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4/19: Peachtree Corners bridge; New flooring showroom; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Peachtree Corners Bridge: From City-Lite to Big Government
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Immigrant Flooring Company Making Progress in Gwinnett
SPOTLIGHT: Renewal by Andersen of Atlanta
FEEDBACK: More Thoughts on North Carolina Legislation about Rest Rooms
UPCOMING: Hudgens Art Center To Hold Solo Exhibit by $50,000 Prize Winner
NOTABLE: Several Places Host Gwinnett for Early Voting through May 20
RECOMMENDED: My First Summer in the Sierra, by John Muir
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Congregation Mickve Israel of Savannah Oldest Jewish Temple in South
TODAY’S QUOTE: Former New Yorker Cartoonist Remembers His Other Careers
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lots of Metal Showing in This Mystery Photo
BRACK: Immigrant flooring business opens new showroom in Norcross
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | It’s always good to see a Gwinnett business succeeding. It’s particularly a good feeling when it is an immigrant business in diverse Gwinnett.
We recently attended the opening of CIC Floors showroom in Norcross. It’s located behind The Varsity (its address is 1756 Wilwat Drive). We felt elated to watch the family happily cut the ribbon on the business’s opening day.
FOCUS: Peachtree Corners’ bridge: From city-lite to big government
By Ali Stinson | It was barely four years ago when Mike Mason was the president of the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association on the campaign trail to sell us all on a new concept in local government that he branded “city-lite.”
As the story went, this was a brand new form of government: a city chartered for only three services – trash collection, code enforcement, and planning and zoning. He touted a financial study that said the whole thing could be run for $750,000. It was all very simple. He promised local control of whether and where apartments would be built and cheaper trash collection.
MYSTERY: Look at all the heavy metal
Think of the weight above in today’s Mystery Photo. Now tell us where you think you must be to get this photograph. Send your guess, name and hometown to elliott@brack.net.
The recent Mystery Photo turned out to be relatively easy, as several spotted it immediately. It was sent in by Karen Garner of Dacula.
4/15: Cancer program; 900,000 Gwinnettians; Snellville’s naming
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Medical Center, YMCA Join in Program To Benefit Cancer Survivors
EEB PERSPECTIVE: As of Monday, Gwinnett Population Hits 900,000 Residents
ANOTHER VIEW: Who Named Snellville? Research at National Archives Clears It Up
SPOTLIGHT: Brand Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Assistance After Closing Brings Plaudits from Potential Customer
UPCOMING: Tuesday, April 26, Is Final Date To Register for May 24 Primary Election
NOTABLE: Finalists Told for United Way’s Spark Prize Event of April 28
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Dr. Samuel Nunes of Portugal among Jews Landing in Early Savannah
TODAY’S QUOTE: No Way Mason Brothers Could Lose in Early Business Dealings
MYSTERY PHOTO: Mountain Scene Begs for Identification
BRACK: On Monday, Gwinnett County’s population will hit 900,000 residents
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | On Monday, April 18, 2016, Gwinnett County will welcome its 900,000th resident. Becoming the second most populated county in Georgia, it’s closing in on Fulton County, with 1,010,562 persons (2015). Experts say that eventually Gwinnett should be the most populated county in the state about 2030.
FOCUS: Medical Center, YMCA join in program to benefit cancer survivors
By Johanna Baidya | Gwinnett Medical Center and the YMCA of Metro Atlanta are teaming up to offer a special exercise program for cancer survivors to help maintain and improve their overall state of wellness during and after treatment. Called GMC at the Y, the program also aims to help survivors lower their risk of recurrence, a key concern for those who have had cancer. The program also aims to improve the strength, stamina, and health of those with active cancer.
Gwinnett Forum | April 15, 2025
“Back in Homer’s day, people lived within an oral culture, then humans slowly developed a literate culture. Now we seem to be moving to a screen culture. Civilization was fun while it lasted.”
—New York Times Newspaper Columnist David Brooks on April 11, 2025.
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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