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.
Leadership Lilburn is to be the city’s signature program for residents and business owners who are ready to make a meaningful contribution to the area’s growth and success. Its mission is to educate, equip, and engage local leaders and inspire civic engagement, building the next generation of leaders.
Click here to read the full, new edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Two from Gwinnett to be honored for military service
EEB PERSPECTIVE: If a Georgia Tech student, you’re sitting pretty
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
ANOTHER VIEW: Third installment on looking at Project 2025
FEEDBACK: Recent issues served to make her day
UPCOMING:Rotarians plan local Day of Peace conversation
NOTABLE: City of Norcross to open county’s first arboretum
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia kaolin mined across the fall kine
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you detect the clues in this photograph?
LAGNIAPPE: GGC holding two fall preview days soon
CALENDAR: Sugar Hill Preservation Society to meet Sept. 19
By Jack Bernard | This final article spells out the way that the Trump administration would approach major policy areas. Although the Trump campaign has taken great pains to distance itself from Project 2025, it was written by previous Trump appointees. If he is elected, it will undoubtedly be the basis for quickly seeking to reorganize the federal government, to the detriment of taxpayers.
Click here to read the latest new edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: How to main sanity with all the continuous input?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It was an amazing performance Tuesday by Kamala
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia
ANOTHER VIEW: Finding satisfaction when moving to a new church
FEEDBACK: You can help solve the problems of the shootings
UPCOMING: Judge clears way for Mulberry to hold first election
NOTABLE: Here’s a short recap of recent commission action
RECOMMENDED: Ball at Versailles by Danielle Steel
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia is only state reduced to a British colony
MYSTERY PHOTO: Maybe you can you identify this city neighborhood
CALENDAR: Historical Society to hear about area’s oral history on Monday
“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.
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
Follow Us