GwinnettForum | Number 20.47 July 3, 2020
IN A “KIDS HELPING KIDS” operation, the Elisha Winn Society of the Children of the American Revolution of Lawrenceville, collected over 1,400 items, totaling 800 pounds, for the Village of Hope’s summer lunch for kids program, which will feed over 275 students. This was done on the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Children of the American Revolution. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the children and their parents, shown with masks, are not identified. The Philadelphia Winn chapter Daughters of the American Revolution and the Button Gwinnett Sons of the American Revolution partnered with Elisha Winn Society to help feed over 275 students. Additional donations for this critical summer lunch program can be left at the Lawrenceville United Methodist Church, which acts as a hub for Village of Hope.
TODAY’S FOCUS: From U.S. Grant, to the Dixie Chicks, the World Has Gone Crazy
EEB PERSPECTIVE: A Perfect Storm from COVID-19 Resulted in a Changed Primary Election
ANOTHER VIEW: Reflections about Memorial Day and the George Floyd Incident
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful
FEEDBACK: While Reading Ashley Herndon, the Tears Started To Flow
UPCOMING: Gwinnett CARES Act Program Has $20 Million Available
NOTABLE: Arts Organizations in County Get $51,000 from Explore Gwinnett
RECOMMENDED: Book on CD Review: Six Months That Changed the World by Professor Margaret MacMillan
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Drip Irrigation Technique Emits Precise Steady Drip for Crops
MYSTERY PHOTO: For the Fourth of July, Here’s What May Be a Cream Puff Mystery
CALENDAR: Two Farmers Markets in Gwinnett To Be Open This Weekend
From Grant to the Dixie Chicks, the world has gone crazy
By Debra Houston, contributing columnist
LILBURN, Ga. | You’re thinking the world has gone crazy. I wish I could promise it won’t get worse, but this is an election year. From demolishing statues to censorship, it’s all about November.
You’ve got mob rule in the nation, in Seattle and similar chaos in several other Democratically-controlled cities. One can only surmise that Democratic mayors allow anarchism thinking voters will blame President Trump for it. We’ll see.
I’m glad Trump didn’t confront the mobs with military troops. The Dems would have accused him of making war against its own citizens, and though I don’t like deploying the military in that manner, it has precedent.
In 1871 President Ulysses S. Grant sent Federal troops to several Southern states, including South Carolina where the KKK was massacring black families. Grant’s troops saved innumerable lives. Seems like he also believed that black lives mattered. So why would anarchists bring down his statue? He won the Civil War.
Can we still say “Civil War?” If the singing trio Lady Antebellum had to switch their name to “Lady A,” then perhaps we should rebrand the Northern Invasion to “The Unpleasant Conflict of 1861-1865.” Regardless, you’d think Grant had been on the wrong side of history with the disrespect he’s given these days.
The fact that anarchists destroy everything in sight gives us a window into their twisted psyches: They aren’t protesting George Floyd’s death. They’re exploiting it — short term to defeat Trump and long-term to replace our government with Marxism.
But there’s something else happening that we can’t assign the blame to anarchists. Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has issued a warning that henceforth he’s banning ads and posts on his social platform that use hate speech. Considering it’s an election year, some wonder if he initiated the policy to stop Trump ads on Facebook and to silence his voters, because we’re all racists, you see.
But who determines what’s hateful? Zuckerberg says any words that express “contempt, dismissal, or disgust” are aimed at minorities. You can’t disparage a person’s race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, or immigration origin. Police officers aren’t mentioned though they face hate speech and threats of violence daily. They are also depicted as the enemy of blacks.
Politically correct speech sounds sweet, but it’s censorship. And to that point the Dixie Chicks have rebranded to “The Chicks,” even though “Chicks” is sexist. If they take “Chicks” out, there won’t be anything left of them except “The.”
Aren’t they the ones who sang, “Not Ready to Make Nice?”
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Perfect storm from COVID-19 resulted in changed primary
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
JULY 3, 2020 | It was a perfect storm that changed a primary election. If our world had not been in the COVID-19 pandemic, the outcome of the Georgia Primary could have been different.
Here’s why.
Never before have so many Georgians voted by absentee ballot Statewide, there were 1,149,469 absentee ballots cast, according to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. (Poll officials were overwhelmed with counting this many absentee ballots.) Back in 2016, as a comparison, only 36,986 absentee ballots were cast in the primary.
Every time a voter asked for an absentee ballot, that person’s email became available to political campaign managers. And some of these managers knew how to capitalize on this for their candidate.
The upshot was that candidates could communicate directly with the voters, since their emails were of public record. These candidates simply had the emails dumped into their lap, and a few knew how to mine them. Those candidates who used social media for direct contact with the voters ran a campaign like never before. The more traditional campaign manager, who did not think to use social media to promote their candidates, ran a standard “good old boy” campaign, and for the most part, lost.
In Gwinnett, there were 85,600 absentee ballots cast.
Look what happened in the Democratic race for county commission chairman. There were five candidates for that nomination. Nicole Love Hendrickson almost won the race without a runoff, scoring 49.35 percent of the vote. The other candidates trailed dismally, with Lee Thompson getting in the run-off with only 13.85 percent of the vote.
And now Nicole will be the Democratic nominee, as Lee Thompson has announced that he was suspending his campaign and supporting Ms. Hendrickson. Therefore, she can now concentrate on her General Election campaign against Republican David Post.
We talked with Nicole Love Hendrickson recently. She feels that it was social media which gave what even to her was a surprise overwhelming lead in the race. She polled 50,875 votes out of the 103,086 votes cast in this race, meaning she would have to get to 51,544 to win (718 more) without a run-off.
Lee Thompson’s announcement is similar to what happened in Gwinnett in the chairman’s race in 1980. Newcomer Charles Ashworth had the most votes that year but Wayne Mason, who had served for eight years on the Commission, the last four years as chairman, was forced into a runoff with Ashworth. The third candidate in that race was Rex Millsaps. But Mason, seeing the handwriting on the wall ended his campaign without a runoff, and in those heavily Democratic days, giving the chairmanship to Ashworth.
Curt Thompson, who finished third behind Lee Thompson, announced Thursday that he endorses Ms. Hendrickson for the chairmanship.
For the August 11 vote, Gwinnett County will have seven run-off races.
Ms. Hendrickson will be on the ballot for chairman, though she is assured of the nomination.
Other run-offs:
- Democrats: Senate District 41: Kim Jackson (47.1%) faces Mohammed Jahangir Hossain (20.3%.)
- Non-partisan Superior Court: Incumbent Kathy Schrader (37.2%) has as an opponent Deborah R. Fluker (20.2%).
- Democrats: Sheriff: Curtis Clemons (33.1%) faces Keybo Taylor (32.2%).
- Democrats: Tax Commissioner: Tiffany Porter (42.8%) is opposed by Regina M. Carden (37.2%).
- Republicans: District 3 County Commission: Ben Archer (46.3%) and Matt Dereimer (29.4%) oppose one another.
- Democrats: District 3 County Commissioner: Derrick J. Wilson (33.2%) has as his opponent Jasper Warkins III (20.6%).
As they say about runoffs, it’s all according to who can get their voters to return to the polls.
So in Gwinnett, there’s still a lot of voting awaiting us, in this August run-off, and then the 2020 General Election. And don’t discount COVID-19, which might again affect the races.
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Reflections about Memorial Day and George Floyd incident
By Gregg Stopher, contributing columnist
PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. | Oh, the irony! On Memorial Day, the very day we celebrate those who gave their lives so that we Americans could remain free generations hence, The History Channel (now known as simply History) released the first of their three two-hour docuseries on Ulysses S. Grant. If you love history, it is well worth seeking out.
Stopher
And also, this was the day of the infamous George Floyd debacle involving the now-charged Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. The deceased Mr. Floyd is the cause of legislation before Congress that includes his name, although the aging Democratic leaders appear to have difficulty recalling his name. (Maybe I am a little jaded, but shouldn’t you know this gentleman’s name by now?) The very name that set off – and continues to set off – protests that have become co-opted by the Far Left? The same name that caused you to kneel – in Kente cloth – in the Capitol building? (For those uninformed, research “Ashanti tribe” and “slave trading”).
So now what? “Defund the Police”? How is that a winning strategy? Continue to topple statues? Advocate for Rushmore and especially Stone Mountain here in Georgia? Odd goals all, to be sure, but then what?
Once you have wiped out our historical reference points, are books next? So, whoever controls the information pipeline can simply click a button and what you used to see there is no longer there. Is that day upon us?
Was George Orwell actually that prescient? Even now, I recall that from memory, but I always check it one more time to ensure accuracy. What happens when things I am sure I read suddenly disappear? That day is coming.
So back to the crazy (now-half) year of 2020. And by the way, isn’t 20/20 supposed to indicate clarity of vision?
Who could have predicted the last three+ months? From a political perspective, it is fascinating to watch how the turn of events have affected the campaigns. Laying low at his home in Delaware has helped Joe Biden. Never considered one of the brighter bulbs around D.C., “Uncle Joe” is well-liked as an affable older fella, his sniffing routines notwithstanding. He is in the position he currently is in because the bench of the Democratic party suffered rejections at the polls during the Obama years, and Joe became the “safe” choice as compared to Crazy Bernie Sanders. It’s funny how they bounced Bernie, yet his socialistic views are the base of the party now.
On the other hand, President Trump is attempting to jump-start an economy that was humming along pre-March. Some states have decided to live with COVID, and others have pulled back, even neighboring North Carolina. Without New York and California participating, the numbers will not (cannot) get back to three percent growth, even with four months to go before the election. The president continues to be pilloried in the press, and tensions are aflame, according to the media, even though it is not the world I live in.
So…the choice in November will be stark. It will be clear. Maybe 20/20 is applicable after all.
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While reading Ashley Herndon, the tears started to flow
Editor, the Forum:
I am occasionally moved by one or another of the editorials in the GwinnettForum, though I have never been brought to tears. I’m not generally a crier, so perhaps it’s the stress of months of isolation. Or, perhaps Ashley Herndon hit really close to home.
Of course, I’ve visited our battlefields, Gettysburg, Chickamauga; been to Arlington National Cemetery, visited the Vietnam Memorial and the others; Yes, I’ve felt it – sadness, remorse, shame, pride.
The tears came when Ashley mentioned the bullet holes in the walls of Berlin’s Municipal building and yes, I have a piece of the wall. The tears came when I remembered living in Munich in 1949 with the stories-high rubble in the streets and, again, when I remembered our visit to Dachau, with the strange ashes in the strange ovens!
When, as an adult, I remembered the beautiful house we lived in in Berlin in 1950 and wondered whose home it was before the war. They came again, tears, when I remembered the strafing holes in the outer walls of our home in Frankfurt, made by low flying American planes when they took care of IG Farben’s factory and housing during World War II.
I have felt every battle, every protest, every shooting, every cruelty…some with tears, some with anger, most with a sense of frustration. As long as there is hatred, fear, separation and ignorance, there will be tears, and rational humans will feel it. Thank you for reminding us to feel, to think, to care, to act and to hope.
— Keni Woodruff, Lithonia
Another way to promote idea and being safer with masks
Editor, the Forum:
All health experts encourage everyone to wear masks to fight the coronavirus. The President’s supporters seem to be the most reluctant to do so. My suggestion is rather than making the wearing or not wearing a political statement, let’s encourage masks with political statements.
For the Trump supporters, make thousands of red masks with “Keep America Great” on them. Then the President’s supporters can join the rest of us and help fight the spread of the virus.
— John Titus, Peachtree Corners
Dear John: Yes, I agree. We would rather see a slogan on a Trump supporter than no mask at all. Perhaps this new territory for advertising your support might stir even Democrats to wear masks, making us all even more safe.–eeb
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Gwinnett CARES Act program has $20 million available
Gwinnett County Small Business Assistance Program is now accepting applications for $20 million in federal CARES Act grants and loans from for-profit businesses hurt by the pandemic.
The funds are intended to help businesses reopen their doors with such needs as deep cleaning facilities, modifying facilities to accommodate ongoing social distancing, restocking inventory, marketing to their clients, and/or paying staff in advance of reopening and achieving revenue.
The $10 million in grants will be administered by the Gwinnett Community Development Program, and the $10 million in loans will be handled by Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Inc., a federally certified Community Development Financial Institution.
Grants are capped at $75,000. The grants are targeting small businesses that cannot access capital due to their inability to meet minimum underwriting standards. To be eligible for a grant, the applicant needs to be a Gwinnett-based business in operation for more than one year, with up to 200 employees, and have active Georgia Secretary of State filings and organizational documents in good standing.
The SBAP also is offering 36-month term loans between $50,000 and $200,000 with the first nine months of principal and interest payments waived. The loan program is focusing on small businesses that can adapt and continue to generate some sales.
Applicants for the loans need to be businesses with more than two years in operation with up to 500 employees, active Georgia Secretary of State filings and organizational documents in good standing.
Those interested in applying for grants and loans should visit the Small Business Assistance Program page at GwinnettCounty.com to learn about required documentation in advance of the applications being posted. Applications are available at the Small Business Assistance Program page at gcga.us/SmallBizAssist.
CoolRay Field to host Atlanta Braves Taxi Squad
There will be no minor league baseball at Coolray Field this year.
Minor League Baseball, after consultation with Major League Baseball, has determined, because of the continuing pandemic, that there will not be a 2020 season. The Gwinnett Stripers season, which was scheduled to begin play on April 9, has been in a state of postponement due to safety concerns related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Atlanta Braves also announced today that they would be sending their “Taxi Squad” players to Coolray Field in Gwinnett County to practice. The Taxi Squad will be a group of roughly 30 players on the Braves’ expanded roster who will be able to contribute to the Major League club if injuries or other situations arise. It would also allow the team to keep practicing their top prospects, so they do not lose valuable developmental time.
Coolray Field will not be open to the public, so that the highest standard of health and safety protocols will not affect the players and field staff.
Stripers Vice President and General Manager Adam English says: “It’s obviously disappointing that we aren’t able to play a minor league schedule this year at Coolray Field, but the health and safety of our fans, players, and staff is the number one priority of our organization. We are proud to host the return of baseball to Gwinnett with the Braves’ Taxi Squad team, and to continue to work toward 2021.”
Fans with questions about refunds, exchanges, or rolling their balance to the 2021 season can contact the Stripers at striperstickets@braves.com or by calling 678-277-0300. All public events will still need to adhere to local and state COVID-19 safety mandates.
Arts organizations get $51,000 from Explore Gwinnett
Explore Gwinnett is awarding a total of $51,000 in grants to 10 Gwinnett County non-profit arts organizations through the Gwinnett Creativity Fund. These awards will assist organizations in pursuit of their arts-focused mission and help continue operations after experiencing event cancellations and venue closures during the stay-at-home order.
Lisa Anders, Explore Gwinnett executive director, told GwinnettForum that the Gwinnett Creativity Fund dollars are unrestricted hotel motel tax dollars (the first three cents of the hotel motel tax are considered “unrestricted,”) allowing this and other disbursements. “It’s a three year pilot program, and when COVID unexpectedly struck, Explore Gwinnett pivoted the funding to channel the monies to the arts community,” she said.
Organizations receiving grants from the Gwinnett Creativity Fund Operations Grant include:
- Aurora Theatre: ($10,000). More information about Aurora Theatre can be found here.
- Atlanta Harmony Celebration: ($2,500). A cappella chorus, singing in the barbershop style. More information can be found here.
- Broad St. Concert Band at Sugar Hill, Inc.: ($1,500). Formed in 2016,it is a community band for adults. More information can be found here.
- Gwinnett Ballet Theatre: ($5,000). It is one of the oldest non-profit arts organizations in Gwinnett County. More information can be found here.
- Live Arts Theatre Inc.: ($2,500). This is a teaching theatre. More information can be found here.
- North Gwinnett Arts Association: ($5,000) This group brings artists and art lovers to promote the appreciation of local art. More information can be found here.
- Stone Mountain Chorus ($2,000). –The Stone Mountain Chorus, founded in 1981, is a show and competition chorus and is a member chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society. More information about Stone Mountain Chorus can be found here.
- Southeastern Railway Museum: ($7,500). This 35-acre museum in Duluth brings to life the cultural, technological, and historical importance of transportation. More information can be found here.
- Suwanee Performing Arts: ($5,000). This nonprofit community arts provides quality performance opportunities. More information can be found here.
- The Hudgens Center for Art & Learning: ($10,000). This Center brings art lovers, leaders, and learners together. More information can be found here.
Gwinnett Creativity Fund is now accepting applications for Project Grants through July 15, which offers funding for project based arts initiatives in Gwinnett County such as festivals, exhibits, performances or public art. Organizations can view eligibility requirements and apply for the Project Grant here.
George Pierce Park to get $2.55 million in improvements
Improvements to George Pierce Park, including a playground with features for children with disabilities, are in the future after a $2.55 million approval came from the Gwinnett County Commission this week. Construction on the SPLOST-funded project is expected to start this summer and finish in the summer of 2021.
The improvements to come will be on the easternmost part of the park near the adult softball fields. The county is adding restrooms and a playground connected to a wheelchair-accessible woodland trail loop extending up a wooded stream valley. The plan also calls for refurbishment of the existing picnic pavilion.
Community Services Director Tina Fleming added that this area will serve as a trailhead for the southern and future eastern sections of the Ivy Creek Greenway.
The playground includes a house-play area, ADA-accessible swings, a merry-go-round, and a wheelchair-accessible sidewalk leading above the playground to a bridge to the top of the playground tower that allows kids in wheelchairs to gaze down at the playground. It also has slides from the tower to the playground.
Construction on the SPLOST-funded project is expected to start this summer and finish in the summer of 2021.
Gwinnett property tax bills going out a month later this year
The 2020 Gwinnett County property tax bills will be coming to homeowners a month late this year, because of the COVID-10 pandemic. The bills are expected to be mailed in September and are now due in November, a month later than normal.
If your home was sold this year, both the January 1 owner and the new owners will receive a bill. The January 1 owner is responsible to pay the entire year’s taxes, unless the Tax Commissioner’s office receives acceptable proof that the buyer assumed the future liability of taxes – which is different from the proration of taxes on the closing statement. Learn more at GwinnettTaxCommissioner.com/sold.
Book on CD Review: Six Months That Changed the World
From Karen Harris, Stone Mountain: Margaret MacMillan’s lectures describe the events that evolved with the Paris Peace conference and Treaty of Versailles. The key players were President Woodrow Wilson, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and French Prime Minister George Clemenceau. There were many situations to resolve including creating the Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia, and the League of Nations. Other important goals were to end the Austria-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires and to make Germany pay for playing the primary role in the conflicts. Her presentation skills are honed and pull the listener into a world long past that still had scars that were not completely resolved. These dangling problems pointed the way to low level chaos that overtime resulted in World War II. A worthwhile review of Junior High School World History for the adult that wants to crystalize their understanding of these events. The full title is Six Months That Changed the World: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919.
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Drip irrigation technique emits precise drip for crops
(Continued from previous edition)
Another way to irrigate is by drip irrigation. Nearby, in a field of tomatoes, no superstructure of wheels and pipe can be seen. Growing out of holes in a plastic sheet covering the soil, each tomato plant is carefully staked and tied. The plastic cover and staking help to assure that nicely shaped, blemish-free tomatoes, which will be hand picked and boxed as vine ripe, will reach the stores. Beneath the plastic and under a few inches of soil, a one-inch-wide flat tube snakes for 500 feet. Every foot along the way, a tiny hole at the end of a remarkably well-engineered flow path built into the plastic wall emits a precise steady drip. After an hour, two quarts of water have been added right into the root zone of each tomato.
Three times each day, that drip will replace the water that sun and wind and heat pull from the tomato plants. Precisely controlled valves will open flow to the drip tapes and control the pressure of water flowing into each of hundreds of tapes. In response, a well located 100 feet below the ground pumps water through filters to remove any tiny grains of sand that could clog the tubes.
As with center-pivot irrigation, the drip process provides not only water but also dollars. A 125-acre field of drip-irrigated tomatoes will pump $1.5 million into the local economy annually if conditions are right at harvest time. Drip irrigation, one of the fastest-growing methods of irrigation for high-value crops and orchards, is used on about 73,000 acres in Georgia. Because the water is placed directly at the roots, little is wasted in application.
Farmers are not the only ones who benefit from the state’s supplies of water. Growth in Georgia’s largest cities brings a new dimension to irrigation as the population explosion fuels the development of new residential areas, which are created from farm and forest lands. As prosperity grows, homeowners and businesses seek to beautify their surroundings with park-like plantings and large lawns. They also look for recreation at ever-increasing numbers of golf courses and athletic fields. To facilitate the lush growth of lawns, shrubs, trees, and other plants, urban dwellers turn to irrigation and water features in their landscapes.
A green industry has developed to meet this new demand and to establish and protect urban landscapes with a dependable water supply through irrigation. Municipal suppliers of water have responded by increasing infrastructure and impoundments to accommodate the surge of water needed for irrigation during the summer, when water usage typically increases by an extra 50 percent. Though periods of drought have often required that some types of irrigation be curbed, such new methods as Xeriscape gardening, which relies on efficient irrigation practices to conserve water, allow urban dwellers to maintain their landscapes. Irrigation systems will remain a key ingredient in our economy as we gather and distribute water to supplement the state’s abundant rainfall.
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia article online, go to http://georgiaencyclopedia.org
For July 4, here’s what may be a cream puff mystery
Today’s Mystery Photo may be a cream puff to some readers. Just follow your instincts and tell us about this photograph. Send your thoughts to to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.
After
The iconic photograph in the last edition got immediate attention from several of you. Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. send along his touched-up photos showing what happened not long ago to this setting. Thanks, Allan, for this and your identification. The photo came from Sandy and Rick Krause of Lilburn.
Allan told us: “Today’s mystery photo is of the Balanced Rock in Arches National Park, approximately nine miles from the entrance to the park off of Utah Highway 191. Standing at a staggering 128-feet tall, it is worth noting however that, counter to all appearances, the formation is not actually an epic balancing act; in fact, it’s not balanced at all!
Before
“While the Balanced Rock appears to defy gravity today, this won’t always be the case. Eventually, the 3,600-ton boulder will come tumbling down as the erosional process continues to shape the landscape and eat away at the lower Carmel Formation. Ultimately, the fate of Balanced Rock is the same as that of its smaller sibling, the “Chip-Off-the-Old-Block”. Prior to 1975, the Balanced Rock had a smaller brother, called the “Chip-Off-the-Old-Block”. In the winter of 1975-76, the “Chip-Off-the-Old-Block” collapsed, leaving the Balanced Rock all alone to weather wind and storms going forward.
“Check out the attached ‘before’ and ‘after’ pictures of this rock formation. I have edited the mystery photo to highlight where the Chip-Off-The-Old-Block once stood, and have attached an older photograph of this formation taken before 1975.”
Among others spotting the Arches’ Balanced Rock include George Graf of Palmyra, Va., Tom Fort of Snellville, Lou Camerio, Lilburn; Sarah Davis, Lawrenceville; Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; John Titus, Peachtree Corners; and Robert Foreman, Grayson:
ADDENDUM: From Bob Foreman of Grayson we get: “The photo in the last GwinnettForum of the bronze plaque in Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada, next to the sculpture of the two John Hamilton Grays is my photo of the plaque taken in September of 2019. I do not think the title of the plaque ‘John Hamilton Grays’ is incorrect. It is the correct way to use the plural of two names. It could as easily have been titled “The Two John Hamilton Grays.”
Two farmers markets in Gwinnett to be open this weekend
The Lilburn Farmers Market will hold its first in-person market on Friday, July 3 from 4 to 8 p.m. at 1400 Killian Hill Road, Lilburn in the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church parking lot. Stock up for the Fourth of the July with locally grown and produced foods. barbecue, ribs, sausages, and smoked salmon. Tomatoes, corn, peaches, watermelon, hydroponic lettuces, and other farm fresh veggies will tempt your taste buds. Keep social distancing, and please wear masks.
Snellville’s Farmers Market will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 4. It asks that patrons should not enter the market if they are ill. Touchless hand sanitizers will be available at the market entrance. Vendors will be wearing gloves and masks, and patrons are also asked to wear masks, as well as maintain social distancing.
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