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ISSUE 14.95: Weight-loss options, locally-made tutus, more
Click here to read the latest full issue of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Weight-Loss Options Improve with New Medical Center Program
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Locally-Made Tutus Mean “Silly Fun” for Hospitalized Children
ANOTHER VIEW: Enjoyed Watching Visiting Power Crews Having Breakfast
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Water Consumption Drops Significantly
NOTABLE: Two PCOM Students Win Honors; BBB Warns of Tax Frauds
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Jesse Mercer Prominent in Early Affairs of Baptists in Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: George Burns on What Was the Secret of a Good Sermon
MYSTERY PHOTO: Just Where Was That Rusty Mill?
LAGNIAPPE: Tic-Tac-Toe Table Awaiting
ISSUE 14.94: Cities get grants, Hudgens Prize, more
Click here to read the latest full issue of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Two Gwinnett Cities Get LCI Grant from ARC
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Looking at the Hudgens Prize Winners and Current Finalists
FEEDBACK: Stamp Club Member Concerned about Lilburn Decision
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Tech Hosting Program for Future Scientists
NOTABLE: What The Rookie Wrote Back to His Mother from Spring Training
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Naomi Woodroof Gains Fame for Pioneering Work in Agriculture
TODAY’S QUOTE: Hold It a Minute Before We Need To Believe That!
MYSTERY PHOTO: Aging Building May Give Hint of Its Use
LAGNIAPPE: News from the Gulf of Aden
BRACK: Will Hudgens Prize continue to award avant garde artists?
By Elliott Brack | This year’s Academy Awards winners and the reception of moviegoers of nominated movies gives pause to think. It sent me to one of Gwinnett’s premier events, the bi-annual awarding of the $50,000 Hudgens Art Prize for Georgia artists.The Hudgens Awards program has recently announced the finalists in its third competition. The winner will be announced on June 13.
FOCUS: Regional Commission makes awards to two Gwinnett cities
By Jim Jaquish | ATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded $800,000 in its latest round of Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) grants to two Gwinnett County cities, and six other communities. The LCI grants will help these communities create new plans for quality growth and help develop innovative policies that support more vibrant, connected communities. Once their studies and plans are complete, these communities will be eligible for additional LCI funding for transportation projects needed to implement their plans.
ISSUE 14.93: Talent show, Langdale and GSU, more
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EEB PERSPECTIVE: Pushing Ever Forward, Noah Langdale Was Behind GSU Growth
FEEDBACK: About Hatred, Intolerance and Deals Too Good To Be True
UPCOMING: Key Session Ahead for Those Seeking Funding for Non-Profits
NOTABLE: Suwanee Updating Study of Downtown Master Plan
RECOMMENDED RESTAURANT: Three Blind Mice
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Coca Cola and Bradley Family of Columbus Go Back A Long Way
TODAY’S QUOTE: Talk About Your Bad Investments
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lots of Readers Spotted Memorial in Lisbon, Portugal
LAGNIAPPE: Some Birds Enjoying a Tennis Venue
Gwinnett Forum | Jan. 7, 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 Ester Perel (1958- ) via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
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.
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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