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FOCUS: PCOM establishes new venture capital fund to aid healthcare field
By Barbara Myers | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) announces that it has committed through its Foundation the allocation of $5 million to a new venture capital fund designed to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship in the healthcare field, with a specific focus on primary care.
WILSON: Look for more half-truths, lies and innuendos about Hillary Clinton
By George Wilson | The right wing machine has been repeating lies, half truths, and innuendos about Hillary Clinton so much that the above quote is true as it applies to accusations against Hillary for many people. Look for this to continue in the days ahead with talk radio, Fox news and “Trump tweets.”
5/20: Girl Scout luncheon; Holes, candidates, cold snap
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Girl Scouts To Hold “ToGetHer There” Luncheon May 23
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Climbing Out of Holes, Vice Presidential Candidates and a Cold Soup
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Letters on Light Rail, Early Voting and Luggage and Airlines
UPCOMING: Lilburn Planning Initial Peachtree Reject 10K/5K on July 2
NOTABLE: Snellville Officials Say City Will Move Ahead with Towne Center Project
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Auto Tourism in USA Found Acceptance in Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Sounds Like You Can Get There from Here
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Colorful Image, on an Incline, Is on What Continent?
LAGNIAPPE: Lots of Classic Cars Populated Norcross Streets Last Weekend
FOCUS: Gwinnett Girl Scouts to hold “ToGetHer There” luncheon
By Leslie Gilliam | Gwinnett Girl Scouts are making their mark, not only with the organization but within their schools, the county and sometimes the world. On Monday, May 23, Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta will hold the inaugural “ToGetHer There” luncheon to salute the extraordinary young women who call Gwinnett home, and recognize the community and civic leaders who support them.
5/17: Quarry Crusher Run; D.C. baseball; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: GVCID Presents Quarry Crusher Run To Support Meadowcreek Area
EEB PERSPECTIVE: An Eventful Day at the New Baseball Park in Washington
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers Hardware
UPCOMING: Avoid Lines by Taking Advantage of Early Voting This Week
NOTABLE: Georgia Gwinnett College Graduates 470 Students in 2016 Class
RECOMMENDED: Built From Scratch, by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank
GEORGIA TIDBIT: For Nearly 30 Years, Jackson Lee Nesbitt Stops Creating Art
TODAY’S QUOTE: One Way To Insure That You Do Not Come Out Well
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s Another Vintage Mill Photo; Where Is It?
LAGNIAPPE: Chihuly Exhibit at Atlanta Botanical Garden Runs Through October 30
Gwinnett Forum | April 1, 2025
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”
— Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965), via Lee Klaer, Duluth.
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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