The Gwinnett Chamber of been awarded “Chamber of the Year”for 2023 by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) during the recent annual ACCE conference in Salt Lake City. This is the first time the Gwinnett Chamber has received this honor. The Gwinnett Chamber was selected as a finalist in the program in 2006.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Chamber Makes Inside Move To Pick Nick Masino as Its New President
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Lynn Ledford Ran Elections in Gwinnett Ever So Smoothly
ANOTHER VIEW: What Ever Happened To Fiscal Conservatives in the Republican Party?
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.
FEEDBACK: County Will Benefit Once Traffic Situation Can Be Improved
UPCOMING: After First Successful Class, Coding Boot Camp Offers Courses Again
NOTABLE: Muslim Community Hosting Peace Symposium on April 20
RECOMMENDED: The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone
GEORGIA TIDBIT: John Stone’s Career Combined Medicine and Literature
MYSTERY PHOTO: Today’s Mystery Photo Is Simple Swinging Bridge with Few Clues
LAGNIAPPE: More Color around Gwinnett, This One in Duluth
CALENDAR: Suwanee’s Glow in the Park and Community Lantern Parade Is Saturday
Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Restaurant Week Starting on July 16 with 24 Participants
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Look at What’s Happened in 10 Years with Partnership Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: National Conversation Needed on Values Surrounding Ethnic Fear
SPOTLIGHT: U.S. Asset Management
UPCOMING: Jackson EMC Adds Power from New Georgia Solar Facilities
NOTABLE: New Southbound PIB Lane Opens in Peachtree Corners
RECOMMENDED: Stories of Georgia by Joel Chandler Harris
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Noble Jones and Whigs Take Control of Early Georgia Legislature
TODAY’S QUOTE: Sporting Goods Manufacturers Still Remember Bob Uecker
MYSTERY PHOTO: Classic Building Begs Your Identification as the Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Great Time To Visit Gainesville’s Site of Atlanta Botanical Garden
CALENDAR: Free Photography Workshop coming to Grayson on July 25.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Nick Masino of Partnership Gwinnett is always entertaining when he speaks before a group. We were lucky enough to enjoy a Nick presentation the other day. Here are a few highlights from that talk that Nick gives as information on prospects who know little about Gwinnett.
“Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.”
– American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 – 1959).
ENDORSEMENTS
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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
>> Click here for the 11/5 consolidated sample ballot in English/Korean/Chinese/Vietnamese
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
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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