The Gwinnett Chamber will celebrate its global ‘Chamber of the Year’ designation and five-star accreditation at the 76th Annual Dinner on February 2, 2024. This premier event of the season will be held in the Gas South District’s grand ballroom.
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The Chamber plans to honor several individuals. The top award, the Citizen of the , the Citizen of the year, will go to Rudy Bowen, as Gwinnett developer and member of the State Transportation Board, who lives in Suwanee.
Other awards include:
- Five Public Service Awards: Deirdra Cox, Community Sustainability Enterprise; Ron Garrard, Garrard Construction Group; Veronica Maldonado-Torres, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Uday Parikh, Dentistry 4 You; and Linda Schoepf, ABS/LMS Franchising – Little Caesars;
- D. Scott Hudgens Humanitarian Award – Because One Matters;
- James J. Maran International Award – MoneyPenny; and
- Wayne R. Shackleford Legacy Award (posthumously given) – Thomas D. Moreland.
Deadline nears for EMC’s Washington Youth Tour
Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) is accepting applications for the annual Washington Youth Tour, sponsored by the nation’s electric cooperatives. Jackson EMC will send four student delegates on an all-expense paid leadership development experience to Washington, D.C., June 14-21, 2024.
Current high school sophomores and juniors in the Jackson EMC service region who have demonstrated leadership potential, academic success and community service may apply directly online at www.jacksonemc.com/wyt.
Students can be nominated by their high school guidance counselor or teacher, as well. Applications must be received at Jackson EMC by 5 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2024.
Peachtree Corners launches underground robot delivery
Peachtree Corners has launched the world’s first below-ground autonomous robot delivery system with Pipedream, the underground logistics network that is revolutionizing the way goods are delivered.
The new delivery system is bringing consumers unprecedented convenience through faster, autonomous, efficient and cost-effective transportation channels. Peachtree Corners is the first city to launch and install the underground logistics solution, helping in the shared mission to eliminate emissions and congestion issues that plague current delivery infrastructure.
Garrett McCurrach, CEO of Pipedream, says: “Pipedream is about embracing innovation to put the needs of communities first, with this first real-world installation we have proven that underground delivery is not only possible today but easy to retrofit.”
The system’s installation in Peachtree Corners spans almost one mile and connects a busy shopping center to the heart of Curiosity Lab’s 25,000-square-foot smart city innovation center. Curiosity Lab members will be able to order food from a handful of restaurants and select convenience items on-demand, Monday through Friday during peak lunch hours.
Pipedream’s logistics network leverages a physical, underground infrastructure in which delivery robots travel back and forth to transport food, packages, groceries, household goods and more in a fraction of the time. The autonomous robotics system offers numerous benefits to city residents and businesses, such as the elimination of carbon emissions, the reduction of traffic congestion and noise pollution by taking driver miles off the road, the minimization of vehicular accidents and cheaper, faster delivery of goods.
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