By Kathryn Willis | The year 2016 marks the 34th anniversary of the Duluth Fall Festival. It’s coming September 24-25 this year.
Let’s look back over those years. The first festival was in October of 1983, in the rain, and it produced only $300 in proceeds. However, despite this inauspicious beginning, the decision was made to make it an annual event, and have all future proceeds go to improving Downtown Duluth.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Activate Gwinnett Place Plans Seeks Transformation of Area
EEB PERSPECTIVE: No Tenure for Faculty at Georgia Gwinnett College
ANOTHER VIEW: What It Was Like to Attend White House Visit of the Pope
FEEDBACK: Many Different Approaches to Naming the National Debt
UPCOMING: Take Back Prescription Drugs Saturday for Three Police Departments
NOTABLE: Why Snellville Used a Green Ribbon at Recent LCI Completion
RECOMMENDED READ: Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Coastal Workers Build Liberty Ships in Savannah and Brunswick
TODAY’S QUOTE: Words of Wisdom from our 20th President
MYSTERY PHOTO: How Many Can Spot This
LAGNIAPPE: Festival is This Weekend; Scenes from the 2014 Duluth Fall Festival
“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.”
— American scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat Benjamin Franklin (1706 –1790), via Cindy Evans, Duluth.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The next issue of GwinnettForum will be Jan. 3, 2025.
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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