GwinnettForum | Number 25.25 | March 28, 2025
BEAUTIFYING BEAVER RUIN ROAD: Gateway85 Community Improvement District is continuing its mission to enhance and beautify the district with a new landscape improvement project along Beaver Ruin Road. This transformation will convert a quarter mile stretch of concrete median—from Park Drive to Steve Reynolds Boulevard—into a vibrant, landscaped corridor. The redesigned median will feature a mix of plants, including natural grasses, purple loropetalum and holly, creating a more welcoming and visually appealing gateway for businesses and visitors. See the rendering below.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Area seeks collaboration with Ukrainian drone companies
EEB PERSPECTIVE: When will the Georgia legislature become blue again?
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
ANOTHER VIEW: Thoughts on the economy, the markets, the world
FEEDBACK: Veteran teacher laments School Board leadership
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Master Gardeners plant sale is April 26
NOTABLE: GAC opens Wood Family treehouse and canopy walk
RECOMMENDED: The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Grant Park in southwest Atlanta consists of 131 acres
MYSTERY PHOTO: Think back 75 years to identify this photo
CALENDAR: Norcross and Braselton schedule Clean-Up Day Saturday
Area seeks collaboration with Ukrainian drone companies
By Jyot Singh
NORCROSS, Ga. | Metro Atlanta is positioning itself as a strategic hub for the rapidly growing global drone technology industry, particularly by fostering relationships with Ukrainian drone makers. Local officials, including representatives from Gwinnett County and the Gateway85 Community Improvement District (CID), are actively seeking collaborations with Ukrainian companies known for their innovations in drone technology. This initiative has gained momentum because of Ukraine’s prominence in drone manufacturing, significantly driven by the ongoing conflict with Russia.
During a recent event in Norcross, organized by Gateway85 CID along with Georgia Tech, Partnership Gwinnett, and Peachtree Corners Curiosity Lab, business leaders and technology experts explored opportunities for U.S.-Ukrainian cooperation in drone and AI technologies. The gathering, notably free of political overtones despite geopolitical tensions, emphasized economic opportunities and the potential to create high-paying tech jobs in the region. Valerii Iakovenko, founder of Ukraine’s DroneUA and its U.S. subsidiary Futurology, underscored the purely business-focused intent of these partnerships.
Ukrainian drone companies have recognized significant opportunities in the American market, particularly within law enforcement and public safety sectors, areas where Metro Atlanta’s technology infrastructure, led by local tech firms like Flock Safety, is rapidly expanding. Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based tech company recently valued at $7.5 billion following substantial new investment, has already demonstrated how drone technology integrated with AI can significantly enhance investigative intelligence and community safety.
Keith Kauffman, director of Drone-as-First-Responder (DFR) Strategy at Flock Safety, highlighted the benefits of incorporating drone technology into public safety operations, improving response times and enhancing the effectiveness of law enforcement agencies. The growing adoption of such technologies by police departments in Metro Atlanta demonstrates the practical and transformative potential that Ukrainian drone technology could further support and enhance.
Additionally, Peachtree Corners Mayor Mike Mason described the collaborative effort as an opportunity to build an innovation ecosystem that attracts investment and technology-driven economic growth. The focus remains on positioning Metro Atlanta as a magnet for tech talent, attracting global companies and innovative startups. This objective aligns closely with Gateway85 CID’s mission to boost the local economy through partnerships, infrastructure improvements, and strategic international alliances.
The burgeoning relationship with Ukrainian drone makers has the potential to further establish Metro Atlanta as a leader in technology and innovation on a national scale. With Ukraine recently becoming the world’s largest producer of tactical and strategic drones, local officials see immense potential for mutual economic benefits and technological advancement. Such collaborations also symbolize Metro Atlanta’s broader ambition to enhance its global technology profile by actively fostering international business relationships.
Emory Mosberger, executive director of Gateway85 CID, says: “Events like these highlight how essential innovative companies like Flock Safety and cutting-edge research institutions are vital to the continued economic growth and technological leadership of the broader Metro Atlanta region. Our CID fully supports innovation, ensuring our businesses and communities continue to prosper and have the resources they need to succeed.”
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When will the Georgia legislature become blue again?
The Georgia capitol, via Unsplash.
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
MARCH 28, 2025 | Georgia has been dominated in both houses of its legislature by Republicans since 2005, also with a Republican governor at the helm.
When will Democrats regain power in even one house of the Georgia legislature?
If you had asked me that before Donald Trump returned to the presidency, I would have said “Perhaps maybe in 10-20 years.” But these days, it makes a person wonder if such control might come sooner, as more and more voters who were once MAGA Republicans are upset over the Trump era, with his threats to our time-honored constitutional republic.
In effect, Trump’s continual effort to change the government through numerous executive orders seems much like a king’s takeover. As of March 25, he has signed 90 executive orders, a record in the last four decades of our country’s history.
But at the same time, we have seen other entities, civil rights organizations, trade unions and state attorney generals, challenging Trump’s maneuvers before the federal courts. As of March 25, there have been 133 legal challenges pending against the Trump Administration.
Since in office, think of the ways Trump’s executive office has upset lots of people. A short list includes:
- Stripping power from independent regulatory agencies.
- Freezing federal grant funding.
- Ending birthright citizenship.
- Sending emails to fire federal workers.
- Rollback of affordable drug and insulin pricing policies.
- Trying to eliminate the Department of Education.
- Threatening to harm Social Security.
- Cuts to Clean Energy and Sustainability programs.
- Withdrawal from Paris climate accords.
- Cutting Pell Grants.
- Ceding too much power to Elon Musk, who is not even an elected or Congressionally-approved official.
- Low level of backgrounds by new Cabinet members.
Such actions by this new Trump Administration are not good for our country. It smacks of unthought-out petty desires, often aimed at “getting back at” people who oppose Trump. In nearly all cases, it thumbs its nose at democracy, as Trump tries to rule his way only. Remember, he suggested he could be a king.
What has this to do with the Georgia legislature? Its Republican leaders are simply running in lock-step with Trump in seeking ways to change our country….for the worse. But as these Trump measures start taking effect, more and more people, even MAGAs, are reckoning that this is headed in the wrong direction for our country. They are realizing that where they thought Trump would help them, instead it has the opposite effect on programs they appreciate, such as Medicare, Social Security, student loans, guidance by independent agencies, et al.
And now many of these MAGAs will be wondering why they put Trump into office. So, to bring the country back into the political center, will they continue to vote Republican for the Georgia legislators on and on and on?
The more the Trump Administration is thwarted by the courts, the more people may realize that they don’t want this type of leadership to continue.
At present, the Georgia House consists of 180 representatives. An even 100 are Republican and 80 are Democrats.
In the Georgia Senate, there are 56 seats. Republicans number 33, while there are 23 Democrats.
Therefore, a swing of 11 seats in the House, or even fewer – six seats in the Senate – will dramatically change Georgia politics.
So when will Georgia vote to change these two chambers politically? With Georgia Republican legislators so heavily MAGA, and willing to follow the Trump lead in many matters, it might come faster than we thought before.
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Thoughts on the economy, the markets, the world
By Randy Brunson
SUWANEE, Ga. | Charles Gave, of Gavekal Research, is an excellent researcher and outstanding analyst when it comes to the world’s economies and how they interact with each other. One of the core philosophies of Gavekal’s research is that the economy is simply energy transformed.
Brunson
In this note I’ll quote liberally from his article from August 2024 and add a few thoughts of my own.
With the economy simply energy transformed, Gave makes three assumptions:
- The stock market measures whether the transformation of energy into value is profitable. If it is, the stock market rises faster than energy prices.
- Gold represents the past transformation of energy into a form of value that can be used and stored at short notice, including buying new energy. The ratio between the S&P 500 and the price of gold, therefore, indicates whether the profitability of the transformation of energy into value today, is in line with the profitability of this transformation in the past.
- The Shiller cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio is an indicator of the stock market’s duration. It indicates whether or not investors anticipate the transformation of energy into value will be profitable in the future.
Three ways to measure the transformation of energy into value are to track the relationship of the S&P 500 to oil, the S&P 500 to gold, and the Shiller P/E Index. If you chart these relationships over the last 100 years, you will note they have converged several times, the last being in 2013.
One takeaway is the uptrend over time of the S&P 500 to the price of gold. It averages about 1.4 percent annually. This suggests the economy has become structurally more efficient in how it transforms energy into value.
Another? The disconnect between the S&P 500 and the price of oil. Current S&P 500 suggests the price of oil should be in the $45 to $50/bbl range, instead of its current $66. The gold/oil ratio suggests oil should be closer to $100/bbl.
So historical trends are being bent almost to their breaking point. What will give? The S&P 500? Oil? Gold?
So, what to do? With personal funds, I’ve made some choices about how to put dollars to work over the next several years. These include:
- Buying shares of energy-producing companies with positive cash flows,
- Looking for low P/E positions,
- Restricting my bond holdings to high-yield money market accounts,
- Avoiding shares of big energy consumers, such as AI-focused companies.
None of these are recommendations. At all, as I have no clue what will actually happen. These are just a few thoughts on the economy, the markets, the world. And how to navigate change and disruption.
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Veteran teacher laments school board leadership
(Editor’s note: While we regret this writer wanted this comment anonymous, we feel it reflects many teachers’ views of the current school board leadership, and is therefore presented.—eeb)
Editor, the Forum:
It was a good item by Lisa Ramsey in the recent GwinnettForum (“School board misses point of why people are upset”).
I love kids and I love teaching. I have 29 years in education including a decade in leadership at the district level. However, with long-standing in Gwinnett County Public Schools, I am calling it quits and retiring.
The school board is fighting a racial fight. Teachers are in a fight for the next generation! The board needs to quit wasting money and get it together in support of students.
If we don’t do something about it there won’t be any good teachers left to teach. My ethics will not allow me to be part of a system that causes this much damage to students, educators, administrators, leaders, schools, and communities. Our teacher and leader friends do not see color, race, ethnicity! We see children who depend on those of us within this system.
For certain members of the board to want to take money from one school to give it to another is both illegal and shows that they have no clue how to run the school system. Each student generates a per pupil allocation. To take money from a school that has more students to give it to a smaller budget school that has fewer students is illegal and racist. I hope they don’t completely destroy whatever is left of GCPS!
– Name withheld in Gwinnett
Why is the board not following other state’s success?
Editor, the Forum:
Great article by Lisa Ramsey on the school system. I have been reading about the success of Mississippi and Louisiana on their reading programs. Mississippi has gone from bottom to top, especially with children of color. Why is the Gwinnett Board not dealing with the failing schools and looking at what other southern states are doing?
– Louise Radloff, Lilburn
Previous contributor touted as board candidate
Editor, the Forum:
I think Lisa Ramsay (March 25 edition of GwinnettForum,“School board misses point of why people are upset”) would be a great school board member.
– Mike Tennant, Duluth
Amazed at number of people who returned telephone call
Editor, the Forum:
Getting return calls when you have not called a number is just crazy. Have people forgotten about voice mail? Who outside of salespersons returns unknown calls?
If an incoming call comes to my phone and that number isn’t in my contacts, I do not answer. Voicemail says leave a message and I’ll call you back. No voice mail then I assume it was a sales call. I do not return them. I’m amazed at how many folks bothered to return the calls to you.
– Tim Sullivan, Mulberry
Previous paranoia gives us insight into today’s events
Editor, the Forum:
Knowing the history of the United States provides us with a better insight into our current events.
- In the 1850’s we had the Know Nothing Party who stirred up fear of Catholics, Irish, and foreigners as dangerous to “Americans.”
- In the 1930’s we had Father Coughlin spouting hatred toward Jews and capitalists.
- In the 1950’s McCarthyism spurred fears of a communist conspiracy that led to a period questioning the loyalty of almost everyone.
We now have the MAGA movement which is threatening anyone who is LGBTQ, Muslims, or anyone who might support diversity, equity and inclusion. These periods of paranoia are episodes of American history that give us a better insight into what’s happening today.
– Alan Schneiberg, Sugar Hill
Wonders why independent gas retailers sell for less
Editor, the Forum:
I realize that refineries are switching to “summer “ blend gas, but why are the big boys like QT, RaceTrac and Kroger at $3.09 lately and others $2.79. That is a big difference!!
Can anyone explain why other stations are charging lower prices now? Some people do care about saving thirty cents times 18 gallons per week. It used to be the big boys were a few cents less. So go out and support your local independent.
– Mark Barlow, Peachtree Corners
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Gwinnett Master Gardeners plant sale is April 26
Master gardeners offer plants for sale
Do you think it’s normal to talk about compost, and plants, and tomatoes growing in your garden? If so, then there is an organization that would love to have you join. The Gwinnett County Master Gardener Association (GCMGA) is an auxiliary organization of Master Gardener Extension Volunteers and Friends. The Friends applies to anyone who loves gardening and just hasn’t taken the classes but loves to learn and volunteer.
All are welcome to attend the meetings, which are free and open to the public. You can also become a member of GCMGA for $20 a year and receive weekly updates on projects, a quarterly digital publication “Dig In” with articles and information, as well as member workshops and field trips. The meetings take place the third Monday of every month except December. The meetings are at the Bethesda Senior Center. The group gathers and shares a potluck dinner from 6:15 – 7 p.m. followed by the meeting and speakers. Check out the website www.gwinnettmastergardeners.com for past and upcoming speakers and events.
As a nonprofit, 501c3 organization, GCMGA raise funds to provide grants for Master Gardener Projects around Gwinnett County, scholarships to Gwinnett residents who are horticulture students at Gwinnett Tech, and several other projects and events. The main fundraiser is the annual Plant Sale, held at the Lilburn City Hall and Library parking lot, 4817 Church Street in Lilburn on the last Saturday in April. This year’s sale is April 26 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. The plants are donated from the yards of members and appropriate for the local growing zone.
On sale are trees, shrubs, perennials, native plants, pollinator plants, annuals, houseplants, and fabulous veggie plants grown at the Community Garden of Snellville Greenhouse by Master Gardeners and Friends. There is also Garden Art. This April the Gwinnett BeeKeepers will be on hand to answer questions about Beekeeping. Best of all – the knowledgeable Master Gardeners and Friends will be on hand to answer garden related questions.
The UGA Extension Gwinnett is a great resource for all your garden questions. Master Gardeners are trained to support the mission of the UGA Extension Service and can help you find answers to your garden questions. You can visit online at: https://extension.uga.edu/county-offices/gwinnett.html
Master Gardeners are all about learning and teaching and helping others through gardening. Come and visit the April Plant Sale. Come early. There will be lots of amazing plants and garden décor awaiting them.
GAC opens Wood Family treehouse and canopy walk
Greater Atlanta Christian School (GAC) is opening the Wood Family Treehouse and Canopy Walk, a new addition to the campus that provides students with a unique outdoor learning environment. Located in the wooded area near our Oakbrook Parkway entrance and across from the Combee Elementary Complex, this space offers opportunities for hands-on learning, group activities, and after-school programs.
A standout feature of this project is the suspended canopy walk, which includes two observation platforms between three bridges that measure 62 feet, 62 feet, and 34 feet, totaling 158 feet in length. The treehouse stands at 16 feet, 11 inches off the ground, supported by seven trees. It is an exciting space for educational growth, exploration, and enjoying nature.
Built with locally milled pine siding, pressure-treated southern pine, and mountain laurel branch railings sourced from the Blue Ridge Mountains, the treehouse and canopy walk blend into their surroundings. The treehouse design features a metal roof to ensure durability, while the canopy walk is enclosed with netted sides for safety.
This one-of-a-kind space recognizes the contributions of the Benji and Stacie Wood Family, whose dedication to GAC has been enormous. The Woods are parents to AvaJames (fifth grade), TonyAnne (third grade), and AllieGrace (Pre-first).
Setacie Wood says: “Benji and I have our children at GAC not only because it is an exceptional college-preparatory school but also because it is a much-needed Christian-based ‘life-preparatory’ school. We need all the help we can get raising our children in this challenging world, so it was a no-brainer. We proudly support GAC and pray that our girls learn to appreciate the generosity from us and the other contributors so that they understand the importance of giving and then continue the legacy.”
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce
From Raleigh Perry, Buford: The short stories of Ambrose Bierce are, perhaps, the best short stories written in the United States. They are all available in The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce. He also wrote poetry and some “essays,” if you want to call them that. To me, his stories on the Civil War are unmatched He was Sherman’s cartographer and mapped the route that Sherman took to Atlanta. Bierce was shot at Kennesaw Mountain and mustered out of the service. He Was the only man who fought in the Civil War who wrote about it. Stephen Crane’s Red Badge of Courage is fiction, Bierce’s stories are not fiction in my estimation. Bierce’s best work is his short stories. In another book he described novels as padded short stories.
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Grant Park in southwest Atlanta consists of 131 acres
In the spring of 1882 Lemuel P. Grant proposed to donate to Atlanta, for park purposes, approximately 100 acres of land, which was southeast of his home. This was to become Atlanta’s first city-owned public park. Today’s boundaries are Atlanta Avenue, Sidney Street, Cherokee Avenue, and Boulevard.
The land was a piece of the city’s history, because the crown of the hill (near the Boulevard and Atlanta Avenue entrance) was the commanding position held by a Confederate battery in 1864 and contained Old Fort Walker and entrenchments.
As soon as the city took over ownership of the park, it spent $1,500 to improve its grounds. By 1885 the city extended its corporate limits to include the park. Mayor George Hillyer noted in an annual address to the city council that L. P. Grant Park, or Grant’s Park as it came to be known, was a source of pride and that the hardworking and industrious people of Atlanta deserved such a place of recreation.
A zoo was added to Grant Park in 1889. The animals were a gift of Atlanta lumber dealer George V. Gress, who had purchased a defunct circus for the wagons and railroad cars and offered the animals to form Atlanta’s first city zoo. With the addition of the zoo, the city desired more land. The park was extended to 131.5 acres on April 4, 1890, when the city purchased 44 more acres from Lemuel Grant to the north of the original tract, in Land Lot 44.
A few years later Gress and Charles Northern purchased a cyclorama painting, The Battle of Atlanta, which was placed on exhibit in a circular building on Grant Park grounds in 1892 and donated to the city in 1898. There it remained until 2017, when the painting was moved to the Atlanta History Center in Buckhead.
In 1935 Asa G. Candler Jr. made a gift to the zoo of his private collection of 84 wild animals and nearly 100 birds. He had kept the animals at his house on Briarcliff Road, much to the dismay of his neighbors. He rejected a bid by the city of New York as being too low. Instead, he offered the collection as a gift to the city of Atlanta if suitable housing was provided. Through donations, the necessary funds were raised and the animals were added to the existing municipal zoo at Grant Park.
Through the years the park has seen many changes. The pool and Lake Abana were drained in the 1960s, and acreage was added. The zoo has continued to grow, and the early pavilions have been removed.
Grant Park, now 131.5 acres, has remained an important part of life in Atlanta and has remained popular with its citizens. By 2001 the park had an average of two million visitors each year.
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Think back 75 years to identify this mystery
Think back 75 years to when this photograph was taken. Then figure out where this was and what was going on. Send your idea to ebrack2@gmail.com, and include your home town.
The last mystery was of the Irvine Memorial Chapel, a private high school in Mercersburg, Penn. The photo came from Ross Lenhart of Stone Mountain, an alumnus.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas gave an explanation: “Today’s mystery photo is of the Irvine Memorial Chapel located at Mercersburg Academy, a private boarding school in Mercersburg, Penn. Built between 1924-1926, this chapel was designed by Ralph Adams Cram (1863–1942), an influential American architect from New Hampshire. It was originally called the Mercersburg Academy Chapel and dedicated to the memory of the Mercersburg alumni who were killed in World War I and to the mothers who sent their children to Mercersburg Academy. The chapel was renamed in 1993 as the Irvine Memorial Chapel in honor of Dr. William Mann Irvine (1863–1928), the school’s first headmaster after its founding in 1893.
“The chapel has 46 stained-glass windows, all of which were handcrafted in Oxford, England. But while the stained-glass windows are impressive, the chapel is most famous for the massive M.P. Möller pipe organ, which originally had 43 bells, but was later expanded to 50 bells, making it a grand carillon. Today, James A. Brinson plays the carillon to summon the school for community and school gatherings, to ring in the holidays, and to entertain crowds with performances throughout the year.
“See and hear this 50-bell carillon in action. Check out the short YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=657F6v6l-as.”
Also recognizing the photograph were George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; Lou Camerio, Lilburn.
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Norcross and Braselton schedule Clean-Up Day Saturday
Science, Spiders, and the Wolbachia Mystery is the subject of a discussion by Dr. James Russell, professor of biology at Georgia Gwinnett College. This will be March 28 at noon at the Lawrenceville Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. He will discuss Wolbachia spiders in general, and the research findings at Georgia Gwinnett College on the infection in Joro spiders found in Georgia.
Recycling and Spring Clean Up Day in the City of Norcross will be Saturday, March 29, from 8 a.m. until noon at Norcross Public Works, 345 Lively Avenue. Residents will be able to drop off their paper for shredding, as well as electronics, batteries, scrap metal, and paint (limit to five containers) for recycling as well as bulky junk items for disposal or donation.
Braselton Community Clean-Up Day will be Saturday, March 29. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at 100 High Point Parkway, located near Hwy 211 and Friendship Rd (behind the Chick-fil-a.) From there, groups, teams, individuals, and families will be dispersed into different areas of our community to pick up trash.
Arbor Day Plant Sale and Swap will be on the Peachtree Corners Town Green from noon until 5 p.m. on March 29. The event will feature activities, as well as opportunities to connect with fellow nature lovers and find everything you need to enhance your garden.
Two high school principals will address the April 1 meeting of the Snellville Commerce Club. The club will be at noon at Snellville City Hall. Speakers will be Dr. Brett Savage, principal at Brookwood High, and Rodney Jordan, principal at South Gwinnett High.
Opening Day for the Gwinnett Stripers 2025 baseball season will be April 1, when the Stripers host the Nashville Sounds in a six games series. The Stripers enter the 2025 season just 19,922 fans shy of four million as a franchise dating back to the club’s inaugural 2009 season. A lucky four-millionth fan will receive a Stripers’ VIP Prize Pack, including two full-season tickets for the remainder of the 2025 season, a $200 shopping spree in Bobby’s Tackle Team Store, a VIP experience for a future Stripers game, prize packs from Stripers’ corporate partners, tickets and merchandise from the Atlanta Braves and other Braves’ minor league affiliates, and more. For more information, visit GoStripers.com.
Brooke Perez, with Georgia Power’s economic development department, will speak to the Norcross PDC (“people drinking coffee”) on Wednesday, April 2 at 8:15 a.m. at 45 South Café in Norcross. All are welcome.
Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s will be presented on April 4 at 11 a.m. at the Five Forks Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. Learn to recognize the common signs of Alzheimer’s Disease during this information session.
Visit the Duluth Farmers and Artisan Market in downtown Duluth on April 6 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Shop local vendors selling an assortment of fresh produce, baked goods, jams, honey, homemade soaps, lotions and more. .
Landscaping with Native Wildflowers in Georgia will be presented April 7 at 11 a.m. at the Suwanee Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. Join UGA Extension Gwinnett to learn about the benefits of having a landscape with native Georgia wildflowers.
Unity through Understanding: Cultural Dialogue and Mosque Tour will be held on April 9 at 2 p.m. at the Baitul Ata Mosque, 1800 Willow Trail Parkway in Norcross. Take a tour of a local mosque followed by an educational session providing insight into Islam.
The 53rd annual Lilburn Daze is now accepting applications for vendors and sponsors. This event will be held in Lilburn City Park on Saturday, October 11, 2025. For more information and applications please visit Lilburn daze.org.
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