You can be more informed about the 2022 General Election by reading next Tuesday’s (October 18) edition of GwinnettForum. In that issue, you can read unedited answers from candidates about their views on six questions GwinnettForum put to them. In addition, the October 18 edition will highlight the GwinnettForum endorsements of local candidates in many of the state and local political races.
Tell your friends about this special edition, so that they can be more informed and therefore a better voter in the 2022 General Election.
Lilburn Woman’s Club scavenger hunt is now underway
To celebrate 50 years of Lilburn Woman’s Club’s (LWC), it is holding a scavenger hunt to inform the community of the many areas that LWC has touched. The hunt began on Lilburn Daze (October 8) and will continue until November 8.
To play, a participant will need to purchase access to the game for $10 to begin the fun. Many of the challenges revolve around the downtown Lilburn area. One of the challenges encourages players to take a selfie with their favorite school’s sign – after the challenge is complete, the school with the most pictures will receive a donation from the Lilburn Woman’s Club.
Each challenge has a point value. Taking a selfie with an LWC member has the highest point value of 100 points! The more challenges you complete the more points you will earn.What is a game without prizes? The first 10 players to complete the hunt will receive a coupon for a free Chick-fil-A sandwich. All the players that complete the hunt will be entered in a drawing for a variety of prizes.
Be alert! Study the sample ballot before you go to the polls
With voting a month away, GwinnettForum here presents the Gwinnett sample ballot for the November 8 General Election. Voters should particularly study the Constitutional Amendments that will be voted on in this election. Note that the ballot is presented in both English and Spanish.
Classes in Lilburn offer job training in construction skills
Construction Ready Foundation of Georgia is currently accepting applications for its job training session in Gwinnett County. The program runs from November 7 to December 2. Construction Ready offers Gwinnett area residents training at no-cost with a 20-day construction education program that ends with training, credentialing and job placement.
Classes will take place Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. A graduation with an announcement of job placement will take place December 2 at 10 a.m. The registration deadline for this session of classes is October 26, 2022.
The Gwinnett County classes will be held at New Mercies Christian Church, 4000 Five Forks Trickum Road in Lilburn. For more information and to register, applicants should visit https://constructionready.org.
Since 2014, the Construction Ready program has trained more than 1,300 workers of all ages for a successful career in construction. Successes of the program include:
- 97% job placement by end of training
- Average starting salary of $13-17/hour
- 70% of participants employed with the same company one year later
Construction Ready President and CEO Scott Shelar says: “There are construction jobs open and we need Georgians trained and certified to fill those positions.”
The goal of the Construction Ready program is to help close the workforce skills gap. The need for skilled workers has continued through the pandemic. Closing this skills gap by educating more Georgians about careers in the skilled professions is the foundation’s primary goal.
Peachtree Corners offers new bike riding platform with rewards
As part of its mission to help the city achieve its goals, the City of Peachtree Corners, in partnership with Colu Technologies, has announced a new partnership with bike riding platform Love to Ride, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions while supporting local businesses in Peachtree Corners. The app, Choose PTC, powered by Colu, utilizes proven concepts of gamification and behavioral economics to transform the city’s strategic goals into measurable actions.
The way it works is simple: Riders can earn PTC points on Choose PTC when they elect to ride a bike for transportation (one PTC point is worth one dollar). The goal is to incentivize locals and visitors to opt for bikes instead of traditional transportation methods (and get rewarded for doing so). The Choose PTC app can be easily downloaded on the App Store or Google Play.
This October marks the 10th anniversary of metro Atlanta’s Biketober challenge. To celebrate, riders who ride at least five miles during the month of October and log them on their Love to Ride profile will receive five PTC points (equivalent to $5) to spend locally. Once five miles are logged, Love to Ride will email riders a unique promo code to copy and paste into the Choose PTC app to add five PTC points to their account. Riders who go the extra mile and log at least six rides for transportation on Love to Ride will earn 20 PTC points (equivalent to $20).
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