GwinnettForum | Number 22.13 | Feb. 14, 2023
VISIT THE PEACHTREE CORNERS LIBRARY through March for an exhibit of 100 amazing shots from the Peachtree Corners Photography Club. The grand opening on February 4 was attended by 85 photography enthusiasts, friends and family members of the artists, and community leaders. Amanda Gardner of Norcross explains details of the exhibit to attendees. (Photo by Tracey Rice.)
TODAY’S FOCUS: Walton EMC awards $241,500 in grants to schools
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Super Bowl 57 was good example of brawn and brains
ANOTHER VIEW: Wants students to understand personal food production
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia
FEEDBACK: Ten letters will enliven your reading of this edition
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners Library now exhibiting 100 juried photographs
NOTABLE: Stripers plan pre-season party at Coolray on February 26
RECOMMENDED: Moby Dick by Herman Melville
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early housing in Georgia was identical clapboard design
MYSTERY PHOTO: Identify where this classic school is located
LAGNIAPPE: Gwinnettians turn in hazardous waste and recycling
CALENDAR: Mountain Park Community Association planning another meeting
Walton EMC awards $241,500 in grants to schools
By Savannah Chandler
MONROE, Ga. | Walton EMC is lighting up learning in K-12 classrooms within its 10-county service area. Cooperative representatives delivered checks totaling more than $241,500 to public and private school educators whose innovative ideas for creative learning projects were selected to receive a grant.
From left are Jennifer Broun, Walton EMC;, Jocelyn Hickson, recipient; and David Baker, assistant principal at Annistown Elementary School.
This is the seventh year the co-op’s School EmPOWERment Grant program has provided financial support to provide programs and materials to enhance academic, arts and athletics programming at area schools. The 2023 grants were awarded for 46 different projects at 34 schools. The average size of grants was $5,252.
New recipients plan to use their grants to enhance education with everything from books to bots to barns, said Walton EMC’s Jennifer Broun, who oversees the School EmPOWERment program.
“Many of these instructional projects wouldn’t happen without these grants because local systems don’t have funds for them in their regular operating budgets,” she said.
Money for the grants comes from capital credit refunds that go unclaimed by former co-op customer-owners. After Walton EMC exhausts all efforts to find the rightful owners of the refunds, Georgia law allows the money to be used for community benefit.
This year’s grants bring the all-time total awarded to more than $2.3 million.
“After providing reliable and reasonably-priced electric power, serving our community is next on the list,” said Walton EMC COO Ron Marshall. “Our School EmPOWERment Grant program is a perfect example of the cooperative principle ‘concern for community.’”
Grants to Gwinnett schools include:
- Annistown Elementary School, Jocerlyn Hickson, Inchy the Bookworm Book Vending Machine, $9,000;
- Craig Elementary School, Chris Locke, Nik-Cole Austin, STEPS program, $9,721;
- Grace Snell Middle School, Kimberly Arenas, Cooking Club, $5,000;
- Gwin Oaks Elementary School, Sharon Amolo, Are You Up for the Challenge?, $5,793;
- Harbins Elementary School, Joel Frey, Tigers Roar and Tigers Soar, $5,500;
- Pharr Elementary School, Sarah Powell, Book Vending Machine Replenishment, $2,500;
- R.D. Head Elementary School,Jessica Gaskin, Promoting Kindness Through Literacy, $576; Shann Griffith and Joe Gusmerotti, REC TREK!, $3,617;
- Shiloh Elementary School, Frances Bishop, Reading and Imagination through Computer Science, $5,000;
- Trickum Middle School, Kathryn Mullen, Fun with Circuits and Magnets, $2,738; and Jennifer Killian, Graphic Drawing Tablets, $1,675; and
- Trip Elementary School, Leslie Grubbs, We Want a Ticket to the Hollywood of the South!, $1,300.
Super Bowl 57 was good example of brawn and brains
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
Feb. 14, 2023 | Sunday’s Super Bowl 57 was a classic, both teams performing well in traditional style, the game close all the way, and decided in the last seconds. It also showed that besides brawn, brains are mighty important in this game.
Kansas City Coach Andy Reid and staff supplied the brains, as he watched stoically from the far sidelines.
But it was the alert play of Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon that set up Reid’s final seconds of strategy. McKinnon sprang free from the 11 yard line around the left corner, and it looked like he was going to score to put the Chiefs ahead 41-35. The Eagles tried to let McKinnon score to get the ball back quickly, but McKinnon made a heads-up play. He deliberately fell at the 2 yard line. Had he scored, the Eagles would have had about two minutes to score.
And with Philadelphia Eagles explosive offense, they might have scored to tie (or win) the game.
But McKinnon played it smart, sliding down in bounds (to allow the clock to continue to tick) at the 2-yard line, with 1:54 minutes to go.
That’s when Andy Reid told his team to bunch together for the next downs, and snap the ball, allowing Quarterback Patrick Mahones to take a knee…and to continue to let the clock move. That allowed the Chiefs to run the clock almost all the way down. Harrison Butker (of Georgia Tech fame) kicked a 27-yard field goal with eight seconds left to give KC a 38-35 lead that stood as the final margin. Butker, you may remember, also kicked a final field goal to allow the Chiefs to go to the Super Bowl in their league championship game against Cincinnati.
The Super Bowl victory for the Chiefs was a team and coaching effort. The Sporting News reported: “KC offensive coordinator Eric Bienemy also praised McKinnon. ‘I think our guys are probably the most prepared team when it comes to those types of situations,’ Bienemy said on the podium. We told Jerick, Hey, if you break it, don’t worry about it. They’re probably going to try and let us score. But now we just want to take it down to the 2. Slide and declare yourself down, and we’ll get the first down. And I thought it worked to perfection.”
The game must have been particularly pleasant for Andy Reid, since he was the head coach at Philadelphia from 1999 until 2012, taking them to the Super Bowl in 2004. And since then, he hasn’t been a slouch of a coach, with a 269–154–1 (.636) record in Kansas City. He won his first Super Bowl in 2020, as Kansas City beat San Francisco, 31-20. He also took the Chiefs to the Super Bowl in 2021, but lost to Tampa Bay, 31-9.
Give Reid also credit for trading in 2017 for a first round draft, and picking Patrick Mahones from Texas Tech to play quarterback. He became a starter in 2018, and by 2020 had his team in the Super Bowl. But this could not have happened without Reid opting to trade up for a high pick of Mahones, who won his second most valuable player in a Super Bowl game!
All in all: great game, with brain and brawn on display.
A Shout-Out Thanks for Marlene Buchanan of Snellville, who reminds us that that Sunday was the 290th anniversary of when in 1733 General James Oglethorpe first arrived in Georgia, walked up Yamacraw Bluff in what is today’s Savannah, and was greeted by Indian Chief Tomochichi. Don’t you expect Oglethorpe was pleased and surprised that the Indian chief spoke English, learning it from the early settlers from South Carolina?
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Wants students to understand personal food production
(Editor’s Note: The author is a native of New York, is an Army veteran, and who completed graduate level speech pathology at Saint Louis University. He has worked as a speech pathologist for over 20 years, and lives in Duluth.)
By Otis Enoch
DULUTH, Ga. | Dear Active Citizens, Voters and Friends:
Thank you for your service in building a stronger Georgia! I am writing today to ask for your consideration to address an issue we’re hearing a lot about lately, food insecurity!
I’m a constituent working in education providing speech therapy services. My role includes helping our students become industrious and independent to graduate. Currently, graduation requirements focus on preparing them to become responsible citizens who are capable of employability and/or higher education.
Many, including myself during my younger years, faced food insecurity. This term is another name for lacking resources to acquire something nutritious to meet a basic need we all share. It’s also another name for an unfulfilled area of preparing students with a prerequisite before entering society.
Personal food production is a life skill and responsibility. I’m sure some would argue that this function is not a priority in many homes today.
To help our communities institute practices necessary to reduce food insecurity, a new standard must be instituted in education immediately. This is not to be confused with another workload on teachers. They are already trying to meet current academic demands while under-resourced in most cases.
However, one option is a community service modeled program allowing schools to focus on current areas of concern while getting support fulfilling this need from the community of cultivators – farmers, horticulturists, landscapers, botanists, agribusinesses, gardeners or hydroponic specialists.
We’ll find it doesn’t require losing tradition or banishing an uncomfortable legacy. There are so many issues dividing everyday people in or outside education. One issue that’s extremely overlooked is something basic that matters to everyone: “Can our graduating students produce something to eat?” This should be a priority over the list of unresolved contentious issues in public education. Although some other issues have merit or are important matters to address, the survival needs of people are dire.
A proactive measure must require our students of Georgia to demonstrate growing something to eat – vegetable, herb or fruit, as a condition for graduation. Be it a small plant or something larger such as a garden plot, students will improve themselves and gain independence once they gain this ability. Urban and community gardens reduced some of these needs. The next iteration helps fulfill America’s promise to her young generation.
Please help us all by exploring how proactive legislation can address this important area of need. I’m prayerful the next president of our nation should also see this as a priority. I’d agree something was lost as we modernized and advanced with mass production from farm to local grocery or market.
With the gains, the outlier presented now is how to identify and receive a return on investment in personal food production – it needs to be explored. Agri-business is an important industry in
Georgia’s, nationally and internationally. By identifying processes and value-added inputs to support personal food production, Georgia will continue to lead the nation in the foreseeable future.
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Readers have concerns of State of Union heckling
Editor, the Forum:
Thank you for so eloquently stating the truth about the State of the Union and the rude behavior of those who call themselves patriots.
It was beyond the pale. I was proud of Joe Biden and how he handled those bullies. I’m loving all the video clips of the people who recently said they were going to cut Social Security and Medicare but hey, you know, we just can’t believe our lying eyes.
My son lives in New York City and his fiancé grew up in Boston. When folks up North ask where he is from, some of them have quite an opinion about Georgia and the South. Shame on them for generalizing. But to your point about reputation and representation, MTG does not help the South with people in the North. I tell him to make sure they understand that Georgia helped elect Joe Biden and gave the country two blue Senators.
– Anne Souter, Alpharetta
Editor, the Forum:
Let me say that I agree with GwinnettForum on the heckling. Republicans are looking like a bunch of fools. At least the Speaker stayed awake and didn’t tear up the speech. This country needs unity. It’s leaning more in a bad direction. Hard to see good candidates on either side.
– A.Mark Smith, Eatonton
Editor, the Forum:
It’s sad for thought that even in Cobb County, Georgia, people would see through the sham that is called Marjorie Greene. But NO! She won her election battle in a runaway. This woman, whose out-pouring of vindictiveness is only exceeded by her lack of intellect, is truly creating a gap in the wall of politics that is only going to be filled by a cannonball.
She is quite literally, threatening a Civil War. I know I’m going out on a limb, but I do believe she will be silenced soon, by one of the first soldiers in the battle. Will that blow lead to a War…not just a war of words, but an actual physical battle? I hope not, but it will certainly be a test for all Americans.
– Mike Eberlein, Peachtree Corners
Editor, the Forum:
Let me totally agree with you that the office of the President is to be respected. MTG will more than likely raise lots of money from her base because of her unruliness. I am ashamed and embarrassed by the actions of a representative from Georgia. I’m sure MTG was not raised to be disrespectful to the office of the President, no matter which Party holds it. She did this on her own.
– Barbara Knox Luckhurst, Duluth
Editor, the Forum:
The Republican heckling was rude during the State of the Union address, but it showed they still have a pulse. I’ve wondered when they’d wake up. The Democrats were always rude to Mr. Trump. They impeached him twice.
– Debra Houston, Lilburn
Editor, the Forum:
Let me say how much I appreciated your “common courtesy” column recently. Thanks for telling it like it is concerning the shouting during President Biden’s State of the Union speech.
Such boorish antics by a few Republicans (who don’t deserve naming) was so unbecoming, no matter what you believe.
– Billy Chism, Toccoa
Editor, the Forum:
Just wanted to drop you a line to let you know I’ve been enjoying your publication. I, admittedly, have been on the mailing list for some time, but had neglected to pay attention until very recently. I very much appreciate your level-headed approach to the political theater we’ve been experiencing as a country, and can only hope that more citizens would adopt your poise on the matter, regardless of which side they’re on. It’s a refreshing difference.
Additionally, I’m thrilled by the inclusion of book reviews, being an avid reader myself. Bonus points for the Churchill quote on Addisonian termination.
– Cathy Muth, Norcross
Editor, the Forum:
I agree there needs to be respect for the office of POTUS. However, your memory is really short. Recall how Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat from California, shredded her copy of President Trump’s State of the Union speech? Was that not lack of respect for the Office of POTUS?
– Mike Tennant, Duluth
In the House of Commons, yelling “Liar” gets you censored
Editor, the Forum:
On Thursday I was listening to the local Political Rewind on National Public Radio. They began by joking about one of the participants of the panel pledging not to heckle the host, Bill Nigut. Someone then mentioned an article which compared the raucous debates which occur in the House of Commons with the conduct of Marjorie Taylor Greene during the President’s State of the Union address.
Apparently although the Prime Minister can be loudly heckled, there is one word which may not be used. That word is “Liar.”
Perhaps Congress should adopt that rule. If broken the person would automatically be censored.
– John Titus, Peachtree Corners
Publication open eyes about dangers of vaccine
Editor, the Forum:
Some 3,500 volunteers joined a 2022 project to review Pfizer’s experimental gene therapy, mRNA COVID vaccine clinical trials documents, released only under court order. This book contains 50 reports written by well-credentialed project volunteers between March and December 2022.
During a 12/1/20-2/28/21 trials period, Pfizer reported almost 1,200 vaccine “Adverse Events of Special Interest”, which apparently Pfizer and the FDA tried to conceal from the public. Adverse events included vaccine injuries, sickness, disabilities, and death. One questions the “Safe and Effective” description Pfizer, public health professionals, and governments repeatedly used to promote taking the mRNA vaccine.
Mainstream media has ignored Pfizer’s documents, reported Adverse Events, and the project’s published findings. However, to date, no one has challenged the accuracy of the published findings. This book will open many eyes about the dangers of Pfizer’s mRNA drug, which was presented worldwide as a “Safe and Effective” COVID vaccine. The short title of this publication is Study to Describe the Safety, Tolerability, Immunogenicity, and Efficacy of RNA Vaccine Candidates Against COVID-19 in Healthy Individuals. It is available on Amazon.
– Michael Wood, Peachtree Corners
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Peachtree Corners Library now exhibiting 100 juried photos
“Triple Reflections” by Vipul Singh
The Peachtree Corners Photography Club is hosting its first Juried Print Exhibition. The theme of the exhibition is “Light Is Hope,” and it is displayed at the Peachtree Corners Library at 5570 Spalding Drive. The exhibition consists of 100 photographs.
The club wanted to find a way to use the power of photography to shine a light on images that convey a sense of hope and optimism after the long pandemic and all the strife in the world today.
According to Tracey Rice, president of the Club: “After brainstorming a lot of ideas, the theme ‘Light Is Hope’ was suggested. It was perfect! After all, the word ‘photo’ comes from the Greek word for ‘light,” and you can’t make a photo without light. And where there is light, there is hope. We let the artists who submitted their images decide for themselves how to interpret the theme. And even though all the images in the Exhibition are unique works of art created by 30 different local artists, the theme is readily apparent in the collection.”
On Saturday, February 25, there will be an Artists’ Talk which is free and open to the public from 10:30 a.m. until noon at the Library. The event will begin with an introduction of each of the artists, and then the audience will have the opportunity to roam through the Exhibition and talk one-on-one with the artists whose work is displayed. The Exhibition will be on display at the library through March.
Public transit offers several times for idea labs
Gwinnett County continues to reimagine the future of public transit with a series of Ride Gwinnett Idea Labs. The idea labs are a think-tank and opportunity for the public to work with the county on its Transit Development Plan.
Launched in the spring of 2022, Gwinnett’s Transit Development Plan is evaluating both present and future transit needs and services provided by regional partners, including the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority and Xpress.
Transit riders, residents and stakeholders are encouraged to join in on several upcoming idea labs at:
- Monday, Feb. 13, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Grayson Senior Center, located at 485 Grayson Parkway.
- Wednesday, Feb. 22, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. at the Buford Senior Center, located at 2755 Sawnee Avenue.
- Monday, Feb. 27, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. at the Lilburn Activity Building, located at 788 Hillcrest Road.
- Tuesday, Feb. 28, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. at the Norcross Cultural Arts and Community Center, located at 10 College St.
- Saturday, March 4, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, located at 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville.
Stripers plan pre-season party at Coolray on Feb. 26
In preparation for the 2023 season, the Gwinnett Stripers are hosting a Preseason Party at Coolray Field on Sunday, February 26 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Parking is available for free. Fans will enter the ballpark through the Main Gate. No outside food or drink is allowed.
Free admission to the rain-or-shine event includes:
- Complimentary Hot Dogs and Soda: Enjoy these ballpark staples, or you can purchase additional food and drinks (beer included) at one of Coolray Field’s concession stands.
- Self-Guided Tours of Coolray Field: Go behind-the-scenes at the home of the Stripers, including player areas like the clubhouse and dugout.
- On-Field Batting Practice (weather permitting): For a $10 donation to Children’s Miracle Network, you’ll get 10 swings at home plate. Hit one of the targets on the fly and win a prize, including a free Luxury Suite for a 2023 home game!
- Activities for Kids: Face painting, inflatable games, and more!
- Apply to Join our Gameday Staff: If you missed the Job Fair on January 28, you can still submit your application for seasonal positions like Guest Services, Ticket Sellers, Hype Squad, Grounds Crew, and more.
Gwinnett Stripers’ Opening Night at Coolray Field is set for Friday, March 31 vs. Jacksonville. Single-game tickets for Opening Weekend (March 31-April 2) are on sale now at GoStripers.com/tickets.
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Moby Dick by Herman Melville
From Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill: Volumes have been written about Melville’s classic whaling adventure and observations on life, so I will add only my personal impressions. I hated Moby Dick in high school but, five decades later, it’s a different book. OK, maybe I’m different. Today, I appreciate its magnificent – often richly poetic – language, its robust descriptions and its surprising humor. I relished the first part of the book but, about halfway through, the story suddenly shifted to detailed stomach-turning butchering and whale anatomy. It became a jargon-filled course on whales and navigation. However, the story picked up toward the end. Chock full of vastly wide-ranging and scholarly references, Moby Dick showcases Melville’s stunning knowledge of literature, history, geography and – well – whales. It’s hard to believe this self-taught brilliant author dropped out of school at age 12. I recommend this book for people with strong stomachs and a great deal of patience.
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Early housing in Georgia were of identical clapboard design
Although charity had been the initial motivation for the Georgia movement, by 1732 military and economic considerations were the principal factors. As a result of General James Oglethorpe’s persuasive arguments, King George II in 1732 granted a charter for creating Georgia and named Oglethorpe as one of twenty-one Trustees to govern the new colony.
As the Trustees began interviewing potential colonists, they looked for carpenters, tailors, bakers, farmers, merchants, and others with the skills necessary for the colony’s success. By this time any ideas of Georgia’s being a haven for debtors in English prisons had long vanished—and not one formerly jailed debtor was among the first colonists selected.
Georgia’s founders thought that the colony’s climate would be suitable to the production of valuable silk, wine, and other Mediterranean-type commodities. The Trustees imagined the colony as a place where settlers could achieve a comfortable living rather than an enormous personal fortune, which was associated with plantation life in other parts of British America.
In November 1732 a total of 114 men, women, and children gathered at Gravesend on the River Thames to set sail for the new colony of Georgia. Oglethorpe understood that Georgia’s charter prohibited him from holding office, owning land, or receiving a salary in the new colony, yet he gave up the comforts of home to accompany the first boatload of Georgia settlers.
After several delays they boarded the Anne for a two-month journey across the Atlantic. Following a brief visit in Charleston, the colonists proceeded to Port Royal, South Carolina’s southernmost outpost. While they rested, Oglethorpe and a band of Carolina Rangers went ahead to look for a place to settle. Some seventeen miles inland from the mouth of the Savannah River, they found Yamacraw Bluff overlooking the south bank of the river. Oglethorpe immediately struck up a friendship with the Yamacraw chief, Tomochichi, thus beginning a long and close relationship between the two.
On February 12, 1733, Oglethorpe returned to Yamacraw Bluff with the Georgia colonists. With the help of militia and enslaved African Americans from South Carolina, the pine forest was quickly cleared, and Oglethorpe laid out a plan for the new town of Savannah. His distinctive pattern of streets, ten-house “tythings,” and public squares soon became a reality.
Identical clapboard houses built on identical lots, plus restrictions on how much land could be owned and an outright prohibition on slavery, were testimony to the Trustees’ desire to produce a classless society—one in which each head of household worked his own land. This egalitarian ideal was not fully realized, however, in that women were not allowed to own land in the new colony. The Trustees based this policy on the assumption that each plot of land required a male worker (and armed defender).
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia article online, go to https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org
Can you identify this classical design of a school?
Many of you across the country may have attended school in a building like this, no doubt a classic in school design. See if you can pinpoint exactly where this photograph was taken. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
The most recent colorful Mystery Photo was identified by several, including Tracy Lynn, Valdosta; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; and Allen Peel, San Antonio, Tex., who wrote:
“Today’s mystery photo is of the City of Lunenburg, 40-miles southwest of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada. Situated on the waterfront at Lunenburg Harbor, and designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is considered by many to be the most picturesque small town in Nova Scotia.:
- It is home to Canada’s largest secondary fish-processing plant. Founded in 1899, High Liner Foods Inc. is a Canadian processor and marketer of frozen seafood, under a variety of brands (e.g. High Liner, Fisher Boy, Mirabel, Sea Cuisine, and C. Wirthy) that are sold throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
- Lunenburg has attracted the film industry that capitalized on the the beautiful architecture and the visually attractive, colorful buildings.”
Gwinnettians turned in 83,000 pounds of hazardous waste and recycling Saturday at the Gwinnett Fairgrounds. That filled three tractor trailers with hazardous items.The next date for recycling will be on April 22 when items acceptable will include tires, electronics and paper, as well as other items will be accepted at the Earth Day Recycling Event at Coolray Field. (Photo by Jim Cofer, Snellville.)
Sugar Hill Historic Preservation Society will meet Wednesday, February 15, at 7 p.m. at the City Hall. Guest speaker will be George Bailey, director of community and social services at Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Lilburn. He will talk about the impact and influence of the African American church in Gwinnett.
The February meeting of the Gwinnett County Soil and Water Conservation District will be held Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. at Gwinnett Senior Service Center, 567 Swanson Drive in Lawrenceville. Join the meeting by Zoom.
Doing business with Gwinnett County: Join the Gwinnett County Purchasing Division Thursday, February 16 at 9 a.m. or 2 p.m. to learn about doing business with Gwinnett County government. During the one-hour virtual clinic, Purchasing and Water Resources staff will share information about the different divisions of Water Resources, current and upcoming opportunities, and how to do business with the County. Register for one of the two virtual sessions at gcga.us/QuarterlyClinicSignup.
“Overcome Rejection: Unleash Your Greatness” is the subject of an inspirational talk by Pastor Dwight Buckner, Jr., which will be given on Thursday, February 16 at 7 p.m. at the Lawrenceville branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library. Join GCPL and Pastor Buckner for a discussion about his new book Overlooked. Pastor Dwight Buckner teaches you how to overcome the feelings of rejection and unleash the greatness that’s locked up in you.
Mountain Park Community Association will meet virtually on Tuesday, February 21, from 2 to 3 p.m. The $100,000 LCI grant project is finally getting off the ground. Be a part of “Revitalizing Mountain Park’s Five Forks-Trickum Corridor.” Those wishing to join the meeting should contact Neil Duggan at MtnParkCA@gmail.com with your name and email address so Gwinnett P&D can invite you to join the virtual meeting.
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