By Sheri Clark | The latest progress on the Olympic Tennis Center Development comes straight from Commissioner Ben Ku via a Facebook post: “The Commissioner’s actions have been tabled to our August 22 meeting as Fuqua Development is making several reconfigurations to the plan in response to the feedback from the planning commission and myself.” This is good news for the Mountain Park community and surrounding areas!
By Talore Ruedt | Rogers Bridge over the Chattahoochee River between Duluth and Johns Creek is now open, after a ribbon cutting last week. The pedestrian bridge connects Duluth’s Rogers Bridge Park to Johns Creek’s Cauley Creek Park. The work was done by the two cities, in partnership with Gwinnett and Fulton counties.
By Raleigh Perry | The draconian laws that many states have passed on anti-abortion and free access to guns has to be changed. What I foresee is that the various state legislatures’ political balance will change considerably. The same will probably occur in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate.
By Kate Pittman | Rumor has it Costco is interested in building a third store in Gwinnett. The understanding is that it is considering the site of the 1996 Olympic tennis courts, located off U.S. Highway 78, in the shadow of Stone Mountain. Before readers get excited about another Costco, there is much the community and Board of Commissioners need to consider. There are tradeoffs, especially in long-term planning and quality of life.
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”
–British Philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970).
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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