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FOCUS: Williams family building wedding venue at Lake Lanier
By Kasie Bolling | A spire is on the rise in Georgia – one that holds deep personal meaning for the family behind one of the South’s most popular destinations, Lake Lanier Islands resort. Under their company – Islands Management, The Williams Family purchased the lease rights to the lakeside resort from the State of Georgia in 2005.
NEWS BRIEFS: Here are safeguards to take for holiday shopping
With the holiday season approaching quickly, it’s that time to get your gift list ready and precautions you should take. According to the National Retail Federation, 57 percent of consumers will do their holiday shopping online, whether that’s using a laptop or a phone. With that convenience comes the opportunity for phishers and scammers to ruin your shopping experience, your credit, and yes, take your identity.
NEW for 11/19: $80 million grant; Small business impact; Jefferson letter
Click here to read the new full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Woodruff grants $80 million to Georgia State
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Small business is Gwinnett’s backbone of workforce
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers Outdoor Power Equipment and Hardware
ANOTHER VIEW: Read Thomas Jefferson letter to “Monsieur Brack”
FEEDBACK: Remembers Murphy from attending editorial meetings
UPCOMING: Nonprofits get $4.95 million in Rescue Act Funds
NOTABLE: Allen awarded Growth Council’s excellence award
RECOMMENDED: 49th Parallel, movie on Amazon Video
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Impact of Anglican Church goes beyond religion
MYSTERY PHOTO: Decked-out figures commemorate….what?
LAGNIAPPE: Suwanee artist gets notes from future First Lady
CALENDAR: See Norcross through photography at Norcross Gallery
ANOTHER VIEW: Read Thomas Jefferson letter to “Monsieur Brack”
By Andy Brack | The title of the page on the Library of Congress website got my attention: “Thomas Jefferson to Brack, March 2, 1788, in French.” For some reason – who knows why? – when tooling around on the library’s website in the spring, I entered my last name into the search engine and got that unexpected result.
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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