Today’s Focus
FOCUS: Jackson EMC promotes two key executives
Brittany Caison, previously vice president of engineering, operations and technology at Jackson EMC, has been appointed to a new role, providing leadership to a newly aligned group at the cooperative with similar goals and objectives. Meanwhile David Cleveland has been vice president of marketing, member services, and governmental affairs, Caison’s previous role.
FOCUS: You can help suffering hurricane victims
By Randy Brunson | Several have asked if we had a list of organizations which you could give to, which are directly involved in restoration efforts in North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida. The following list is not at all exhaustive. But it does include organizations which are on the ground, making a difference.
FOCUS: Gwinnett sues to stop Mulberry; High court won’t halt election
Gwinnett County this week sued the state of Georgia and three state legislators in an effort to stop the recently ratified city of Mulberry, which was approved by 57 percent of Mulberry voters earlier this year. … Meanwhile late Monday – to add to the complexity of the situation – the Georgia Supreme Court said won’t hear a separate Mulberry challenge.
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.
Gwinnett Forum | March 28, 2025
“A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.”
—American cardiologist Paul Dudley White (1886-1973).
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judicial and school board elections to the date of the General Election.
- 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.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Gwinnett planners to encourage condos and townhouses instead of apartments.
- County-wide microtransit services.
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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