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NEWS BRIEFS: Stripers, Coca-Cola team up for stadium Front Porch
The Gwinnett Stripers, in conjunction with Diamond Baseball Holdings, have announced the first major renovation project in the 15-year history of Coolray Field. The Stripers are teaming up with Coca-Cola to create a new space, the Coca-Cola Front Porch, opening this spring in the seating bowl behind home plate.
NEWS BRIEFS: Siemens eMobility joins Curiosity Lab in Peachtree Corners
Siemens has joined the Curiosity Lab smart city ecosystem to support bringing 5G electrification to America. Siemens eMobility North America-built charging stations and infrastructure will be installed at Curiosity Lab leveraging T-Mobile’s 5G network as the company continues to evolve its EV charging infrastructure solutions. Siemens is a global leader in EV charging solutions.
1/5: Global investors; continuing objectives; our money
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Global Investors Look at Gwinnett and See Some Drawbacks
EEB PERSPECTIVE: A Look at GwinnettForum’s Continuing Objectives for Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: Where is Georgia’s share of federal dollars? Some is still in Washington
UPCOMING: Several New Art Classes on Tap at Kudzu Art Zone
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Foundation Distributes $67,000 to Gwinnett Charities
RECOMMENDED RESTAURANT: Newk’s in Peachtree Corners
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Here’s How You Pronounce One of Georgia’s Smallest Counties
TODAY’S QUOTE: Calvin Coolidge’s View of the Spirit of Christmas
MYSTERY PHOTO: Beautiful Photograph Asks You “Where Was This Taken?”
LAGNIAPPE: High Waters in Atlanta
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 5, 2024
“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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SAMPLE BALLOTS
Consolidated sample ballots are available below and are not specific to a voter’s individual ballot. To find what your ballot will look like, visit My Voter Page on the Georgia Secretary of State’s website.
>> Click here for the 11/5 consolidated sample ballot in English/Spanish
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MULBERRY CANDIDATES
Residents of the new city of Mulberry can read answers to questions put to the 15 candidates for the coming council elections through a public service offered by GwinnettForum.
>> Click here to learn about Mulberry’s candidates.
>> Click here for the Mulberry election FAQ and sample ballot
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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