By Vipul Patel | Here are my ideas concerning the redevelopment of the Stone Mountain Tennis Center site. At the Park Place Boulevard exit, I own and manage three hotels: Country Inn and Suites, Holiday Inn Express and Days Inn. I not only work there but I live in Lilburn, less than two miles from the development. I work, live, shop, play and pray in this area.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: County adopts plan for the redevelopment of Gwinnett Place Mall
EEB PERSPECTIVE: MTI Baths success story paying off with expansion on the horizon
ANOTHER VIEW: Merrick Garland needs to move quicker on Committee’s evidence
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Gas
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Commissioners adopt same general fund millage rate for 2022
NOTABLE: Georgia Gwinnett College new internship program now underway
RECOMMENDED: Kingdom Coming by Michelle Goldberg
GEORGIA TIDBIT: One-fourth of first 21 Georgia Board of Trustees were clergy
MYSTERY PHOTO: Maritime setting for today’s photo
By Deborah Tuff | The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners has adopted the final Equitable Redevelopment Plan for the Gwinnett Place Mall. The plan was informed by eight months of community engagement with direct input from over 2,000 Gwinnett residents and focuses on a new model for equitable development to benefit historically marginalized communities.
The Gwinnett Place Mall Site Revitalization Team, which is comprised of the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District (GPCID), Gwinnett County, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and the planning firm Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (VHB), are planning multiple events to provide the community with opportunities to weigh in on Gwinnett Place Mall site redevelopment concepts.
“….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).
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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