Lilburn CID is getting a $1 million grant from the State Road and Tollway Authority awarded from the Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank. The grant will help complete the Bryson Park/Hood Road Realignment at Lawrenceville Highway project, realigning the Lilburn School Road and Jennifer Drive, which currently form separate, stop-controlled intersections with Lawrenceville Highway. The goal will be to remove both intersections, allowing the two roads to intersect and form a new roundabout on Bryson Park property.
A third leg of the roundabout will be built to intersect with Lawrenceville Highway and align with Hood Road to the south. Installation of a traffic light at this third leg will also eliminate three separate stop-controlled intersections. This project will improve mobility and access to Lawrenceville Highway as well as provide significant safety benefits.
Lawrenceville updates its false alarm ordinance
The Lawrenceville City Council has approved an update to its false alarm ordinance. It will go into effect on Dec. 1, 2021. Fines for excessive false alarms will begin on June 1, 2022.
The purpose of the False Alarm Ordinance is to encourage alarm owners and alarm companies to properly use and maintain operational effectiveness of monitored alarm systems in order to improve the reliability of alarm systems and reduce or eliminate false alarms. The City of Lawrenceville finds that excessive false alarms unduly burden the limited resources of the Lawrenceville Police Department
The fee schedule for false alarms has Non-Residential and Residential components. Non-residential fees are: first false alarm, $0; second, $50; Third, $200; and fourth and subsequent, $400.
Residential fees are first and second alarm, $0; third alarm, $25; and fourth and subsequent, $100. Any alarm signal response to an alarm site located within the City of Lawrenceville will result in the automatic address registration of the alarm. .
Gateway85 adds Williams as a new director
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Gateway85 Community Improvement District has elected Elliot Williams, vice president – Link Logistics Real Estate, to its board of directors.. It also re-elected two current board members to serve a three-year term on the board.
Tim Le, broker/owner, Atlanta Maxim Realty International, was re-elected to Post 1 and will continue to serve as secretary. Ryan Hoyt, senior managing director with JLL, was re-elected and will continue as vice chairman on the Gateway85 Board of Directors.
Williams will join eight other board members working to enhance the economic impact, mobility and accessibility of Gateway85 through projects and collaborative partnerships. It works with organizations such as the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) and the Georgia Infrastructure Bank (GTIB), the Georgia and Gwinnett Departments of Transportation and the Gwinnett County government.
Williams has more than 12 years of experience in industrial capital markets. Prior to joining Link, Williams was with JLL in the Industrial Capital Markets division and began his career in commercial real estate with Colliers International.
Emory Morsberger, executive director of the Gateway85 CID, says: “We are pleased to elect Elliot to join our mission of making Gateway85 the most attractive and accessible district in the County. He will be an asset to our engaged board.”
EMC Foundation awards $74,828 to Gwinnett area agencies
The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded of $144,928 in grants during its May meeting, including $74,828 to agencies serving Gwinnett County.
$20,000to SISU of Georgia, Inc., a Gainesville nonprofit organization providing educational, therapeutic, nursing and family support services to children with disabilities in Banks, Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and Lumpkin counties, to support the Early Intervention Program. - $19,828 to Boy Scouts of America – NEGA Council, serving all Jackson EMC counties, to provide uniforms, handbooks and camp fees to help underprivileged youth participate in scouting.
- $15,000 to Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, to provide the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, a program that impacts 15 developmental outcomes that help girls discover their own strengths, connect with others in healthy relationships and become more resourceful problem solvers, for 200 Gwinnett County girls from low-income households.
- $15,000 to Spectrum Autism Support Group, a parent-run nonprofit group in Suwanee that provides Gwinnett and Hall County families with support, education and resources-pro for the entire spectrum of autism disorders, to help disadvantaged autistic individuals ages four to 22 attend the organization’s weeklong summer camp program.
- $10,000 to Camp Amplify, in Winder, to provide 15 children ages eight to 12 from underserved communities with a week-long camping experience to develop character, leadership and teambuilding skills through a high adventure, overnight camp.
- $10,000 to Camp Kudzu, a year-round camping program for children and teens with diabetes, to help children from the 10 counties served by Jackson EMC attend a one-week overnight summer camp.
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