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NEW for 9/20: On Gwinnett Place and Georgia’s signers of the Constitution
Click here to read the latest new edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: County buys 26 more acres at Gwinnett Place
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Who signed the U.S. Constitution from Georgia?
SPOTLIGHT: NDIMaxim Real Estate LLC
FEEDBACK: Rebuts hypocrisy theory about AR-15 rifles
UPCOMING: Lilburn’s first leadership class is already full
NOTABLE: For a fee, you can renew driver’s license at a kiosk
RECOMMENDED: The Storm Before the Calm, by George Friedman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Second UGA president focused on scientific equipment
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stately building is today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Norcross library hosts citizenship classes Sept. 21
FOCUS: County buys 26 more acres at Gwinnett Place
By Brian Brodrick | The Gwinnett County commissioners this week approved the Urban Redevelopment Agency of Gwinnett County’s purchase of the Macy’s sites at Gwinnett Place Mall, totaling 23 acres, for $16.5 million. The board also approved the issuance of bonds to fund the purchase through its Urban Redevelopment Agency. This is the next step in the redevelopment of the mall area.
NEWS BRIEFS: Lilburn’s first leadership class is already full
Leadership Lilburn is to be the city’s signature program for residents and business owners who are ready to make a meaningful contribution to the area’s growth and success. Its mission is to educate, equip, and engage local leaders and inspire civic engagement, building the next generation of leaders.
NEW for 9/17: Honored for service; Georgia Tech students; Project 2025, part 3
Click here to read the full, new edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Two from Gwinnett to be honored for military service
EEB PERSPECTIVE: If a Georgia Tech student, you’re sitting pretty
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
ANOTHER VIEW: Third installment on looking at Project 2025
FEEDBACK: Recent issues served to make her day
UPCOMING:Rotarians plan local Day of Peace conversation
NOTABLE: City of Norcross to open county’s first arboretum
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia kaolin mined across the fall kine
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you detect the clues in this photograph?
LAGNIAPPE: GGC holding two fall preview days soon
CALENDAR: Sugar Hill Preservation Society to meet Sept. 19
ANOTHER VIEW: 3rd installment on looking at Project 2025
By Jack Bernard | This final article spells out the way that the Trump administration would approach major policy areas. Although the Trump campaign has taken great pains to distance itself from Project 2025, it was written by previous Trump appointees. If he is elected, it will undoubtedly be the basis for quickly seeking to reorganize the federal government, to the detriment of taxpayers.
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 20, 2024
“….if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”
— Canadian Author Robertson Davies (1913-1995).
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
- Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- 21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
- Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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