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NEWS BRIEFS: April is a great time for flying a kite
As lovers of the Great Outdoors, the Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful (GC&B) team loves any opportunity to combine some of our favorite pastimes with Gwinnett County’s award-winning parks. April is the perfect opportunity to do a little eco-friendly crafting, find the ideal multi-use field or green space at a local park, and take your DIY kite out for its inaugural flight.
NEWS BRIEFS: Gwinnett Master Gardeners plant sale is April 26
Do you think it’s normal to talk about compost, and plants, and tomatoes growing in your garden? If so, then there is an organization that would love to have you join. The Gwinnett County Master Gardener Association (GCMGA) is an auxiliary organization of Master Gardener Extension Volunteers and Friends.
NEWS BRIEFS: Norcross testing valet parking three days a week
More parking, more possibilities! The City of Norcross is introducing a new opportunity aimed at improving parking convenience in downtown Norcross. The Valet Parking Pilot Program, launched in partnership with G5 Parking Solutions, officially kicked off on March 14 and was met with great success—over 50 cars utilized the service!
Gwinnett Forum | April 11, 2025
“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”
– American Astronomer and Science Communicator Carl Sagan (1934-96).
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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