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6/28: On selling your business, Zika virus, more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Once Selling a Business, You Must Then Get Out of the Way!
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Pregnant Women Are the Most at Risk from Zika Virus
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: Watch for Independence Movements in Scotland and Northern Ireland
UPCOMING: Norcross Names Mary Beth Bender To New Executive Position
NOTABLE: Central Students Complete Three Month Health Career Academy
RECOMMENDED: Pilgrims by Garrison Keillor
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Whitewater Paddling Not Without Risk; Learn the Language
TODAY’S QUOTE: Mickey Rooney’s Reason for Wanting an Early Morning Marriage
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure Out Where These Nine Smokestacks Are Located
LAGNIAPPE: 30,000 Daylilies in Bloom of the Gibbs
BRACK: Pregnant women are the most at risk from Zika virus
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | While no one in Gwinnett has been found to be infected with the Zika virus, still there are 819 travel associated cases in the United States with this horrendous virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Georgia reports 25 travel-associated cases. New York reports the most cases, 198, while Florida counts 162, as of June 22.
FOCUS: Once selling a business, you must get out of the way!
By Jim Nelems, Bluffton, S.C. | It is no secret that most new businesses do not survive into a second generation of owners. Marketing Workshop, a national marketing research firm headquartered in Peachtree Corners, successfully made this transition three years ago when my wife and I decided to retire after more than 40 years in marketing research. Our two firms, The Marketing Workshop and Compass Research, are now operated by our daughter, Sherri Taylor, and husband, Scott.
MYSTERY: Figure out where these nine smokestacks are located
Do you count nine smokestacks in this Mystery Photo? Can you figure out what this photograph represents, and where it is? If so, send in your thoughts to elliott@gwinnettforum.com and be sure to include your hometown. That Mystery Photo of the last issue was the ceiling at the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library, in Washington D.C. Ginny Harrell […]
6/24: Summer mentoring program; New Braselton hospital; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Judges Start Summer Mentoring Program Focusing on Legal System
EEB PERSPECTIVE: New Braselton Hospital Runs Well Ahead of Projections
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Associates, P.C.
FEEDBACK: Appreciates Letter; Middle East To Have Many More Problems
UPCOMING: Amazon Opens New Fulfillment Center in Braselton with 500 Jobs
NOTABLE: Norcross Promotes Bill Grogan To Become Its New Police Chief
RECOMMENDED: Lions by Bonnie Nadzam
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Singer-Actress Lena Horne Carefully Picked Her Movie Roles
TODAY’S QUOTE: Check Out a Person On How He Receives Praise
MYSTERY PHOTO: Glass Ceiling, Various Flags May Give Clue To This Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Suwanee Police win agency of the year
CALENDAR: Latest events on tap
Gwinnett Forum | Jan. 14, 2025
“I have learned that our greatest blessings come when we are able to improve the lives of others.”
– The only president from Georgia, No. 39, Jimmy Carter (1924-2024), 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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