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FOCUS: The Road Forward: Gwinnett’s transit plan
By Lewis Cooksey | With over a million residents in Gwinnett, we at the Gwinnett Department of Transportation (DOT) are focused on ensuring that we are providing connectivity and access to move around the county’s 437 square miles. With more cars on the road, it’s clear we need a better way to get around.
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.
FOCUS: Remember, when tragedy strikes, take steps to heal
By Dr. Josi Kalavar | Over the past two decades, an all-too-familiar scene has made headlines: photos of a community gathered at a place to mourn a senseless tragedy. It could be from a natural disaster like tornadoes, floods and hurricanes, a fire, a building collapse, or most recently, a school shooting.
Gwinnett Forum | Oct. 1, 2024
“We turn not older with years, but newer every day.”
— American Poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), via John C. Titus of Peachtree Corners.
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2024 DULUTH FALL FESTIVAL
Duluth Fall Festival has again come and gone. The weather was great – 100 percent better than we had thought it would be! Hints of showers only served to keep it cool. Because of months of work by the volunteers, this was among the very best Festivals in 41 year history, a resounding success!
Co-chairs Chris McGahee and Alana Moss both live in downtown Duluth. Chris is with the City of Duluth as head of economic development. Alana has been a leader for the Festival for many years and has served as overall chair several times. Chris and Alana did a fantastic job, and have been asked to chair it again in 2025, and they have agreed. Money raised goes to the beautification and betterment of Downtown Duluth and local non-profits.
We are thankful for the 300 volunteers, 100+ sponsors, the faithful vendors, tens of thousands of attendees, and the City of Duluth. It takes all of these to make our annual Duluth Fall Festival the great success it has become! So, put the 42nd Duluth Fall Festival on your calendars now for Saturday and Sunday, September 27-28, 2025. We look forward to seeing you then. Before that, visit downtown Duluth, and see the wonderful transformation that Duluth Fall Festival has helped to create!
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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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