By Mindy Durden | Recently in July, over 300 youths and leaders from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints showed up on a Thursday at 8 a.m. to start their three-day journey to link them with the past. They arrived in full pioneer attire, which most of them made themselves, and a five-gallon bucket that held only the bare necessities.
By Jack Snyder, director, Gwinnett Needs Mass Transit | Do you commute to work in the Atlanta area? Is sitting in traffic jams worth using your own car? Does our lack of spending on road infrastructure in the Atlanta area bother you? If you answered “Yes” to these questions, then it is time to really consider mass transit as an alternative. Whether you like it or not MARTA is now the best alternative solution.
By Kay Parks | JEFFERSON, Ga. — Just returning from a leadership trip to the nation’s capitol, local students Emily Bauer, Brookwood High School; Kristen Gomez, Mill Creek High School; Chris Larkins, Dacula High School; and Kirtan Parekh, North Gwinnett High School, joined 107 other Georgia high school students on one of the nation’s most prestigious, longest running leadership programs for teens.
By Shaunieka Taste | The Gwinnett Commissioners have launched a new local program, Gwinnett 101, aimed at developing and nurturing informed and engaged residents, students and business owners in the county. It is a 10-week crash course in Gwinnett County Government operations. The first class has been graduated, and officials are looking for applicants for a fall session.
By David Morrison | The John Jarrard Foundation’s Summer Songwriters Series kicks off its 2015 showcase today (Friday, July 10) with performances by Nashville award-winning country songwriters Chuck Jones and Ed Hill in the Theatre on the Square at Brenau University’s Downtown Center, located at 301 Main St. in Gainesville
By Chelsea Bohannon | Jive along to the brassy beats of Beale Street in 1950s Memphis, where the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll reels in an aspiring R&B DJ, who just happens to be white, to spark change in the deep South. Bringing powerhouse numbers to the Lawrenceville stage, Aurora Theatre debuts its 20th Anniversary Peach State Federal Credit Union Signature Series with the regional premiere of the hit-musical sensation Memphis, playing July 23- August 30, 2015.
By Jennifer Hart | Citizens of Gwinnett County should applaud their Board of Commissioners. On June 23, the Board amended the tethering ordinance that was set to take effect on July 1. The previous ordinance, modified and adopted by the commissioners on March 17, would have allowed up to 14 hours a day of unsupervised tethering on a trolley system.
By Jock Ellis | CUMMING, Ga., June 30, 2015 — NBA hoops was the first thing I heard when I would hop aboard a MARTA bus headed toward the Lindbergh Station.
Two guys, one on either side of the aisle, would be deep in conversation about the previous night’s game. Both clearly enjoyed getting to talk about something they obviously loved. One guy was a 40ish black man wearing work khakis while the other, a 30-something white guy, was dressed in a three-piece, blue pinstripe suit. Their conversations would run from before I hopped on until we disembarked to await the train. And maybe after.
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”
— Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965), via Lee Klaer, Duluth.
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
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