GwinnettForum | Number 23.76 | Sept. 27, 2024
MASON TRIBUTE: Gwinnett’s legendary Wayne Mason was honored Wednesday night at the Gwinnett Chamber building on the publication of a book about him and his brother’s development and civic activities. A panel discussion about Mason’s involvement with Gwinnett was led by Author Catherine Lewis (right) and included Bill Russell and Richard Tucker. The book is entitled Above and Beyond, the Mason Family, published by Mercer University Press, and sells for $27. Mason’s son, Keith, coordinated the tribute, but was not present, since being treated for a detached retina in Louisville, Ky. A Zoom link allowed him to follow the tribute.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Hudgens Prize for the Arts to be announced Saturday
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Why did God put mankind on this Earth?
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
ANOTHER VIEW: Full Medicaid expansion needed in red states
FEEDBACK: We need no militia; we now have the National Guard
UPCOMING: German joint manufacturer expands in Gwinnett
NOTABLE: GGC move to No. 3 as most ethnically diverse
RECOMMENDED: Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, by Lisa See
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Greenspace Program codified distinctive concept
MYSTERY PHOTO: Remembering history may help to spot mystery
CALENDAR: Lilburn plans Hispanic Heritage celebration on Saturday
Hudgens Prize for the Arts to be announced Saturday
By Cricket Elliott
DULUTH, Ga. | The winner of the prestigious Hudgens Prize for the Arts will be announced on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hudgens Center for Art and Learning.
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The Hudgens Prize for the Arts is a visual arts award that carries a cash prize of $50,000 and a solo exhibition at The Hudgens to one Georgia artist. It is awarded every other year. It is one of the largest awards in the nation given to an individual artist. The purpose of the competition is to elevate and promote the arts throughout Georgia, while providing a transformational opportunity for the winning artist.
Laura Ballance, executive director of The Hudgens, beams when she says: “The finalists were all exceptional again this year. The judges certainly had a difficult decision to make.”
Clockwise, the Hudgens Art Prize finalists are, from top left, Krista Clark, Victoria Dugger, Joni Sergio Suarez and Joni Mabe.
The finalists are:
- Krista Clark: A resident of Atlanta, her work incorporates new and repurposed materials to construct familiar forms in new spatial arrangements displaced from their accustomed sites and settings.
- Victoria Dugger: Born in Columbus and a current resident of Athens, her practice spans painting, mixed media works and sculpture. Working across these forms, she produces objects that blur accepted categories, exploring novel modes of self-expression and embodiment.
- Joni Mabe: Born in Cornelia and a current resident of Athens, she is a book artist and a huge fan of Elvis Presley, who often ends up represented in her work. She is creator of the Everything Elvis Museum and owns a large personal collection of Elvis memorabilia, artifacts and curiosities.
- Sergio Suarez: Born in Mexico City, he now lives and works in Atlanta. His practice, prompted by an interest in translation, uses different traditions of making to construct a visual language concerned with syncretism, temporality, and the porosity between objects, images, and structures.
The 2024 Hudgens Prize jurors include Annette Cone-Skelton, CEO and founding director, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia ; Floyd Hall, executive director, The Atlanta Contemporary; and Melissa Messina, curatorial and advisory services consultant, and curator, Mildred Thompson Estate.
The Hudgens Center for Art and Learning is a non-profit organization that has been focused on supporting the arts in Georgia since its establishment in 1981. Its mission is to bring together art lovers, leaders and learners through quality art education programs and exhibitions. The Hudgens presents enriching and inspiring art exhibitions in five gallery spaces throughout each year; offers art education and programming, in multiple languages, for all ages and abilities; and provides outreach through the arts that support Georgia’s traditionally under-served individuals, families and communities.
Previous winners of the Hudgens Prize for the Arts include Gyun Hur (2011), Pam Longobardi (2013); Bethany Collins (2015); Lori Stallings (2017); Paul Stephen Benjamin (2019); and Olu Amoda (2022).
The Hudgens Center is located at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth, on the Gas South District campus. For more information about exhibitions, events and arts education at the Hudgens, visit the website at www.thehudgens.org or call 770-623-6002.
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Why did God put mankind on this Earth?
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
SEPT. 27, 2024 | For what purpose did God put man on Earth?
We’re no theologian, or even a deep thinker, but we think we know the answer to this question.
God put man on this Earth to solve problems, and to make it, overall, a place for mankind to live in better and better conditions. In turn, this gives mankind a chance to have more time to think, and improve Earth even more.
Now recognize that I come to this conclusion living in the Western world in pretty good surroundings. Many, many people on this Earth do not live in such luxury as do the majority of Americans. Yet even in many third-world nations, these people have progressed considerably from the world of Adam and Eve. Just think of the many, many more ways mankind has lived in improved circumstances since fig leaves were the only clothing.
And that’s just for starters. Since mankind populated the Earth, there has come small improvements, then large improvements, each one helping make it easier to live on this planet. There are the small items….like fire. Then hatchets….bows and arrows….and leaps toward the beginning of the industrial age, with the steam engine, reaping linen from flax, the cotton gin, the automobile, airplanes, computers, rocket ships. Each of these came from some solitary person, and later trained scientists, studying problems, and figuring out a solution. And in the wayward course, the living conditions of mankind improved.
You wonder how many of these early change agents recognized the hand of God in what he or she did to improve our lives?
What stimulated this was an item we read recently about one way to stem climate change.
The first paragraph read: “PICTOU COUNTY, Nova Scotia—In a quiet patch of forest in Nova Scotia, a company is building a machine designed to help slow global warming by transforming Earth’s rivers and oceans into giant sponges that absorb carbon dioxide from the air.”
This machine will grind up limestone into a powder, then release it into a nearby river, producing a chalky plume, which will then dissolve itself within minutes. You see, rivers contain carbon dioxide that constantly escapes into the air, trapping heat and warming the planet.
The limestone converts some of the carbon dioxide into a stable molecule that stays in the water and washes into the ocean, trapped for what scientists believe will be thousands of years. It’s called a simple technology of grinding up limestone and dissolving it in water, all easily done, and could produce enormous benefits. For details, see the September 23, 2024 New York Times.
Now think back: ever since mankind started thriving and reproducing on this earth, small individual improvements have continuously evolved. It certainly didn’t happen all at once. Today’s modern living is a culmination of these many, many developments where someone, either curious or lucky, recognized a new way. Mankind has essentially continued to produce a better mousetrap. And we all have benefitted.
The author, William Faulkner, may have said it best in part of his Nobel Prize acceptance speech: “I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance…..the pillars…help him endure and prevail.”
We still have a long way to go to solve all our problems. But we feel deeply that God put mankind here on Earth, as the author says, to prevail.
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Full Medicaid expansion needed in red states
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By Jack Bernard, contributing columnist
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. | Today I write this from my position as chair of the Fayette County Board of Health.
Our home state of Georgia was ranked fifth worst place to practice medicine in a recent Medscape article (“Best and Worst Places to Practice 2024”).
Five criteria were used: physician compensation; cost of living; malpractice premiums; health of the state’s residents; physician burnout levels. We will detail our experiences of practices in Georgia. It emphasized particularly concerning is Georgia’s poor performance regarding health of the state’s residents and physician burnout levels. Both issues could be ameliorated via full expansion of Medicaid.
The article identified challenges that Georgia physicians encounter. Particularly concerning is Georgia’s poor performance regarding the health of the state’s residents and physician burnout levels. Both issues could be ameliorated via full expansion of Medicaid.
It is no surprise that three of the five worst ranked states to practice are among those that have not expanded Medicaid. Besides Georgia, there is Alabama and Florida. In Georgia, refusal to expand Medicaid means that nearly 12 percent of residents… well over a million people…are uninsured, significantly limiting their access to healthcare. Only in Texas is coverage worse.
Due solely to political concerns, Georgia chose to submit a Medicaid waiver and develop its own Medicaid expansion program called Pathways. It was projected by the Governor’s office to cover an additional 100,000 Georgians in its first year. But it has been an utter failure, with less than 3,500 covered at a cost to taxpayers of $26 million. Full Medicaid expansion would have added over 350,000 Georgians while cutting “state spending by $710 million.”
Without the ability to see a doctor regularly, chronic conditions worsen, and morbidity increases. Drs. Tracey L. Henry and Toby Terwilliger both practice in Atlanta and see this progression every day in their practices leaving us with the arduous task of addressing complex medical conditions in a state that makes necessary care inaccessible for so many.
Participating in vain in this struggle for Georgian’s patients’ lives often leads to moral fatigue, workplace stress, and burnout for medical providers. It’s one of the primary reasons that Georgia is not retaining more of its physician trainees.
The student-led non-profit organization, Health Students Taking Action Together (H-STAT), conducted a study this spring about the perspectives of medical trainees regarding their clinical experience in our state. Among other findings:
- 81 percent of respondents felt most Georgia residents do not have access to quality medical care;
- 80 percent believe that our high uninsurance rate contributes to physician burnout, and
- 60 percent would be more likely to stay in our state if options for better access to insurance coverage were available.
It then becomes clear that Medicaid expansion is not only good for patients but also for their doctors. And that increased insurance coverage would improve Georgia’s healthcare practice score.
It is limiting to think of our state as little more than a number in a ranking system. The Medscape analysis fails to consider Georgia’s growing economy, diverse patient populations, diverse people, and other remarkable aspects that drew us to and keep us as Georgians. However, the study does point out that we have significant work to do to make our state a more appealing place to practice. That effort must start with full Medicaid expansion.
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We need no militia; we now have the National Guard
Editor, the Forum:
About the second amendment: It states “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Well, it is only one sentence long and it does not say everyone should have a gun. It also states that the reason people can keep in and bear arms is only to have a well regulated Militia. There was no standing Army and the nation has no legal militias since we have the Army and the National Guard that took over the role.
– Raleigh Perry, Buford
Extended inflation inflicts damages
Editor, the Forum:
Concerning Georgia Gwinnett College’s Dr. Philip Vinson’s perspective on the economy (GwinnettForum, Sept. 24): in contrast, declaring inflation has recently rolled back to just 2.5 percent, what is not so rosy, and left unsaid is the reality; the last three years of rapid inflation are cumulative! It is for an extended duration before the compounded damage is inflicted; it has no chance of being unwound.
Surprisingly, just less than two months before the nation votes, the ‘Fed lowers the interest rate by 50 basis points, while not looking at that “gift horse in the mouth.” It is just like providing the ‘false’ impression to some that inflation is OK now. It is not!
Under the undefined platform of the current White House politics, without a change, there will be little if any relief, in both the national and international scene.
– Ron Baker, Stone Mountain
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German joint manufacturer expands in Gwinnett
A German company is expanding in Gwinnett. maierAMERICA celebrated the opening of its new facility at 1856 Corporate Drive in Norcross on September 24. At 20,500 square feet, this expansion will nearly triple the size of the previous location in Gwinnett, reflecting the company’s sustained growth.
CEO Rob Kuehl says: “This expansion reflects maierAMERICA’s commitment to meeting increasing demand and positioning ourselves as a leader in the industry. We look forward to the growth this will bring the community.”
Founded nearly 100 years ago, the parent company is a mechanical engineering firm located in Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany. The company specializes in rotary joints also known as “unions” and are active in nearly 20 different industries.
The maierGROUP employs over 200 associates and serves more than 500 fields of application for its products. In September 2025, maierAMERICA will celebrate 25 years of its expansion into the U.S. market.
Florian Maier, Managing Partner of Christian Maier GmbH & Co. KG, emphasized the importance of the expansion, saying, “Innovating and growing here in Gwinnett, Georgia, and the Americas is a significant step forward for us.”
maierGROUPS’s tagline, “Rotary Joints by maierGROUP – A Union for Life,” encapsulates the company’s commitment to long-term reliability and partnerships. maierGROUP stands for Quality, Reliability, and Worldwide Service, driven by its Reason for Being: ” maierAMERICA exists to be in union with our clients, turning problems into solutions.”
GGC move to No. 3 as most ethnically diverse
Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) has been ranked as the most ethnically diverse Southern regional college for 11 consecutive years according to the 2025 U.S. News and World Report magazine college and university rankings. The Southern region includes 12 states and Puerto Rico.
The same report indicated that GGC ranks No. 3 in ethnic diversity among regional colleges in the nation. GGC was ranked No. 4 last year.
GGC President Dr. Jann L. Joseph says: “This ranking highlights the fact that our students receive a first-class education in a welcoming environment, and they also thrive in a rich, global community that broadens their perspectives. GGC is a learning community where students can find their place, find their passion and find their purpose.”
The ranking was based on data reported from the college’s fall 2023 semester. With 11,918 students, the ethnic composition of GGC’s student body was 32 percent Black/African American; 29 percent Hispanic; 22 percent White; 12 percent Asian; 4 percent multi-ethnic,; 1 percent unknown and less than one percent each for Native American and Pacific Islander.
Another rabies incident, this time in Lilburn
On September 23, a raccoon near Catamount Way in Lilburn tested positive for rabies after biting a resident. The victim received immediate medical attention.
Gwinnett County Animal Welfare and Enforcement and Gwinnett County Public Health advise residents to use caution and avoid animals behaving in unusual ways. Diseases like rabies can be transmitted to humans and pets through bites or scratches from wild animals such as foxes and raccoons.
All pet owners should ensure that their pets are current on rabies vaccination. If you or your child have been bitten or scratched by any stray animals or suspected rabid animal, immediate preventive treatment is necessary. Seek medical care immediately and inform the health care provider of the exposure. Then, contact GNR Public Health at 770-339-4260 and ask for the on-call epidemiologist.
- To report an animal behaving in an unusual way and have it picked up, please call the Gwinnett Animal Welfare and Enforcement Bite Office at 770-339-3200, ext. 5576.
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, by Lisa See
From Karen J. Harris, Stone Mountain: Tan Yunxian and Meiling Shi become fast friends in 16th century China as healers with different backgrounds. Yunxian is trained as a doctor by her grandmother who is one of a handful of female doctors. Meiling is a midwife trained by her grandmother. When Yunxian’s arranged marriage occurs she moves to an elite level and is initially not allowed to practice medicine though it is sorely needed in her new home. How Yunxian and Meiling manage to assist women with their healing gifts is but a part of this story. It is also a story of changing fortunes, the complexities of living a circumscribed life in the palatial residence, and the cycles of the friendship and changing fortunes. Their lives exemplify the statement, from adversity beauty can bloom. I found this story to be an enriching experience filled with wisdom, joy, pain, indeed the circle of life.
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Georgia Greenspace Program codified concept
The Georgia Community Greenspace Program, passed into law under Governor Roy Barnes in 2000, encouraged rapidly developing counties to voluntarily set aside 20 percent of their land as “greenspace.” Although funding for the program ceased in 2004, the Georgia Community Greenspace program was revolutionary because it codified the concept of greenspace, acknowledged the detrimental aspects of urbanization, and emphasized the responsibilities of local governments to preserve land as a means of maintaining quality of life.
Greenspace was defined under this law as “permanently protected land and water, including agricultural and forestry land,” meaning that development incompatible with greenspace functions on the preserved land was not permitted. Greenspace functions as delineated by the program included protection of water quality for rivers, streams, and lakes; flood protection; wetlands protection; reduction of soil erosion; protection of corridors and habitat for native plants and animals; preservation of scenery; protection of archaeological and historic resources; and informal recreation, such as fishing, hiking, and birding.
The Community Greenspace Program was developed in response to growing population pressures around the state during the 1990s. The greenspace concept is essentially an urban one, distinguishing land that is built-over from land supporting plants or water. Organizations such as Trees Atlanta, the Georgia Conservancy, and the Atlanta Regional Commission amplified the impact of the program by providing planning and training efforts for greenspace acquisition and preservation.
The local, urban orientation of the Georgia Community Greenspace program evolved against a broader background of land conservation within the state. State and federal governments began purchasing land in Georgia during the 1920s for the establishment of state parks and national parks, wildlife refuges, and management preserves. By the 1970s land-conservation efforts had accelerated through the work of the Nature Conservancy, the Trust for Public Land, and many smaller land trusts working within the state. In addition, land was preserved through the Heritage Trust, Preservation 2000, and RiverCare2000. These programs, along with the Community Greenspace Program, preserved more than 300,000 acres of land in Georgia from 1974 to 2003, usually through outright purchase of land.
The Georgia legislature allocated $90 million ($30 million per year) from 2001 through 2003 for the acquisition of county greenspace. The funds, held in a trust, were available to fast-growing local governments that could demonstrate a commitment to preserving 20 percent of county land as greenspace and could produce acceptable greenspace plans. Not all governments were able to acquire land, however, and some monies were returned to the state. The program was not funded in 2004 because of decreases in state revenues.
In December 2003 Governor Sonny Perdue signed an executive order establishing an advisory council for the Georgia Land Conservation Partnership, which was charged with developing Georgia’s first comprehensive conservation plan. The advisory council issued its report in August 2004, and in April 2005 Perdue signed into law the Georgia Land Conservation Act.
The new law created a trust fund and a loan fund, both administered by the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority, a state agency established in 1985 to provide financing for a variety of environmental improvement and infrastructure projects. The Georgia Greenspace Commission (which was responsible for reviewing and approving greenspace programs for the Community Greenspace Program) was reconstituted as the Georgia Land Conservation Council. The Georgia Land Conservation program is open to all local governments rather than just rapidly developing ones, with competition among local entities for funding based on the demonstrated ability to purchase and protect greenspace.
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Remembering history may help to spot mystery
Think back in history as you view today’s Mystery Photo. Perhaps something will pop into your mind and you’ll be able to solve this puzzle. Send your answer to ebrack2@gmail.com, and include your home town.
Allen Peel of San Antonio, Tex. recognized the last mystery photo. He wrote: “It is of the Church of Saint Joan of Arc, located in the center of Place du Vieux-Marché, an ancient market square in the city center of Rouen, France. Contrary to the typically medieval, Gothic-style churches and cathedrals that the city is famous for, the Saint Joan of Arc church is a rather wacky and spiky-looking memorial church designed and built by architect Louis Arretche (1905–1991).
“The church was commissioned in 1969, completed in 1979, and inaugurated on May 27, 1979 by former French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing (1926–2020). Its roof is shaped like an overturned ship’s hull which is often used in the design of smaller Christian churches. The sweeping curves of the roof are meant to portray the flames that consumed Joan of Arc, the 19-year peasant girl that was ‘burned at the stake’ for heresy, on May 30, 1431 in the very same market square that now houses the memorial church pictured in today’s mystery photo.” The photo was sent to the Forum by Paige Havens of Hoschton.
Also recognizing the mystery were Jay Altman of Columbia, S.C.; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; and Stew Ogilvie from Rehobeth, Ala. Go Dogs!
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Lilburn plans Hispanic Heritage celebration on Saturday
Men’s civic breakfast at Christ Episcopal Church will be Saturday, September 28 at 8 a.m. Speaker will be the Rt. Rev. Robert C. Wright, the 10th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. Members of the community are welcomed.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Lilburn and enjoy the experience of the magic of traditional Mexican Folk Dances. The Alma Mexicana Dance performance will take place at 11 a.m. September 28 at the Lilburn Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library.
Celebrate history in downtown Braselton on Saturday, September 28, from 10 a.m. until noon in the lobby of 1904 at 9924 Davis Street. Join the group as it unveils a special display highlighting the 1930 incredible journey of Braselton High to the national basketball tournament.
Jazz in the Alley in Norcross will be Saturday, September 28 at 7:30 p.m. at Betty Mauldin Park. The smooth sounds of The Black Gold Orchestra will be featured.
Art program: come on Friday, October 4 from 5:30 until 8:30 to the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth for a special photographic exhibit. Be at the grand opening of Beebe and Clegg: Their Enduring Photographic Legacy from the Center for Photography and Railroad Art. The museum is located at 3595 Buford Highway in Duluth. Honor the art of giving with the gift of art.
Georgia Race for Autism will be on October 5 at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, located at 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville. Check in begins at 7 a.m. There will be a certified 5K race, a 1 Mile Fun Run, a 100-yard Dash, and a Tot Trot. To register, click here. Stay for the free Fall Festival, kicking off at 8 a.m., which lasts until noon. Enjoy a petting zoo, face painting, pony rides, inflatables, balloon art, a sensory fun area, a trackless train, music, entertainment, and a silent auction.
Bananarama III Here We Go Again is returning to the Lionheart Theatre in downtown Norcross. Show times are October 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m. This is Project Chimps’ annual comedy-variety-drag show hosted by Jolene Goodall with featured performances by Berlinda Wall! It is for ages 16+ and not suitable for all audiences.
Norcross Art Splash Festival is back on October 5–6 in downtown Norcross. View the works of 80 artists from across the country who will show off their talents with folk art, ceramics, paintings, photography, mixed media, fiber art, metalwork, and jewelry. Kids can enjoy the interactive Kidz Zone, with face painting, sand art and inflatable rides. Festival food and drinks will be in abundance to enjoy throughout the weekend.
Alma Mexicana Dance Performance will be at the Norcross Branch of Gwinnett County Public library on Saturday, October 5, at 11 a.m. Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Experience the magic of traditional Mexican Folk Dances!
Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra will present a free Classical K-Pop concert at Newtown Park on Saturday, October 5 at 7 p.m. Led by music director finalist Henry Cheng, this unique musical experience will include symphony renditions of some of the world’s most famous K-Pop pieces.
Learn more about Korean culture, seeing live K-POP performances, and trying some delicious food. A Korea Festival will be on Saturday, October 5, and Sunday, October 6, from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. It is hosted by the Korean Festival Foundation. Tickets are $20 each per day (or $30 for both days) and can be purchased here.
Snellville Historical Society will have its semi-annual general meeting at Snellville City Hall on Sunday, October 6, with the doors opening at 2:30 p.m. and the meeting beginning at 3 p.m. Speaker will be Gwinnett retired Fire Chief Tommy Rutledge.
Aging Adult Expo will be at the Dacula Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library on October 8 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Community partners will share information about Medicare, Social Security benefits, health and wellness, mental health, nutrition, elderly law, frauds/scams, safety, tech help for phones, and how to prepare an “In Case of…” binder.
Nutrition for a Healthy Life: The Importance of Hydration will be held at the Suwanee Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library on October 9 at 10:30 a.m. Learn about healthy lifestyle changes and healthy recipes to cook. This program will have Korean translation available.
Capture the essence of Norcross in a snap! Norcross Gallery and Studios is hosting the ‘Our Home Is Your Home’ Photo Competition through Sunday, October 20. Whether you’re an amateur or a pro, they want to see the world through your lens. The Gallery is accepting photos from smartphones as well as professional cameras. Submitted photos will be displayed in Norcross City Hall and Norcross Gallery and Studio. Top photos will receive prizes and ribbons. Participants are not required to live in Norcross, but the pictures must showcase the city.
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