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NEWS BRIEFS: Parks is new diversity director at PCOM
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine has recently named Darnae Parks as the director of diversity and community partnerships at PCOM Georgia. In this role, Parks will work to implement educational, assessment and quality improvement programs and initiatives as they relate to cultural competency and diversity, and inclusion.
NEWS BRIEFS: Marker to commemorate lynching on Courthouse Square
The Gwinnett Remembrance Coalition, in partnership with the City of Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, the Gwinnett Historical Restoration and Preservation Board, and the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) of Montgomery, Ala., will dedicate a historical marker. It will honor the memory of Charles Hale, an African American resident of Gwinnett County, who was lynched in 1911 on the Lawrenceville courthouse square.
NEWS BRIEF: New Gwinnett budget up 8.1%, but no tax increase
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a $2.07 billion budget for 2022, up 8.1 percent from last year. The newly approved budget does not require a millage rate increase. The adopted spending plan consists of a $1.6 billion operating budget and a $455 million capital improvements budget, which includes funds from the County’s voter-approved SPLOST program.
NEWS BRIEF: Winn DAR chapter lays wreaths on veteran’s graves
On December 18, National Wreaths Across America Day 2021, a fresh balsam wreath from Maine was laid on every veteran’s grave during a rainy ceremony at East Shadowlawn Memorial Gardens in Lawrenceville. The Philadelphia Winn Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), hosted what has become an annual event to support the mission to “Remember the fallen, honor those who serve, and teach the next generation the value of freedom.”
NEWS BRIEFS: Tree recycling begins soon with GC&B needing volunteers
Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful (GC&B) invites neighbors in Gwinnett County to dream of a Green Christmas this year. Rather than placing their live Christmas tree by the curb after the holidays to decompose in a landfill, the eco-friendly organization encourages citizens to take part in one of the largest “treecycling” events in Georgia – Bring One for the Chipper 2022. In preparation for the big day when all collected trees will be chipped into mulch at Bethesda Park on January 29, GC&B has issued a call for volunteers and has released a list of collection sites where Gwinnettians can drop off their live trees between December 26, 2021 and January 24, 2022.
NEWS BRIEFS: County offering $100 vaccine, booster gift cards
Gwinnett County Department of Health is encouraging residents to get the Covid vaccine shots, or the boosters, by offering $100 Visa gift cards, while supplies last. The cards are available to people ages 5 and up who receive a COVID-19 vaccine at community-wide vaccine incentive events this weekend. Partners in the program, besides Health Department, include Piedmont Eastside, Emergent Testing and COVID Care Georgia.
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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