County leadership has elevated Gwinnett Parks and Recreation to a stand-alone department in a move to better serve the community and meet the growing needs of Gwinnett’s award-winning parks system. As part of the transition, County Administrator Glenn Stephens appointed Chris Minor as director of the new Parks and Recreation Department and Lindsey Jorstad as director of the Community Services Department.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Rowen project to be a knowledge community, distinctive for Gwinnett
EEB PERSPECTIVE:Athens professor has forward thinking ideas in Senate race
ANOTHER VIEW: Is Marjorie Greene the future of the GOP in Georgia?
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Sees calming and encouraging leadership as the way out of our fears
UPCOMING: County to purchase Lawrenceville water distribution system
NOTABLE: 2020 Northside Hospital Gwinnett Pink 5k to be held virtually
RECOMMENDED: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Oglethorpe places forts strategically along Inland Passage
MYSTERY PHOTO: Agricultural past of the area illustrated by Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Peaceful setting for relaxing and thinking about what’s ahead
“When you are courting a nice girl, an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder, a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.”
–Theoretical Physicist Alfred Einstein (1880-1952).
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
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