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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
9/25: Activate Gwinnett Place, no tenure, Pope’s visit
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Activate Gwinnett Place Plans Seeks Transformation of Area
EEB PERSPECTIVE: No Tenure for Faculty at Georgia Gwinnett College
ANOTHER VIEW: What It Was Like to Attend White House Visit of the Pope
FEEDBACK: Many Different Approaches to Naming the National Debt
UPCOMING: Take Back Prescription Drugs Saturday for Three Police Departments
NOTABLE: Why Snellville Used a Green Ribbon at Recent LCI Completion
RECOMMENDED READ: Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Coastal Workers Build Liberty Ships in Savannah and Brunswick
TODAY’S QUOTE: Words of Wisdom from our 20th President
MYSTERY PHOTO: How Many Can Spot This
LAGNIAPPE: Festival is This Weekend; Scenes from the 2014 Duluth Fall Festival
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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