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BRACK: Gwinnett cities are planning activities for Fourth holiday
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Most of the Gwinnett cities are planning activities around the July Fourth holiday. In some instances, the cities are presenting entertainment, so that local residents can stay near home on the holiday, instead of traveling to more distant Atlanta venues for their entertainment.
7/1: Sharing your story, peaches, Brexit, July 4, more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Sharing Your Story To Help You Get a Job….Professionally!
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia Peaches, Brexit, Sweet Corn and the Fourth of July
ANOTHER VIEW: Why City of Norcross Observes July Fourth on the Third
SPOTLIGHT: Brand Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Concerns with Welcoming a New Restaurant on First Inspection
UPCOMING: County OKs Revised Master Plan for Infinite Energy Center Area
NOTABLE: GC&B Tells Winners of Great American Clean-Up Campaign
RECOMMENDED: LibriVox
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Battle of the Rice Boats near Savannah Early Event in Revolution
CALENDAR: Ruppert Landscape’s Reject 10K/5K Run/Walk is July 2
TODAY’S QUOTE: Something To Think About for the July Fourth Holiday
MYSTERY PHOTO: Simple Statue of Soldier Begs for Identification
LAGNIAPPE: Peach State Credit Union Hosts Visitors from Alabama and Florida
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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