5/5: Aurora expansion; Groundbreaking changes; Sugar Hill’s interns

BIG RECYCLING VICTORY: There was an overwhelming response from the Gwinnett County community in recycling on the seventh Earth Day celebration at Coolray Field recently. The result was the collection of 30.2 TONS of paper from approximately 2,500 people in just three hours, as a line of cars streamed through the minor-league baseball stadium’s parking lot between 9 a.m. and noon. Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful and Gwinnett County Solid Waste and Recovered Materials Division had 80 volunteers in hopes of a big turnout….which it was. Schelly Marlatt, executive director for Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful said: “We nearly doubled the results of our last recycling event in November 2016. It was a wonderful celebration of the 47th annual Earth Day with a very real feeling of community. The paper collected was securely shredded onsite and will be recycled for use in producing toilet paper, paper towels and more, rather than cluttering up our neighbors’ homes, or winding up in a landfill.

TODAY’S FOCUS: Lawrenceville Moves Forward To Expand Aurora Theatre Facilities

EEB PERSPECTIVE: MY, MY, MY, How Official Groundbreakings Have Changed!

ANOTHER VIEW: Sugar Hill Finds Success in Providing Internship Program

SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank

FEEDBACK: Agrees That Political Signs Need More Code Enforcements

UPCOMING: Spring Planting Festival To Be Saturday at McDaniel Farm Park

NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech Sets Record of Providing More than 200 Scholarships

RECOMMENDED: Twilight of The Elites, America after Meritocracy by Christopher Hayes

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Ocmulgee River Forms in Three Counties in North Central Georgia

TODAY’S QUOTE: Oh, Somebody Always Puts Out What Seems an Easy Solution

MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a Vital Clue To This Edition’s Mystery Photo

LAGNIAPPE: Snellville Take Back Program Records over a Ton of Drugs

CALENDAR: Pizza with Police in Lawrenceville Coming on May 11

Lawrenceville moves forward to expand Aurora Theatre facilities

By Marci Gross, Lawrenceville, Ga.  |  A project management firm has been picked to spearhead a multi-million dollar facilities expansion in downtown Lawrenceville.

Croft and Associates was selected through a request for proposal process to lead the development and expansion of the arts and cultural facility, home of Aurora Theatre, in downtown Lawrenceville. The project, slated for completion in 2020, is expected to house a 500-seat auditorium, parking deck, a common area for meetings and networking functions, and classrooms for Georgia Gwinnett College’s fine arts program. This work is to be done while preserving and utilizing the existing theatre facilities.

Croft and Associates is a full-service commercial architecture firm based in Kennesaw, Ga. Croft currently is leading the construction management of the City’s new Public Works Facility on West Pike Street.

Mayor Judy Jordan Johnson says: “Lawrenceville’s vision is to combine its greatest strengths in arts and education to create a vibrant and active downtown and county seat for Gwinnett. Through strategic property acquisition, SPLOST planning with the county and collaboration with our partners at both Aurora Theatre and Georgia Gwinnett College, our desire is to become a destination for tourists, a strong activity center for our residents and Gwinnett’s first – and different – college town. We are glad to be working with Croft and Associates and look forward to getting this project underway.”

The City recently acquired property for the project through the Downtown Development Authority of Lawrenceville Georgia. Properties acquired include the Peach State Federal Credit Union parcel as well as the empty space adjacent to the existing theatre building. (The Credit Union plans to move to a new facility on West Pike Street.) Aurora Theatre will work with the City to assist in design consulting for theatrical performances as well as management and operation of the facility once built.

Rodriguez

Anthony Rodriguez, co-founder and producing artistic director of Aurora Theatre, responds: “We are proud to be part of a community that prioritizes the arts as a crucial factor in Lawrenceville’s growth. The City is a tremendous partner for the arts and their firm belief that expanding our facility into an arts campus will foster arts growth for all of Gwinnett County makes a bold statement and conveys the importance of the arts as an engine for economic development. We are thrilled to partner on this innovative project and look forward to what lies ahead as Croft works with all of us to realize this vision.”

Georgia Gwinnett College already maintains a strong relationship with Aurora Theatre when it comes to student programming. This facility – complete with classrooms for the College’s fine arts programs – will assist with the growth of those existing relationships and create Gwinnett’s first-ever “college town” right in the heart of the County.

Stas Preczewski, president of Georgia Gwinnett College shares: “Town and gown relations are important to communities where colleges live and thrive. Our relationship with the City of Lawrenceville is exceptional and they have been at our side every step of the way since we opened our doors in 2006 with less than 150 ‘educational pioneers.’  We look forward to the cultural opportunities the new Aurora Theatre will give to the 13,000 students, faculty and staff of Georgia Gwinnett College. We are fortunate to be a part of the Lawrenceville community and all that it has to offer.”

Once the contract with Croft and Associates is finalized, first steps will include collaboration with contractors on design concepts. An estimated budget of nearly $30 million dollars will come from 2017 SPLOST funds as well as potential capital campaigns on behalf of private and non-profit partners in the project.

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My, my, my, how official groundbreakings have changed

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher |  Groundbreakings were once not what they are today.

One of my first groundbreakings we thought was quite an occurrence. At a weekly newspaper, we were growing and had run out of room, needing to add space to our building.  The three male stockholders decided to make it a public occasion, and asked our wives to come and “break the ground.”

Yep, took a picture of them shoveling sand, etc., and promoted it in the newspaper, so everyone knew of our progress. Actually, in that small county of 20,000 people, it was a pretty big story, for groundbreakings were few and far between.

In the mid 70s, when I came to Gwinnett, this rapidly expanding county soon had a groundbreaking a week.   However, groundbreakings were also something new to Gwinnett. After going to a couple of groundbreakings and finding  no one had really planned for it, we chipped in with some help. We stored a shovel in the big trunk of my green wide-track Pontiac. On more than several occasions, we actually had to pull it out for use because though the “dignitaries” who planned the groundbreaking never thought of bringing a shovel. So, my proud shovel, I can say, was photographed in several groundbreakings.

For most groundbreakings then, only one shovel was used.  One guy (or lady) turned the dirt, with several others grinning left and right for the photographer. Since the county commission chairman and I were usually regular in attendance at the groundbreakings, we got used to the steps involved. And as the photographer, I usually arranged people in the correct order for the photo.

By the early 80s, groundbreakings had become much more of a ceremony. That was about the time the public relations departments or firms got involved. They brought two new aspects to the ceremony.  First, they had their own photographer, since they wanted to send the news of the event to various media. And that’s the time they started supplying not only one, but sometimes a shovel for every official in the picture. My shovel got lonely in the car trunk.

It was another step of progress when the PR whiz kids introduced another element that fancied up the groundbreakings: not only did they provide multiple shovels, but the shovels were gussied up, painted bright shiny silver!  Boy, were we big-time!

How could you improve on that?  Yep, someone recognized a minor hitch, and started providing a mound of sand for the people to shovel, instead of having to ram the spade into the hard ground. Another improvement!

These days, boy do they put on the show! I recently saw a photo of a governmental groundbreaking for a new building. How this has progressed!  You may not believe this, but there were 13 people…yes 13…all with shovels in hands and tossing the dirt. There was even a tent with already prepared dirt for the officials to stand under in case of rain. All but one of the guys had on a dark blue suit, and the two ladies in the picture look dressed to go to a wedding reception!  Yep, they considered it a big event.

America continues to be an amazing land of progress. And my, how the groundbreakings have taken off. Wonder what the next “improvement” will be?

Then, there are ribbon cuttings! That’s another story.

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Sugar Hill finds success in providing internship program

By Varessa Butts, special to GwinnettForum  |   The City of Sugar Hill’s internship program provides interns the opportunity to gain valuable skills, experience, and for some, a career.  Since its inception just three years ago, the internship program has graduated over 25 high school and college students. The interns have varied from high school juniors to working adults looking for a career change. Many of the interns have been home grown talent, yet others have come from as far away as Michigan.

Engaging the millennial crowd in the community is the primary focus of the program.  City interns get the opportunity to meet the Mayor and City Council, participate in planning city-wide events and help spread the word about what’s happening around the Sweet City of Sugar Hill.

Interns get a behind-the-scenes look at the projects that are coming into the city and the process by which those are acquired.  With recent private and public investments in the downtown area totaling approximately $300 million, there is a lot of information to absorb.  Interns also get a glance at the inner workings of community and learn how to get involved from a citizen’s perspective, whether it is in the City’s Business Alliance or fostering the arts in the Sugar Hill Arts Commission.

The program has been a great success and the city has even used the program to fulfill several city employment positions

The city is currently focusing on bringing in interns interested in event planning, marketing and communications.

• For information on how to apply for internship or how to get more involved in Sugar Hill, contact Scott Andrews at sandrews@cityofsugarhill.com.

Varessa Butts is marketing and communications coordinator for the City Of Sugar Hill

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Agrees that political signs need more code enforcements

Editor, the Forum:

Let me agree strongly with the gentleman about political signs left up.  I have put up signs for candidates for around 20 years now.  I have always tried to have all my signs down within 24 hours of the polls closing.

I have suggested that when a candidate registers, his or her staff has their volunteers attend a training session that the counties could conduct.  The course could explain the local codes for the signage.  I know most candidates want their signs for future campaigns. They are not cheap.  I do try to make sure those ones that are not going to be used again are recycled.

— Byron Gilbert, Berkeley Lake

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Spring Planting Festival to be Saturday at McDaniel Farm Park

Spring is the time to prepare the soil and begin planting.  Join the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center (GEHC) as it celebrates the region’s agrarian past with its Spring Planting Festival at McDaniel Farm on Saturday, May 6, 2017.  The event will run from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and features hands-on opportunities to learn about life on the historic farm. McDaniel Farm is located at 3251 McDaniel Road, Duluth.

The festival highlights the history of McDaniel Farm and the role agriculture played in Gwinnett’s past.  GEHC Director of Programming Jason West said, “McDaniel Farm is one of the last remaining large tracts of land from the 1820 land lottery.  The property continued to be farmed until the 1990s.  This festival not only celebrates the McDaniel property as a cotton farm but also stresses the sustainability of agriculture and how this is experienced through the farm landscape.”

The festival features a number of activities and games that make the connection to farming including blacksmithing demonstrations, weaving activities and examining tools and tasks of the past.  Guests should be prepared to get dirty as they explore for earthworms, discuss composting and assist in planting corn and cotton in the farm’s fields. Gwinnett County Master Gardeners plan to provide tours of the demonstration garden and provide attendees with a small seed in a container to plant at home.   Participants also have the opportunity to make an herb sachet and learn how to establish and reap the benefits of their own herb garden.

The program fee for the Spring Planting Festival is $8 per person.  GEHC members and children under the age of two are free.  Pre-registration is encouraged and can be done online at www.gwinnettEHC.org.  Guests can also pay the program fee at the gate on the day of the event.

Gwinnett Tech sets record of providing more than 200 scholarships

Gwinnett Tech Foundation is celebrating a record year of providing more than 200 scholarship recipients the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the donors that made their scholarship awards possible. The fifth Annual Scholarship Celebration was appropriately themed “Generosity and Gratitude.”

The event, sponsored by Primerica and Peach State Federal Credit Union, gave the students a unique opportunity to personally thank his or her benefactors. Donors were able to meet the real people behind the applications and offer up powerful words of support and encouragement.

Karen Fine Saltiel, president and chairman of Primerica Foundation, shared with the group her personal testimony of being a scholarship recipient years ago and how that experience changed the trajectory of her life and now allows her to give back today. Saltiel said to the students, “I know where you are. I felt your pain. It isn’t easy. Keep working hard and know there’s a rainbow at the end.” She continued, “It will be your turn one day to pay it forward and help someone else to succeed, just as people in this room have invested and believed in you.”

Mikhail Britt, a Trustee of the Gwinnett Tech Foundation, told how the generosity of the donors truly does change lives. He said to the donors, “Let us not give to get, but to inspire others to give.”

Marshall Boutwell, president and CEO of Peach State Federal Credit Union, offered the benefactor spotlight of the day. Boutwell shared enthusiastically, “For many reasons this is one of my favorite times of year. This is when we give money away. It’s scholarship time!” Boutwell told how supporting education is a top priority for Peach State, with two-thirds of their corporate giving being allocated to the cause. His message to students was, “I challenge you to start giving back to your alma mater as soon as you can. Don’t wait until you can afford to give big. Budget for it now and make a commitment to pay it forward.”

Among award winners were:

• Damien Hodges received the Adam Allgood Award, given in memory of automotive technology student Adam Allgood who was killed in an automobile accident, for his leadership and example of learning and inspiration to others.
• Julie Pope received the Dr. Richard Ludwig Award for her leadership and dedication to horticulture.
• Jean Harrison was named the Horticulture Student of the Year.
• Antonio Allen won the Mountain Shadow Garden Club Scholarship for environmental and horticulture studies.
• Raevin Jones-Petty received the PEARL Award as the Outstanding Early Childhood Care and Education Student.
• Nicole Vann was honored with the Michael Upchurch Anatomy and Physiology Award.

GGC student nursing students for first time win national awards

For the first time, students from the Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) chapter of the National Student Nursing Association (NSNA) brought home national awards from the association’s annual convention, held earlier this month in Dallas, Texas.

Dr. Diane White, dean of the School of Health Sciences gushed: “We are so proud of our students for winning these prestigious awards. We are especially proud that despite the fact that ours is one of the newest nursing programs in the country, having been established in 2014, GGC swept more national distinctions than any other participating institution.”

Graduating senior Caroline Nappo received the Ambassador Award in recognition of her excellence in leadership, involvement and embodiment of the core values of NSNA. Nappo volunteers at a local emergency shelter for homeless single women and children and she advocates for the protection of the privacy of registered nurses.

Nappo says: “‘Nursing as Caring’ is the model on which GGC’s nursing program is based and it is a principle that I apply to everything that I do for the community, Winning the Ambassador Award is truly a testament to the dedicated faculty who set the bar high for their students and accept nothing less than excellence.”

Georgia Gwinnett nursing students’ interactions with legislators about health and human services bills affecting their local communities landed GGC’s NSNA chapter the Legislative/Education Award. The students’ elementary school initiative to teach young students about safety, hygiene and the nursing profession received the Empowering Resolutions Award for promoting the advancement of NSNA resolutions.

Snellville Police Golf Tournament produces funds for new K-9 unit

The city police department will add another four-legged member to its force thanks in large part to more than $10,000 in funds raised during the Snellville Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association’s annual golf tournament last week.

Snellville Police Department Chief Roy Whitehead said the money from the golf tournament will cover most of the $14,000 cost for the K-9 and training for the officer slated to work with the dog. The golf tournament drew more than 100 participants, officials said.

The SPD K-9 Unit currently has three teams:  Lt. David Matson and K-9 Jax;  Sgt. O.J. Concepcion and K-9 Aron; and Sgt. Rain Nieddu and K-9 Cezar. The unit was designed to have four teams.

“With the retirement of one team, our goal is to return to full staff,” Whitehead said. “Officers indicated their interest in being the next handler. Officer Jacob Callaway has been selected to undertake this new responsibility.”

The K-9 Unit searches for narcotics and tracks and apprehends offenders. The K-9s protect their handlers and track missing children and adults to safely return them home.

“Our teams have been responsible for numerous arrests, found significant quantities of narcotics, located missing persons and property and many other services that keep our community safe,” Whitehead said.

RECOMMENDED 

Twilight of The Elites, America after Meritocracy

By Christopher Hayes

Reviewed by Hoyt Tuggle, Lawrenceville  |   Published in June 2012, it was prescient and fits well with many authors who have been and are predicting a fourth revolution, or sea change, in the life of America. Hayes uses many examples of how the American concept of meritocracy has evolved into the morass of economic and social mobility inequality we find ourselves in today. From Katrina, the deadlock in Congress, the financial meltdown, distrust of the media, distrust of both political parties, distrust of Academia to the Tea Party, Hayes shows how meritocracy creates the new elites and how the new elites have gotten “out of touch” with the non-elites. He also discusses how this can be corrected and explains how difficult that will be.

An invitation: what books, restaurants, movies or web sites have you enjoyed recently? Send us your recent selection, along with a short paragraph (100 words) as to why you liked this, plus what you plan to visit or read next. –eeb

Ocmulgee River forms in three counties in north central Georgia

The Ocmulgee River is the westernmost major tributary of the Altamaha River system. The Ocmulgee begins at an elevation of around 1,000 feet above sea level in the headwaters of the Yellow, Alcovy and South rivers in Gwinnett, DeKalb and Barrow counties in north central Georgia. Southeast of Atlanta, the rivers flow into the impoundment of Lake Jackson and emerge as the Ocmulgee River, which joins the Oconee River 241 miles downstream to form the Altamaha. Along the way, the Ocmulgee and its tributaries drain an estimated 6,180 square miles in sections of 33 counties.

When it first emerges from Lake Jackson, the Ocmulgee scatters shoals and pools and carves a succession of very narrow valleys through the red clay soil and metamorphic bedrock of the Piedmont region. Above Macon, the Ocmulgee crosses into the fall line, a 20-mile-wide transitional zone that marks the beginning of the Coastal Plain at the Mesozoic shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean.

As the Ocmulgee drops to the Coastal Plain, its slope gentles, its currents become shallower and darkened with silt, and its floodplain broadens to as much as three miles across, becoming a thickly wooded landscape of hardwood swamps, creeks, and oxbow lakes. Below Abbeville the river begins a dramatic easterly sweep—the “Big Bend”—which cradles rolling hills of longleaf pine forests and hardy undergrowth.

In Georgia’s wiregrass region, the Ocmulgee is joined by the Little Ocmulgee River a few miles before it merges with the Oconee River. In the area known locally as “The Forks,” the Ocmulgee and Oconee become the Altamaha River and complete the tideland descent to Georgia’s coast at Darien.

• To view the Georgia Encyclopedia online, go to http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org

Here’s a vital clue to this edition’s Mystery Photo

Clues are important in determining the location of Mystery Photo. We’ll give you a clue to the location of this edition’s mystery: It sits on a high hill. Of course, you have already determined that yourself! Figure out where it is, and tell us about this Mystery Photo. Send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

Those who regularly read GwinnettForum recognize the name of George Graf, the Palmyra, Va. resident who has a knack of recognizing just about every Mystery Photo in each edition of the Forum.

Well, lo and behold, we have found a way that halts dead-in-his-tracks Mr. Graf’s solving of this twice-weekly mystery.

Here’s how: we used a Mystery Photo that that George submitted in the last edition. He thought it would be difficult for our readers, and he was right. No one recognized it. But George isn’t allowed to identify the photo, since he submitted the photo himself.

George sent in a photo of a bust of the fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, saying: “Two weeks ago I spent a day at President James Monroe’s estate called ‘Highland.’ Monroe’s estate is only a  few miles from his mentor’s estate (President Thomas Jefferson) of Monticello which is much more famous.  The first attachment is for the mystery photo and the second attachment can be used when you reveal the answer.” The wider view of the bust gives it away.” Thanks, George, for your continued participation.

Snellville Take Back program records over a ton of drugs

Saturday’s National Drug Take Back event at the Snellville Police Department netted 300 pounds of unwanted prescription drugs. Lt. Andre Sullivan reports: “We collected 300 pounds during Saturday’s event. In the fall of 2011, we only collected 35 pounds at the first event that SPD participated. Since then the community has responded tremendously each and every time and, as a result, we have collected over a ton of medication!” Sullivan said the event had netted a total of 2,049 pounds following the event last fall but he did not realize the take back event had reached the 1-ton mark until Saturday.  From left working in the Take Back were Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Suwanee Pharm D student Wesley Fischer, Donna Pickett (dropping off medicine), Lt. Andre Sullivan and PCOM’s Linda Nguyen.

(NEW) The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman will be presented by the Lionheart Theatre Company from May 5 to 21. Hours are 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $15 for adults and $12 for seniors and students. This play will be directed by Allan Dodson.

Author Visit: Gwinnett County Public Library will host Ace Atkins, New York Times bestselling author, on Friday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Aurora Theatre, 153 East Crogan Street, Lawrenceville.  This event is free and open to the public.  Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Eagle Eye Book Shop. For more information, please visit www.gwinnettpl.org.

Quarry Crusher Run will be May 6 at the Vulcan Materials Quarry, at 1707 Beaver Ruin Road in Norcross, to benefit the Gwinnett County Public Schools. Starting time is 8 a.m. Descend 600 feet to the bottom of the quarry before you begin your climb out! See if you are up to the challenge. It’s two miles down, and of course, another two miles back. Test yourself! For details, visit quarrycrusherrun.com/atlanta to register.

Third Annual Gwinnett Beer Fest at Coolray Field is back on May 6.  This event takes place INSIDE the baseball stadium, with hundreds of beers surrounding the entire concourse and berm. There will be 25-30 rare or exclusive beers, catered food and one hour early entry. Taste unlimited samples of craft beer from 1-5pm. Tickets are on sale now at gwinnettbeerfest.com. Tickets are $45 for General Admission ($50 at the door) and $110 for VIP.

Mayberry Moments will be Saturday, May 6 at 8 p.m. at the Red Clay Theater in Duluth. Come meet original Andy Griffith show cast members Maggie Peterson, who played Charlene Darling, and Rodney Dillard, one of the Darling family brothers. Also see David Browning, also known as The Mayberry Deputy, a portrayal of Barney Fife. For tickets, visit http://eddieowenpresents.com.

Southern Wings Bird Club meeting on May 8 at 7 p.m. at the Gwinnett Judicial and Administration Center will feature a presentation by Richard Hall: “Warbler Wonderland: What Georgia’s Warbler Tell Us About Our Changing World.”

Safety for Seniors Workshop will be May 10 at 1 p.m. at the Grayson Library, 700 Grayson Parkway. Join Gwinnett County Public Library, in partnership with the Gwinnett County Fire Department, for this free SeniorBSafe program.  Fire educators will help senior adults identify fall and fire hazards and ways to create a safe living environment, including testing smoke alarms.  Staff will also assist seniors with filling out compact personal health history packets that can be accessed quickly by emergency responders. For more information, visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770-978-5154.

(NEW) Pizza with Police in Lawrenceville has been re-scheduled to Thursday, May 11, at 6 p.m. on the Lawrenceville Laws. Come meet your local public safety officials.

(NEW) Spring Art Walk in downtown Duluth Friday, May 12 at 6 p.m.  A variety of artists will be stationed throughout downtown, along with Duluth’s Food Truck Friday.  There will be live music and entertainment throughout the downtown area. Over 70 artists will participate in a Plein Art event this evening.

(NEW) Electronics recycling on May 13 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1826 Killian Hill Road in Lilburn. Time: from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Atlanta Recycling Solutions will be in the church parking lot at for the event. For a complete list of items accepted, visit www.tlc-lilburn.org and click on the event announcement or call 770-972-4418.

Behind the Gate Garden Tour in Lilburn will be Saturday, May 13, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. It is sponsored by the Lilburn Woman’s Club. Tickets are $15 in advance, or $20 the day of the event. Tickets can be purchased online through Paypal by logging onto www.lilburnwomansclub.org.

(NEW) Season Finale Event of the Gwinnett Symphony Musical Arts Consortium ends on Monday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Infinite Energy Center Theater. In the first half of the concert, experience the ethereal bliss of A MASSive Performance of favorite Christian church masses, presented by the Gwinnett Symphony Chorus and Orchestra under the direction of Rick Smith. The second half will be Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, “Titan,” under the baton of Mr. Robert Trocina. For more information visit www.GwinnettSymphony.org.

(NEW) Third Annual 1, 2, 3K Glow and Show will be May 20 at Rhodes Jordan Park in Lawrenceville, during the Spring into Summer Festival.  It features wellness exhibitions, inflatables, fitness  demonstrations and entertainment, plus kids activities sand food vendors. A movie under the stars follows at 9 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.livehealthygwinnett.co/assets/spring-into-summer-flyer4-18-17.pdf.

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