By Elliott Brack | By the time a new 17-story tower at Northside Hospital Gwinnett is completed in 2026, that would mean it would be the biggest single hospital campus in Georgia. Debbie Mitchum, president of that Lawrenceville hospital, says: “We will first add 240 beds to the new tower, and completely build out 12 floors.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: How GMC became Northside Hospital Gwinnett
EEB PERSPECTIVE: As lobsters go, so goes the great State of Maine
ANOTHER VIEW: January 6 was similar to Germany’s Kristallnacht
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 CID
FEEDBACK: Finds another use for the timer on her microwave
UPCOMING: Sugarloaf CID expanding, adding 22 taxable properties
NOTABLE: Georgia Thomas, Shuler winner, heads for Jimmy Awards
RECOMMENDED: Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia invades British Florida three times, all unsuccessful
MYSTERY PHOTO: Ancient stone building reminds someone of Europe
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Northside Hospital, Cardiovascular Group, sign new patient care agreement
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It was great fun to attend a symphony performance, with my granddaughter
ANOTHER VIEW: Make impeachment change to require 55%, not 67%, for conviction
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia
FEEDBACK: New Tax Commissioner and her proposal concerning tax collections
UPCOMING: Senate action prevents Tax Commissioner to contract for city tax collections
NOTABLE: PCOM names Brian Mann as its chief of simulation operations
RECOMMENDED: The Enlightenment of Angeline by Joshua Berkov
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgian Calder Willingham was accomplished writer, wrote The Graduate
MYSTERY PHOTO: Low-level buildings along a waterway are in today’s Mystery Photo
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Merger Talks Going on Between Gwinnett, Northside Hospitals
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Food Trucks Becoming More of an Issue to Many
FEEDBACK: Stop Signs and Another View of Roundabouts
UPCOMING: Duluth Getting Geotours; Lilburn Offers Glimpse of History
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Place CID Releases New Master Plan for the Area
RECOMMENDED READ: The Aubrey–Maturin Series by Patrick O’Brian
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Spanish Visit Georgia from Bases in Mexico in Early 1600s
TODAY’S QUOTE: One Way You Can Recognize When It’s Labor Day
MYSTERY PHOTO: Few Recognized Castle in Loire Valley of France
LAGNIAPPE: Here’s a Nice View of Downtown Atlanta
By Beth Hardy | Northside Hospital and Gwinnett Medical Center have announced that they have approved a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) to begin exclusive discussions to combine their operations.
If a final agreement is reached, the merger would create a major health care system serving rapidly growing areas of the Atlanta Region and North Georgia. Anchored by Northside Hospital in Sandy Springs and Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, the system also would include hospitals in Canton, Cumming and Duluth, as well as cancer treatment centers, imaging centers, medical office buildings, urgent care centers and other outpatient locations throughout the state.
“Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”
– The second president of the United States, John Adams (1735-1826).
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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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