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NEW for 8/2: Pink Pig returns, valiant battle, more
Click here to read the full, New edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Pink Pig, Festival of Trees, coming to Gas South Arena
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Our daughter Catherine fought a terrific battle
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Letters, letters, letters all over the place
UPCOMING: 12th annual Light Up the Corners returns on August 10
NOTABLE: GGC stays cool while reducing electricity use
RECOMMENDED: The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory by Tim Alberta
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Sea Island is resort for the wealthy near Brunswick
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a beautiful mystery when you look up
CALENDAR: Lionheart presents Senior Moments for one-time performance
SPECIAL EDITION, 7/30: Catherine Coleman Brack
Click here to read today’s special edition. NOTE: This is a special edition to commemorate the memory of Catherine Coleman Brack, who died July 26, 2024. She is the daughter of Barbara and Elliott Brack of Norcross.
NEW for 7/26: Reverse mortgages and water successes
Click here to read the full new edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Adventures of getting through a reverse mortgage
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Why Gwinnett County has few significant water main breaks
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
ANOTHER VIEW: Violent right-wing political speech is too commonplace
FEEDBACK: Considerations of Gateway Monument coming to CID
NOTABLE: Firms get contracts to rehab three flood control dams
RECOMMENDED: The Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Opera in Atlanta dates back to the late 19th Century
MYSTERY PHOTO: Pouring water may be this mystery’s best clue
CALENDAR: Jazz in the Alley in Norcross on Saturday
NEWS BRIEFS: Firms get contracts to rehab three flood control dams
The Gwinnett Department of Water Resources will rehabilitate six flood control dams maintained in the County. For each dam, work includes replacement or rehabilitation of a valve in the outlet control structure to ensure proper dam operation, lining the primary outlet pipe and performing maintenance repairs.
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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