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NEW for 2/20: On spring gardening, helping immigrants, our book
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Elevate your garden’s beauty this spring
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Helping immigrants move toward self-sufficiency
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers Outdoor Power Equipment and Hardware
ANOTHER VIEW: Book Review: Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta
FEEDBACK: Would like for quilts to have dates they were made
UPCOMING: Residential complex planned for Old Town Lilburn
NOTABLE: Use county police precincts to conduct e-commerce
RECOMMENDED: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
CRITIC’S CORNER: Five short run shows coming to the Fox Theatre
GEORGIA TIDBIT: The Abrupt End of the Canal Era in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: See if you can identify this unique bridge
LAGNIAPPE: It takes lots of hands to hold Duluth awards!
CALENDAR: Prominent authors talk at the Hooper-Renwick Feb. 22
NEW for 5/18: On scholarships, sewer project, immigrants
Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Stricklands fund annual scholarships for local students at PCOM
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Giant sewer project in eastern Gwinnett to be complete in 2023
ANOTHER VIEW: Using Guatemala as example, more immigrants coming to USA
SPOTLIGHT: Centurion Advisory Group
FEEDBACK: Not believing in reality might show need for mental counseling
UPCOMING: Hudgens Center now presenting works of Ed Gilliam
NOTABLE: Bourdeaux plan would expand greenways in suburbia
RECOMMENDED: The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hašek
GEORGIA TIDBIT: The “Lost Camellia” flowered along the Altamaha near Darien
MYSTERY PHOTO: Perpendiculars are elements in this edition’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Neighbor refurbishes Little Free Library No. 16808 on Dogwood Circle in Norcross
CALENDAR: North Gwinnett Kiwanis Club has Vidalia onions for sale
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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