Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a five-four-and-a door for you to locate
Jim Cowart in Peachtree Corners pioneered this similar concept of housing in Gwinnett County with the all-brick “five, four and a door” concept in the 1980s. Yet this frontage style of house has been around for years in other parts of the country. Figure out where this house is located, and tell of its significance. Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
MYSTERY PHOTO: Just what is the name of the tree in this photograph?
Today’s Mystery Photo is a tree of unique design. Figure out where this tree is located, and what it is called by those who know trees. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net and list the city where you live. Lou Camerio of Lilburn recognized the recent Mystery Photo and remembers it well. “High Falls, just off I-75 south of Atlanta near Jackson …
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 22, 2024
“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.
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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