Today’s Focus
FOCUS: Hudgens Center accepting entries for $50,000 Ga. art award
DULUTH, Ga. | Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for Art and Learning is now accepting entries for the sixth cycle of its prestigious visual arts prize. With a cash award of $50,000 and a solo exhibition for one talented Georgia artist, the Hudgens Prize is one of the largest monetary awards given to an individual artist in the nation. The purpose of the competition is to elevate and promote the arts and artists of Georgia, while providing a transformational opportunity for the winning artist.
FOCUS: Israeli company joins 5G Open Innovation Lab
By Louis Svehla | Curiosity Lab partner Brodmann17 has joined the 5G Open Innovation Lab (5GOILab) after several months of successful tests of its state-of-the-art Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) technology in Peachtree Corners. In June 2021 Israeli-based Brodmann17 added their technology to Curiosity Lab’s Level 3 autonomous test vehicle to further develop and prove its software-only perception technology for assisted driving in real world conditions.
FOCUS: Delegation seeks redistricting with fair process, fair maps
By State Rep. Sam Park | As the 2022 legislative sessions begins on Monday, January 1, one of the first major tasks we will work on is local redistricting. As members of the Gwinnett State House and Senate Delegations, our shared goal is to have a fair process to produce fair maps for the Gwinnett Board of Commissioners and Board of Education.
FOCUS: Senator Isakson served with distinction as admired Republican official
By Elliott Brack | For 16 years in the Georgia Legislature, Johnny Isakson knew what it was to be a minority as a Republican elected official. For seven terms in the House, plus later another term in the Georgia Senate, he toiled endlessly for good government, winning even the admiration of those in the Democratic Party for his zeal, friendliness, reasonableness and hard work.
FOCUS: UGA team releases historical, cultural report on Rowen site
By Brian Brodrick | A team of researchers from the University of Georgia’s College of Environment and Design spent months earlier this year combing the nearly 2,000 acres in rural Gwinnett County that is the future site of Rowen, slated to become one of the nation’s premier innovation communities over the next few decades.
BERNARD: It’s un-American to hold 700,000 “Dreamers” in limbo
By Jack Bernard, contributing columnist | As of 2017, there were nearly 700,000 “Dreamers.” These “Dreamers” are undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. They are named after the Dream Act, which was first introduced into Congress 20 years ago (and reintroduced numerous times since), but never passed because of opposition from Republicans.
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