Rhodes Jordan Park Community Recreation Center in Lawrenceville | April 21 and 28
- Bethesda Park Senior Center in Lawrenceville | April 21, 27, and 28
- Lilburn Activity Building in Lilburn | April 22 (noon to 6:00pm)
Schedule a Red Cross blood donation appointment at rcblood.org/appt, or download the Blood Donor App and use sponsor code GCPR.
Snellville Farmers’ Market will have a special Drive-Through on April 18 from 10 a.m. until noon. All customers will be required to remain in their vehicles. They will be directed to drive alongside the booths and you may stop and either pick up orders (if you have pre-ordered) or tell the vendor what you wish to purchase. You will not be allowed to get out of your vehicle and/or touch any of the items for sale.
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