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FOCUS: Third area of Gwinnett to get microtransit service
NORCROSS, Ga. | Another area of Gwinnett will get microtransit service, starting August 1. Gwinnett County, the Gateway 85 Community Improvement District and the city of Norcross will combine resources to improve mobility in a zone around Jimmy Carter Boulevard and Interstate 85 starting later this year.
NEW for 11/14: From lodge to roads, sleeping and Bulldogs
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Norcross Masonic Lodge disbands, sells downtown building
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Roads, sleeping, a novelist, first newspaper and Bulldogs
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: GGC’s nursing program wins accreditation
NOTABLE: Todd is new VP for communications at GGC
RECOMMENDED: Hamburger, A Global History by Andrew E. Smith
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Thomas Butler King was planter, U.S. government official
MYSTERY PHOTO: Classical building is this week’s mystery
CALENDAR: Why the Bible Began is a talk Nov. 15 at the Lawrenceville library
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.
NEW for 7/15: On work program, UGA students, pilgrimage
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Utah program gets unemployed folks back to work quickly
EEB PERSPECTIVE: President says 85% of UGA students are residents of Georgia
ANOTHER VIEW: Dozen people enjoy church “Pilgrimage” to Ireland
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping
FEEDBACK: His concern is possible tyrannical right theocracy
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners invests $2 million in new playground equipment
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville plans slip lane for direct hospital access
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Chestnut trees, once prevalent, were victim of blight fungus
MYSTERY PHOTO: Another lighthouse, but it’s a short one!
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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