The Rowen Foundation will officially break ground on Rowen, the 2,000-acre knowledge community in eastern Gwinnett County, on Dec. 9, 2022 at 2 p.m. But instead of turning over more dirt, Governor Brian Kemp and Gwinnett Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson and special guests will plant the first of what will eventually be thousands of new trees on site.
The location of this week’s Mystery Photo may surprise you. Check out this architectural gem and send your answers to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown. We’ll give you special marks for details about this building.
Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill, wrote of the recent Mystery Photo: “The first hints were the Cape Cod/New England style houses along the opposite shore and what looks to be part of an American flag on the left.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Sound off to Congress about reducing all our drug costs
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Fraud? Or framing the mind to see what is just not there
ANOTHER VIEW: America faces challenges no matter who is in control
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: Pearl earring painter and hay baler have something in common
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Chamber’s five star accreditation among tops in nation
NOTABLE: Norcross offers grants to firms hit hard by pandemic
OBITUARIES: Johnnie Mae Alexander
RECOMMENDED: The Battle for the American Mind
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Pete Drake, music producer, famous for the steel guitar
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out this obvious summertime scene
LAGNIAPPE: DAR chapter presents awards to Johnson and Lawrenceville Co-op
CALENDAR: Festival of Trees continues at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Joy in Duluth, as Peachtree Christian Health raises $593,900
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Baker’s fourth game strategy was turning point of World Series
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Suggests that law enforcement use bait cars to nab yeggs
UPCOMING: Peach State FCU announces merger with two credit unions
NOTABLE: Stripers launch ticket package for 2023 season
RECOMMENDED: Servants of the Damned by David Enrich
GEORGIA TIDBIT: John Leadley Dagg was prominent Baptist theologian and scholar
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure out who and where about this statue
LAGNIAPPE: ‘Tis the season: how the City of Norcross greets visitors
CALENDAR: Christmas Farmers’ Market in Snellville on Saturday
“I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.”
— American Humorist James Thurber (1894 – 1961)
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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