By Carole C. Carr | Snellville, Ga., May 10, 2016 | The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (formerly the Institutes of Medicine) recommends academic nurse leaders across all schools of nursing should work together to increase the proportion of nurses with a Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN) degree from 50 percent to 80 percent by 2020.
By Karen Burnette Garner, Dacula, Ga. | I may be showing my age, but remember the old Timex watch commercial? To display the fine workmanship and durability of the watch, the spots showcased examples of the Timex being abused in many ways, and at the end, it was always still working! The message was the product was built tough, built to last, and was a good investment (though they were, and are, very affordable.) As an artist myself, may I ask, what do we do to make our work, and ourselves, able to “take a licking and keep on ticking?”
By Ali Stinson | It was barely four years ago when Mike Mason was the president of the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association on the campaign trail to sell us all on a new concept in local government that he branded “city-lite.”
As the story went, this was a brand new form of government: a city chartered for only three services – trash collection, code enforcement, and planning and zoning. He touted a financial study that said the whole thing could be run for $750,000. It was all very simple. He promised local control of whether and where apartments would be built and cheaper trash collection.
By Josh Bare, city councilman, Norcross | The Norcross City Council is honored to be working closely with Gwinnett County and Commissioner Lynette Howard to plan a new Norcross Branch of the award winning Gwinnett Library System. We see this building as a cornerstone towards re-development on Buford Highway and serving as a pivotal hub for the community to mix and mingle as they enjoy everything a modern library has to offer.
By Chuck Warbington | A decade seems like a long time, but in retrospect it feels no more than a blink of an eye. That’s how long the Gwinnett Village Community Investment District (CID) has been working to make southwestern Gwinnett County a better place, and it’s how long I’ve proudly held the position of executive director. The time has come to pass the baton of leadership to the next person, who will no doubt bring fresh ideas and a renewed energy to making a significant, positive impact on this community. As I transition to a new challenge, I have taken time to reflect on the work our CID team has accomplished to date.
“We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.”
– Etiquette Authority Judith Martin (1938 – ), also known as Miss Manners.
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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