Gwinnett County Department of Health is encouraging residents to get the Covid vaccine shots, or the boosters, by offering $100 Visa gift cards, while supplies last. The cards are available to people ages 5 and up who receive a COVID-19 vaccine at community-wide vaccine incentive events this weekend. Partners in the program, besides Health Department, include Piedmont Eastside, Emergent Testing and COVID Care Georgia.
From Friday, December 10 to Sunday, December 12, the partners will host vaccine clinics throughout the Gwinnett community wih a variety of locations and available hours. A dedicated website has been created for the event. Go to FinishStrongTogether.com for specific location, hours and appointment information. Appointments are strongly encouraged.
Vaccines are free. ID and insurance cards are not required but encouraged. People without insurance or ID will not be turned away. People should also bring their CDC vaccination card if they’ve already received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Dr. Audrey Arona, district health director for Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale County Health Departments says: “Whether it’s a first shot, second dose or booster, for adults or children, we want to make sure all of our residents have the opportunity to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. We have worked with partners across this community to ensure that there are vaccine locations close to where our residents live, work and shop and that there are extended hours to remove barriers to getting the much-needed vaccine.”
The County is using federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to pay for the vaccine incentive gift cards.
Vaccines for ages 5 and older:
Emergent Testing (Drive-Up Service) – 3110 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road, Suwanee, GA 30024. No appointment necessary but pre-registration for contactless service is available.
Piedmont Eastside Medical Plaza 2 (Walk-In Service) — 1800 Tree Lane, Suite 250, Snellville, GA 30078. Appointments are strongly encouraged but not required.
COVID Care Georgia, Plaza Las Americas (Drive-Up Service) – 733 Pleasant Hill Road, Lilburn, GA 30047. Appointments are strongly encouraged but not required.
Vaccines for ages 12 and older:
Gwinnett County Health Department Gwinnett Place Mall Vaccination Site (Appointment Walk-In Service), will be in the former Sears at Gwinnett Place Mall, 2100 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth. Appointments are strongly encouraged but walk-in clients will be served, as able, based on open appointment slots.
Sponsorships available for 3rd Wreaths Across America
Join the Philadelphia Winn Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), to honor American heroes at their third Annual Wreaths Across America ceremony. This observance will be held on Saturday, December 18 at Noon at the East Shadowlawn Memorial Gardens, 87 Scenic Highway, Lawrenceville.
Also participating will be the Button Gwinnett Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), the Elisha Winn Society, Children of the American Revolution (C.A.R.), Georgia State Society SAR Color Guard and Militia, and additional local community organizations.
The sponsored wreaths will be hand-crafted of all-American balsam, hand-tied with a red velvet bow and made in Columbia Falls, Maine. If you choose to sponsor a wreath ($15 each), you will be invited to place the wreath on the marker of a veterans’ grave during the ceremony. Consider joining a grateful nation in saying “Thank you for your service and sacrifice.”
You may sponsor a wreath online at www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/ga0265p, or send a check, payable to Philadelphia Winn Chapter to: Kathy Schmidt, Chapter Treasurer, 886 Marbrook Dr., Lawrenceville, Ga. 30044.
- For any questions, contact Ann Story at (404) 538-4521, email Annstory@ymail.com or Lynn Jacques at (678) 332-9852, email Lynnjacques55@gmail.com.
Snellville tops off The Grove at Towne Center garage
Snellville has topped off The Grove at Towne Center’s parking garage. Vertical construction is now complete on the five-level parking deck which houses 750 parking spaces to be used by the Grove for all of the site’s tenants. That includes over 50,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, office and entertainment space, as well as approximately 250 multi-family luxury apartments and the two-story Elizabeth Williams library. From left are Brett Hutchins and Shannon Dixon of Casto Southeast (the co-developer with Mid-City firm), and Snellville Mayor Barbara Bender.
Winter Construction is the contractor for the project. The Grove’s luxury residential apartments will surround the deck on three sides and feature an ornamental glass staircase on the east side that will provide beautiful views of the Elizabeth Williams library as well as the mercantile retail space and Grove Town Green.
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