Goico
A new member of the board of Gateway85 Community Improvement District is Hipolito “Po” Goico, co-founder and managing partner at Goico Bolet. He was elected to serve a three-year term. Goico fills the seat that was vacant following Lisa Reeves’ retirement announcement from the Gateway85 CID board in March after 12 years of service.
Goico’s legal career began in 1995, when he joined Blumer International as an associate, practicing corporate and immigration law. In 1999, he co-founded Goico Bolet, P.C., where he has continued to build his expertise and serve a diverse clientele for 25 years. Throughout his career, Goico has played a pivotal role in various professional and community organizations. He co-founded the Hispanic Bar Association in Georgia and served as the past Chairman of the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.. He is a graduate of Leadership Atlanta and Leadership Georgia
Gateway85 CID Chairman Shiv Aggarwal was re-elected to serve another three-year term on the board and will remain as chairman of the board. Aggarwal, president of American Management Services, brings more than 34 years of active community involvement to his role and founded Global Mall in Norcross.
Current board member Michael Reams was also re-elected to serve a three-year term. He is the director of studio operations at OFS.
Here’s recap of recent commission decisions
Below are a few key items from recent Gwinnett Commission meetings.
Gwinnett’s accountability courts will apply to the Criminal Justice Coordination Council for nearly $1 million in grants to fund new and existing programs that help to reduce the prison population. The drug, DUI, mental health and veterans’ treatment courts as well as the juvenile drug, behavioral health, and family treatment courts programs provide evidence-based treatment, drug testing and training opportunities to improve the lives of participants.
Road enhancements will be coming to 4.4 miles of Scenic Highway. Gwinnett County is partnering with the Georgia Department of Transportation to widen Scenic Highway from U.S. Highway 78 to Sugarloaf Parkway. The highway will be widened to three travel lanes in each direction with a raised median and urban border areas.
Pedestrian improvements coming near Jimmy Carter Boulevard will see the installation of new sidewalks, addressing gaps along the north side of Britt Road from Old Norcross-Tucker Road to Jimmy Carter Boulevard. The enhancement also includes a new traffic signal with pedestrian crossing facilities at the entrance of Lucky Shoals Park on Britt Road. The $756,500 contract, funded by the 2017 SPLOST program, was awarded to Backbone Infrastructure, LLC.
Mountain Park area: Commissioners are seeking a grant that will fund the replacement of two miles of aging water distribution mains in two Mountain Park area neighborhoods. In addition to the $2.9 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, the County will match 20 percent of the total project cost.
Georgia Gwinnett’s baseball team in NAIA World Series
Georgia Gwinnett College’s 2024 baseball team has advanced to the Avista NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho. Their first game will be May 25 (today) at 9:35 p.m. EST, against the winner of William Carey vs. Indiana Southeast. GGC’s record for 2024 is 51 wins and only 7 defeats. They were this World Series winner in 2021.
The GGC Grizzlies baseball team came back in the bottom of the ninth to win over Faulkner University (Alabama) on May 16 championship game of the NAIA Opening Round’s Lawrenceville Bracket. Scoring five runs with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, the top-seeded Grizzlies won a dramatic 7-6 victory against the No. 2-seeded Eagles – advancing to the NAIA World Series for the sixth time.
Regents honor GGC with award for student success
Dr. Ashwani Monga, Chief Academic Officer of the University System of Georgia, left, and Chancellor Dr. Sonny Perdue (right) present the Momentum Award to Georgia Gwinnett College’s Dr. George Low, Dr. Karen Jackson, Dr. Justin Jernigan and Nancy Ciudad-Simmons during a recent Board of Regents meeting in Atlanta.
Georgia Gwinnett College has won the Georgia Board of Regents Momentum Award for Excellence in Advising and Student Success. This award is “designed to honor institutional advising that creates a trajectory toward student success and completion.”
Dr. Justin Jernigan, dean of student success, says of the winning: “We’ve increased first-year student retention within the university system by eight percent, and since we started offering these learning community initiatives such as Hispanic Achievers Committed to Excellence in Results (HACER) in the fall 2020, we’ve served over 700 students.”
According to the awards committee, “Georgia Gwinnett’s portfolio demonstrates a deep understanding of practices and strategies that are proven to support students, along with a history of reflection and review of these practices to adjust and align them to GGC’s population and priorities. Through their work with Hispanic Achievers Committed to Excellence in Results (HACER) and Learning Communities, they demonstrate a deep commitment to establishing effective practices and using the results of this work to scale beyond initial pilots to impact the entire institution. Their work intentionally makes meaningful connections with students and shows tremendous commitment to building community among them and with the institution as a whole.”
Traffic control program integrated into Curiosity Lab
Peachtree Corners announces that enterprise video software powerhouse Network Optix has partnered with Curiosity Lab. It has integrated its award-winning Nx Go solution, tailored for traffic infrastructure, into the city’s “IoT Control Room.” This marks the first time that the company’s technology has been deployed as a full solution in the United States.
Curiosity Lab Executive Director Brandon Branham says: “Our IoT Control room has been a model for how other smart cities across the world can aggregate massive amounts of data from sensors across connected infrastructure into the future – so it was only fitting that we partner with Network Optix to process and display traffic sensor data. From fixed LiDAR to traffic camera feeds delivered over the 5G network, this data is critical to city operations that ensure roadway safety for autonomous vehicles, regular drivers and pedestrians.”
Nx Go software takes a wide array of devices into a single, cohesive network to simplify management and amplify data-generation capacity of infrastructure. At Peachtree Corners, cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) powered roadways feature sensors and devices installed across light and traffic signal fixtures, crosswalks, buildings and more to communicate with connected vehicles, autonomous vehicles and pedestrians. The management and viewing of information are critical components to managing the smart city. The transportation solution, poised to expand across the country, also helps generate critical data such as intersection analytics, car counts, lane usage and more to enhance operational efficiency and data utilization.
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