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NEW for 1/26: Hudgens contest, Kendeda Fund, more
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Hudgens Center accepting entries for $50,000 Georgia art prize
EEB PERSPECTVE: Learn the fascinating story of the Kendeda Fund
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Condo associations are weak link in that system
UPCOMING: Lanier Levett becomes chairman of Gwinnett Chamber for 2024
NOTABLE: County urges legislators caution on proposed new city
RECOMMENDED: Blood on Their Hands by Mandy Matney and Carolyn Murnick
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Connecticutt native is founder of University of Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: House of worship is this edition’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Free open house at Pinckneyville Park on Jan. 27
BRACK: Learn the fascinating story of the Kendeda Fund
By Elliott Brack | Perhaps you have heard of the Kendeda Fund, a nationwide nonprofit we learned that has been based in Georgia in a story from the Saporta Report. We read about it going out of business at the end of 2023, and found it to be one of the most interesting stories of the year, quietly and virtually anonymously operating without most people realizing who was behind it.
FOCUS: Hudgens Center accepting entries for $50,000 art prize
DULUTH, Ga. | Entries are now being accepted for the $50,000 Hudgens Prize and solo exhibit for a Georgia artist. The seventh Hudgens Prize is one of the largest awards in the nation given to an individual artist. The purpose of the competition is to elevate and promote the arts throughout Georgia, while providing a transformational opportunity for the winning artist. The prize is sponsored by the Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for Art and Learning.
NEW for 1/23: On the Big Band sound, New Hampshire, robotic surgery
Click here to read the full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Gransden trying to keep Big Band music alive
EEB PERSPECTIVE: And now there are two; which will be the nominee?
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
ANOTHER VIEW: First of kind robotic surgery occurs in Georgia at Gainesville
FEEDBACK: Condos vs. apartment suggestion really resonates
UPCOMING: Stripers, Coca-Cola team up for stadium Front Porch
NOTABLE: Ora Douglass is first Peachtree Corners Black council member
RECOMMENDED: We’re out of suggestions. Send us your book, movie or other reviews
GEORGIA TIDBIT: DeForest Kelley best known as Star Trek doctor
MYSTERY PHOTO: Snowy scene of winter asks for your recognition
CALENDAR: Free open house at Pinckneyville Park on Jan. 27
Gwinnett Forum | Jan. 10, 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 Eshter Perel (1958- ) via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
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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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