By Brian Brodrick | The Gwinnett County commissioners this week approved the Urban Redevelopment Agency of Gwinnett County’s purchase of the Macy’s sites at Gwinnett Place Mall, totaling 23 acres, for $16.5 million. The board also approved the issuance of bonds to fund the purchase through its Urban Redevelopment Agency. This is the next step in the redevelopment of the mall area.
By Deborah Tuff | The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners has adopted the final Equitable Redevelopment Plan for the Gwinnett Place Mall. The plan was informed by eight months of community engagement with direct input from over 2,000 Gwinnett residents and focuses on a new model for equitable development to benefit historically marginalized communities.
Through a blind taste test and vote, the Georgia Association of Water Professionals named Gwinnett County’s drinking water the Best Tasting Water in Georgia. Winning this award qualifies Gwinnett to compete in the national American Water Works Association competition against utilities across the country.
The Gwinnett Place Mall Site Revitalization Team, which is comprised of the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District (GPCID), Gwinnett County, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and the planning firm Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (VHB), are planning multiple events to provide the community with opportunities to weigh in on Gwinnett Place Mall site redevelopment concepts.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: People’s Republic of China doesn’t care about Hong Kong Uprising
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Words from Several, and What’s Happening at Gwinnett Place Mall
SPOTLIGHT: Renasant Bank
FEEDBACK: Remembers Old Time Leaders Working Together Toward the Goal
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre Appoints Two Key Management Executives
NOTABLE: Rudy Bowen of Suwanee Is Vice Chairman of Transportation Board
RECOMMENDED: Osher Life Long Learning Institute at Emory University
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Salvador Dali Works Are on Exhibit at Oglethorpe University Museum
MYSTERY PHOTO: What’s With These Statues on the Top of Today’s Mystery Photo?
CALENDAR: Oldtime Radio Show To Be Presented Saturday at Norcross Church
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Merger Talks Going on Between Gwinnett, Northside Hospitals
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Food Trucks Becoming More of an Issue to Many
FEEDBACK: Stop Signs and Another View of Roundabouts
UPCOMING: Duluth Getting Geotours; Lilburn Offers Glimpse of History
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Place CID Releases New Master Plan for the Area
RECOMMENDED READ: The Aubrey–Maturin Series by Patrick O’Brian
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Spanish Visit Georgia from Bases in Mexico in Early 1600s
TODAY’S QUOTE: One Way You Can Recognize When It’s Labor Day
MYSTERY PHOTO: Few Recognized Castle in Loire Valley of France
LAGNIAPPE: Here’s a Nice View of Downtown Atlanta
“Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.”
– American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 – 1959).
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