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NEW for 8/5: Mall plan, MTI Baths, Garland
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TODAY’S FOCUS: County adopts plan for the redevelopment of Gwinnett Place Mall
EEB PERSPECTIVE: MTI Baths success story paying off with expansion on the horizon
ANOTHER VIEW: Merrick Garland needs to move quicker on Committee’s evidence
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Gas
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Commissioners adopt same general fund millage rate for 2022
NOTABLE: Georgia Gwinnett College new internship program now underway
RECOMMENDED: Kingdom Coming by Michelle Goldberg
GEORGIA TIDBIT: One-fourth of first 21 Georgia Board of Trustees were clergy
MYSTERY PHOTO: Maritime setting for today’s photo
NEW for 12/18: County buys land; More commercials
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TODAY’S FOCUS: County buys 39 central core acres at Gwinnett Place Mall site
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Nightmare of horrors! More TV political commercials coming our way?
ANOTHER VIEW: Feels the United States has lost its way in election process
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Congratulations overdue for work and foresight of Wayne Mason
UPCOMING: County names courthouse expansion building for Charlotte Nash
NOTABLE: Northside Gwinnett adds 71 bed unit in speedy expansion
RECOMMENDED: Gwinnett Public Library virtual interview with Elliott Brack
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia had more rail miles than any Southern state in 1830s
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stately church in beautiful setting is today’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Hudgens Art Center has exhibit of photos of Richard Calmes
CALENDAR: Food Giveaway is Saturday at Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Lilburn
12/20: Gwinnett Place Mall; Christmas carol; Brexit
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Place Mall Needs Redevelopment Strategy, Not Hope
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Two Aloof Artists Create One of the Finest Christmas Carols
ANOTHER VIEW: Our Dispatcher Says Most Brits Were Simply Tired of Brexit Delays
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
FEEDBACK: That Vote on Brexit Is Being Weighed in Scotland, Too
UPCOMING: Part of Spalding Drive to Get Bridge and Street Improvements
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Schools Benefit from Walton EMC Grants to Teachers
RECOMMENDED: The Sisters of Summit Avenue by Lynn Cullen
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Nell Choate Jones Donates Personal Art Helping Start Berry Museum
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a Tall Christmas Tree for Today’s Mystery to Locate
LAGNIAPPE: DAR Leads Groups Laying Wreaths at East Shadowlawn Gardens
BRACK: Words from several, and what’s happening at Gwinnett Place Mall
By Elliott Brack | Some bits and pieces: Cities around Gwinnett are stirring with political intrigue this week, as it’s time to qualify if you want to seek municipal office in Gwinnett. Most cities close their qualifying Wednesday, though Berkeley Lake closes on Thursday and Auburn and Norcross on Friday.
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 20, 2024
“….if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”
— Canadian Author Robertson Davies (1913-1995).
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
- Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
- 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.
- 21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
- Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
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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