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NEW for 9/24: On Gwinnett’s transit plan, fall and college football
Click here to read the latest, new edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: The Road Forward: Gwinnett’s transit plan
EEB PERSPECTIVE: The coming of fall and enjoying college football
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Another government buys mall and takes it down
UPCOMING: With new rates, mortgages and car loans could fall
NOTABLE: Richard Pennington is GGC’s outstanding teacher
RECOMMENDED: Astor, by Anderson Cooper
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Physics distinguished at Ga. Tech and Clark Univ.
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out the features and clues of this building
CALENDAR: State of the City of Norcross will be Sept. 26
BRACK: The coming of fall and enjoying college football
By Elliott Brack | There’re many reasons to enjoy the fall season. There is the cooler weather, the turning leaves, the return to a more normal-than-summer schedule….and college football. The best part of college football is that you can sit in your own television chair and virtually have a front row seat for the best games of that day, in essence enjoying several top games.
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.
NEW for 9/20: On Gwinnett Place and Georgia’s signers of the Constitution
Click here to read the latest new edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: County buys 26 more acres at Gwinnett Place
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Who signed the U.S. Constitution from Georgia?
SPOTLIGHT: NDIMaxim Real Estate LLC
FEEDBACK: Rebuts hypocrisy theory about AR-15 rifles
UPCOMING: Lilburn’s first leadership class is already full
NOTABLE: For a fee, you can renew driver’s license at a kiosk
RECOMMENDED: The Storm Before the Calm, by George Friedman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Second UGA president focused on scientific equipment
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stately building is today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Norcross library hosts citizenship classes Sept. 21
Gwinnett Forum | Jan. 10, 2025
“Nothing makes us feel more connected than when we are engaged in a healthy balance of thoughtful speaking and hardcore listening.”
— Belgian-American psychotherapist and relationship expert Eshter Perel (1958- ) via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
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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.
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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