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NEWS BRIEFS: Local DAR sponsors Wreaths Across America Day
More than two million volunteers and supporters gather each year to honor our veterans buried at cemeteries nationwide and abroad on National Wreaths Across America Day. Wreaths Across America, a 501c3 organization headquartered in Maine, has over 4,600 participating locations with the mission to “remember the fallen, honor those who serve, and teach the next generation the value of freedom.”
NEW for 10/22: Promotions, Real Deal and MABA
Click here to read the full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Jackson EMC promotes two key executives
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett lucky to have Real Deal in Sugar Hill
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC
ANOTHER VIEW: Call it MABA: Making America Broke Again
FEEDBACK: Hazlehurst appreciates Allentown assistance
UPCOMING: Animal Welfare offers free pet adoptions on weekend
NOTABLE: Gwinnett again earns top credit rating
RECOMMENDED: Layered Money, by Nik Bhatia
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Good Eats show originator lives in Marietta
MYSTERY PHOTO: Does the design give away the mystery location?
LAGNIAPPE: New one mile sidewalk open on Oakbrook Parkway
CALENDAR: Early trick-or-treating coming this Saturday
FOCUS: Jackson EMC promotes two key executives
Brittany Caison, previously vice president of engineering, operations and technology at Jackson EMC, has been appointed to a new role, providing leadership to a newly aligned group at the cooperative with similar goals and objectives. Meanwhile David Cleveland has been vice president of marketing, member services, and governmental affairs, Caison’s previous role.
NEWS BRIEFS: Norcross seeks to make cultural plan a reality
In the City of Norcross, the phrase “A Place to Imagine” is far more than a tagline; it’s a movement. With the adoption of the Norcross Master Arts and Cultural Plan earlier this month by Mayor Craig Newton and Council members, the city has a blueprint for the robust expansion of its public art identity, recognition of its rich history, and celebration of its cultural diversity.
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 3, 2024
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
– American Poet e. e. commings (1894-1962)
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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