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FOCUS: Bowen is Gwinnett Citizen of Year for 2024
Retired homebuilder Rudy Bowen of Suwanee was acclaimed as the Gwinnett Citizen of the Year for his long-standing dedication and service to the county and the metro Atlanta area at the 76th annual dinner of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce on February 2. He joined a distinguished group of citizens honored at the meeting. Bowen, 84, first came to Gwinnett […]
FOCUS: Gwinnett Chamber completes $5.4 million renovation
By Lisa Sherman | The Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce today unveils a $5.4 million renovation that will set the stage for a new era of innovation and inclusion. This monumental undertaking signals the Chamber’s commitment to championing business and fostering a collaborative environment that reflects the organization’s core values.
NEWS BRIEFS: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce named best in USA
The Gwinnett Chamber of been awarded “Chamber of the Year”for 2023 by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) during the recent annual ACCE conference in Salt Lake City. This is the first time the Gwinnett Chamber has received this honor. The Gwinnett Chamber was selected as a finalist in the program in 2006.
NEWS BRIEFS: Gwinnett Chamber to mark 75th anniversary tonight
The Gwinnett Chamber will celebrate seven-and-a-half decades of progress at its 75th Annual Dinner on February 3, 2023. This diamond anniversary event will be the first sold-out event held in the newly renovated Grand Ballroom of the Gas South District. A reception begins at 6 p.m. with dinner and program following at 7:30 p.m.
Gwinnett Forum | March 18, 2025
“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
— Italian painter, architect and inventor Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), 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.
- 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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