APPROVED TO BE BUILT in Snellville is this master plan for The Grove at Towne Center, with construction not set to begin until 2020, with completion of the first place in 2021. This is an $85 million plan for development between Oak Road, North Road, Clower Street and both sides of Wisteria Drive. For more details, see Today’s Focus below.
TODAY’S FOCUS: New Center-City Development in Snellville Will Start in 2020
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Isakson Announcement Turns Georgia Political World Topsy-Turvy
ANOTHER VIEW: There Are Joys in Teaching English as a Second Language
SPOTLIGHT: Northside Hospital
FEEDBACK: Gwinnett Has Drastically Changed in 20 Years; Flux is Common
UPCOMING: 19th Annual British Car and Motorcycle Fayre in Norcross Is September 7
NOTABLE: Kudzu Art Zone Offers Silent Auction at Its Annual 12×12 Exhibit
RECOMMENDED: Moving On by Josie Bentley Gravitt
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Richard Aeck’s Swings Designs Between Beauty and Function
MYSTERY PHOTO: Impressive Color and an Impressive Statue Ask Your Identification
CALENDAR: Author visits: Lynn Cullen and Patti Callahan Henry coming to Peachtree Corners
New city-center development in Snellville will start in 2020
By Brian Arrington | The city has created a public-private partnership to develop ‘The Grove at Towne Center,’ an $85 million project that is expected to be completed in 2021. Mayor Barbara Bender said that an agreement has been reached with a development team to build the first phase. Construction will begin in 2020.
The project will be led by CASTO, major commercial real estate companies, along with Atlanta based MidCity Real Estate Partners, in a joint venture with the City of Snellville. The Grove at Towne Center will be a mixed-use property, comprising 18 acres in downtown Snellville between Oak Road, North Road, Clower Street and both sides of Wisteria Drive. The first phase will include over 50,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, office and entertainment space, and approximately 250 multi-family luxury apartments. In addition, the new Elizabeth Williams Library will be constructed on the site, and will include a second-floor community/incubator/education space.
The city and Gwinnett County previously entered into an intergovernmental agreement to build the library and parking for library patrons.
The Grove at Towne Center will be a walkable destination space that will feature restaurants, entertainment and retail spaces. Shared use paths for pedestrians and cyclists will be located throughout the development, connecting the components of the master planned project and the surrounding neighborhoods via the Snellville Greenway.
Bender
Mayor Bender says: “This project is a major piece in our goal to create great places to live, play, work, learn and shop in Snellville. The Grove at Towne Center’s design and its connections to existing parks via greenways and neighborhoods will be a wonderful place where community and commerce meet.”
The Market Center building will be a unique anchor of the project. CASTO and MidCity are working with the city to customize the overall design and uses within the building. Early ideas include a brew pub on the first floor and upscale event space on the second floor.
The Grove Apartments will provide residents upscale urban living in the heart of The Grove with designer finishes and will include amenities such as a state-of-the-art fitness center, pool, grilling area, parking deck and business center. The Commons area will allow the city to host many of the community’s festivals and activities in one centrally located space.
Shannon Dixon, executive vice president of Southeast Development for CASTO, says: “Our goal is to create a unique shopping, entertainment and living experience with something for every age group to enjoy.”
The first phase of construction of The Grove at Towne Center project will include relocation of the city’s U.S. Post Office, expected to occur in early 2020 with a groundbreaking on the project anticipated for the summer of 2020.
Kirk Demetrops, president of MidCity, adds: “We are looking forward to our partnership with the city and county to deliver The Grove at Towne Center. These types of projects have a tremendous impact on the quality of life and provide a real sense of community. We believe The Grove will be a destination point for the city for decades to come.”
- For more information and updates on the Grove at Towne Center project visit www.snellville.org/the-towne-center-snellville.
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Isakson announcement turns Georgia political world topsy-turvy
(U.S. Air Force photo, 2018/Don Peek)
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
AUG. 30, 2019 | The political world in Georgia got thrown topsy-turvy for the coming year’s election, when Sen. Johnny Isakson announced that he would resign from the Senate at the end of the year. The senior senator has served with distinction for 14 years, and has been re-elected rather easily two times. He was not so much the Republican party man, as he was more moderate in his decisions, reflecting many Georgian’s views.
The state first heard of the Republican senator politically as a state representative from Cobb County, serving seven terms in the Georgia House of Representatives, and gaining respect from all sides for the way he conducted his office. He lost a race for governor in 1990, when Georgia was more thoroughly Democratic. In February, 1999, he won a seat for the Sixth District of Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving until elected to the Senate in the term to begin in 2005. He’s served there since.
Maybe what Georgians liked best was the calm and deliberate way that Mr. Isakson conducted himself in the office. He wasn’t a bombastic person, but ever so much one to go about his effort in a quiet, reasonable way. We will miss him.
SO NOW the horse race begins to determine who will succeed Mr. Isakson as the next senator for Georgia. That immediate decision, because of when this resignation comes, means that Gov. Brian Kemp must appoint someone to serve until a new senator can be elected in the fall of 2020 to complete the four years remaining on the Isakson term.
Who will Governor Kemp choose? Mentioned already are:
- The governor himself. Though he has been in office only a few months, still, if he ever had a yearning to become a Senator, that’s a legal option for him. Of course, he would face opposition next November, but he would be a favorite to win, you would think.
- Pick Nathan Deal to serve as a one-year caretaker term, throwing the next election into a wide-open contest. Deal would be effective, since he knows his way around Washington.
- Elevate Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan to an unexpected seat, no doubt changing statewide politics itself. The lieutenant governor could then run for the seat himself.
- It’s crazy sounding, but it could happen: Governor Kemp could appoint former Gov. (and current Agriculture Secretary) Sonny Perdue, first cousin of the state’s other U.S. senator. Far as that goes, Sonny might like to get out of being a member of the president’s cabinet. It would have to be less stressful.
- Another possibility is that the governor will appoint Attorney General Chris Carr as the new senator. Carr’s wife, Joan Kirchner, is the chief of staff of Senator Isakson’s office, and would provide a ready-made staff to help guide the new senator in the new office. Again,far-fetched, but possible.
Now with Sen. David Perdue facing election in 2020, suddenly the Democrats could have hopes of electing not one Democratic senator, but two! All they would have to do is become the dominant party in the state again! Sure! Piece of cake?
What the Democrats do not have at this time are well-known, attractive obvious candidates. Strong Democratic names don’t automatically fall off people’s lips. The only big name is Stacey Abrams, who came mighty close to winning the governorship. But she has said she would try to help other candidates in the coming races, and is not a candidate herself. Of course, that could change.
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There are joys in teaching English as a second language
By Debra Houston, contributing columnist
LILBURN, Ga. | My ESL class (English as a Second Language) has kicked off with an eager group of students. I asked them to mark their native country with an arrow-sticker on a flat world map, and here’s how it shook out: Three came from Mexico, two from India, one from Guatemala, two from Venezuela, one from Eritrea, and one from Pakistan.
Not only will they hone their English skills, I’ll intersperse material on American culture. One young man declared, “I want to know about Southern culture!”
There is a difference, you know.
“When do we use ‘Ma’am?’”
“We don’t use it often, unless you’re a child speaking to an elder or someone in authority.”
“What about ‘Miss?’ Do we call you ‘Miss Debbie’?”
“It’s respectful to address an older woman with ‘Miss’ followed by her first name. You may call me ‘Miss Debbie.’” I grimaced. — I fall into that age group! “Or you may call me ‘Mrs. Houston,’ or simply ‘Debbie.’”
I know from experience they’ll call me “teacher.” The humility therein stirs my heart and serves as a reminder of my duty to instruct them.
“We’re living in the Bible Belt,” I said, to convey the reason why we’re wild about niceties in the South. I listed the states within the Belt, adding that scripture teaches us how we should treat one another.
“New Yorkers are rude,” the vocal student said. I told him I visited New York and no one was rude to me or even made fun of my accent.
In a sense, that’s what my students and I share – an accent. We’ll never fool anyone into thinking we’re from Ohio. And while some may never conquer the “th” sound, I must think twice before saying, “wire.”
We have beaucoups of customs. Like, offer a wave after a driver lets you ease into traffic; hold doors open for both men and women; say “please, thank-you,” and “excuse me” when appropriate. And “I’m sorry” will cover a multitude of sins.
They’ll want to know about the “Big Chicken” and the Varsity (defining a “naked dog”). And I’ll mention that the images of Davis, Lee, and Jackson are carved onto Stone Mountain. Right, they lost the war.
By the end of the school year, I hope my students see that Southern hospitality will always extend to New Yorkers and other strangers from faraway places. It’s another idea gleaned from scripture. — “The foreigner residing among you must be treated as native-born.”
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Gwinnett has drastically changed in 20 years; Flux is common
Editor, the Forum:
Scrolling to the details about Gwinnett, when George W. Bush was elected, the county demographics were overwhelmingly Caucasian. I worked on that campaign and made those large W signs in my basement with my wife. Gwinnett was considered the 10th reddest county in the state, while Cobb was 17th.
Gwinnett is now a completely different ballgame. I think Pew said 34 percent Caucasian now. A whole bunch of people left and the new housing was occupied by non-Caucasian people. The great schools in Gwinnett have drawn people from everywhere, with good scholarship, sports, etc. Success is like bears and honey. Now Gwinnett is urban and not the bedroom community it was 20 years ago. Flux will be common.
— Byron Gilbert, Duluth
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19th annual British Car and Motorcycle Fayre in Norcross Sept. 7
The 19th annual gathering of British car and motorcycle enthusiasts will be held in Historic Downtown Norcross on September 7. Now considered the largest of its kind in the region, visitors come to explore the rare, the vintage and the fast. This show is from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
With polished leather, gleaming paint and spot-free chrome, the featured marque of this year’s Car Fayre will be the Triumph. It will be joined by RollsRoyces, MGs, Jaguars, AustinHealeys, Sunbeams, Aston-Martins, Land Rovers, Lotuses and other iconic British automobiles. With a section for British motorcycles including many rare, vintage models, expect to see over 400 vehicles on display!
New this year, a gleaming red London Double Decker Bus will be at the top of Jones Street in front of Lillian Webb Park, where visitors can take fabulous British-themed selfies as they hop-on and hop-off.
The Atlanta British Car Fayre is free of charge and anticipates more than 15,000 visitors. The City of Norcross will close streets in the downtown area for the day, and a free shuttle bus service will be available from two nearby locations.
Free parking will be available at One Heart Church (706 N. Peachtree Street) and Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church (182 Hunter Street) with a shuttle running continuously to downtown Norcross. The shuttle will begin at 9:30 a.m. and run every 30 minutes until 3:30 p.m. Additional free parking is available at assigned city streets. ADA parking will be available at City Hall.
Proceeds from the Car Fayre support the Amanda Riley Foundation.
A separate area is set aside for the Car Boot Sale, aka the British version of a garage sale. “Gently used treasure” is sold from the trunk of a car or the back of a truck—the “boot” of the car. Now is the time to clear out your attic and pack your car or truck with anything you want to sell: clothing, crafts, antiques, household items…if you can get it in your “boot” you can sell it. Your rubbish could be someone else’s treasure!
- Learn more online about this event at www.atlantabritishcarfayre.com.
Gwinnett Stripers playoff tickets for 2019 Governor’s Cup on sale
The Gwinnett Stripers, Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, have single-game tickets for the opening round of the 2019 Governors’ Cup Playoffs are on sale now. Tickets may be purchased in-person at the Coolray Field Ticket Office and online at GoStripers.com.
Gwinnett officially clinched a playoff berth Wednesday night with a 14-8 win over Norfolk. The Stripers are in a position to win the International League (IL) South Division, as they have a 4.5-game lead over Charlotte and a magic number of one to clinch with five games remaining.
Regardless of whether they win the IL South Division or the IL Wild Card, the Stripers will host games 1-2 of the best-of-five first-round series at Coolray Field on Wednesday, September 4 and Thursday, September 5. Both games will start at 7:05 p.m. Should the Stripers win the IL South Division, they’ll face the Columbus Clippers, winners of the IL West Division. If the Stripers win the IL Wild Card, they’ll face the yet-to-be determined winners of the IL North Division.
Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra and Chorus seeking musicians
Gwinnett Symphony is seeking singers and musicians.
Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra and Chorus invites you to be a part of the musical magic! The company is recruiting qualified singers and instrumentalists for the 2019-2020 season. Those wanting to participate in the 2019-2020 season should contact info@gwinnettsymphony.org for more information.
Rehearsals begin September 3. To view the full upcoming season, visit www.GwinnettSymphony.org.
Kudzu Art Zone offers silent auction at its annual 12×12 Exhibit
Viewing an art exhibit offers several important benefits – first, it brings pleasure to the viewer; second, it expands the imagination by seeing what a creative person is capable of doing, seeing things from an entirely new perspective; and lastly, the ability to purchase a work of art that one loves.
All of these are available at Kudzu Art Zone at their 12 x 12 Exhibition and Silent Auction coming Saturday, August 31 to its gallery on Carlyle Street in Norcross. All of the artworks are affordable and available for sale in a silent auction which begins Monday, September 2 and continues through Sunday, October 6 at 2 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday October 5 and 6 is the time for Norcross’ Art Festival, Splash, so happy art lovers may have art-filled days and take home original works of art that they love. Kudzu’s bidding ends at 2 p.m. on the last day so fortunate winning bidders may pick up their purchases at the end of the day. Themed baskets filled with tempting items are also available as raffle prizes.
This much anticipated annual event at Kudzu Art Zone is a fundraising event to help provide monies to support ongoing art exhibits, classes and workshops and to provide art opportunities for the community. Attracting visitors and art patrons to the area, Kudzu is an asset to the community and a cultural destination.
Depicted here are a few of the works included in the exhibit, which offers up to 100 pieces of original art, affordable in silent auction format. Bidders may place their bids throughout the month of September and are encouraged to visit and bid often and to check on the status of their bids on desired art works.
Kudzu Art Zone is located at 116 Carlyle Street in Norcross; hours are Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., also on Sunday October 6. For more information call 770-840-9844 or visit www.kudzuartzone.org.
Gwinnett adds 15,100 new residents; Population now is 925,800
Gwinnett County added 15,100 new residents in the past year according to population estimates released today by the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC). The county’s total population is now 925,800.
Gwinnett County is the second-most populated county in the region, behind only Fulton County. The county has added more than 120,000 people since 2010.
Each of metro Atlanta’s 10 counties saw population increases in the past year, pushing the region’s total to 4.6 million. Fulton and Gwinnett counties added the most residents, while the highest growth rates occurred in Cherokee and Henry counties and the City of Atlanta.
Moving On by Josie Bentley Gravitt
Gwinnett County’s Josie Bentley Gravitt, who marked her 90th birthday Wednesday, has written a remembrance of her life. This results in a detailed social history of her life in and around Gwinnett. She pulls from her amazing memory in telling remarkable details about her family (she’s one of 13 children) and their lives, their problems, their solutions and their happiness. Josie, dropped out of school to work to help her family, returned to school at age 21 and finally earned her diploma. She early on becomes a nurse—through correspondence—and was on the staff of Joan Glancy Hospital. Later, she held other jobs, often financially helping her extended family, before she became the wife of Marvin Gravitt, who died at age53. She still today resides in a house her husband built her on Gravitt Road. The book also has an array of family photographs to help tell this remarkable story.—eeb”
(You can purchase the hardback book by sending $30 checks to Josie Gravitt to P.O. Box 3125, Duluth, Ga. 30096.)
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Aeck’s designs swing between beauty and function
In the pendulum swing between the traditional building arts (whose basis for beauty is ornamented form) and modern construction (concerned with function and economy of line and finding beauty in efficiency), the Atlanta architect Richard Aeck found a remarkable synthesis of engineering and architecture.
In Aeck’s work, structure is expressive and form is an elegant and direct reflection of construction. His Grady High School Stadium (Atlanta, 1948) is a masterpiece of modern engineering expression. The concrete building displays its ordinary materials and purpose yet maximizes the expressive potential of programmatic features in simple lines and honest construction.
Similarly, the concrete lily pads on minimal golf-tee supports that form the Dining Pavilion at Callaway Gardens (1953) in Pine Mountain, defined and sheltered outdoor space and manipulated scale so that the architectural unit was presented as a superscaled sculpture.
Engineering is art and art is engineering in early Aeck buildings, where structure prevails as expression and is the basis of Aeck’s sense of beauty in architecture. As at Pier Luigi Nervi’s contemporary sports stadiums, Aeck’s articulated ribbed dome at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum at the Georgia Institute of Technology (1957) in Atlanta becomes the totality of architecture as enclosed space for use, defined structurally, spatially, and formally. It rises 75 feet and radiates thirty-two identical steel girders to enclose a diameter of 270 feet in a building that is one-third below grade.
Richard L. Aeck was born in 1912 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. After studying at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, Aeck received a B.S. in architecture at Georgia Tech in 1936. He worked in Colombia and Brazil, serving as chief designer for F. T. Ley and Cia, chief architect for Pan American Airways. He also was consulting architect for Agricultural University in Cambodia and consultant for the Medical Mission Sisters for the design of the Nurses’ Home and School in Uganda.
He returned to Georgia Tech as a design critic and served as associate architect with Bush-Brown, Gailey, and Heffernan on the west stands at Georgia Tech’s Grant Field (1947-48). Here he again engineered a structural tour de force, transforming an ordinary function to expressive formal purpose.
In 1948 he received mentions in Progressive Architecture for both the Grant Field and Grady High School designs, and his parking deck on Williams Street won an award citation from that journal in 1954. By the mid-1950s, Aeck’s work was published and recognized for its design excellence and innovative engineering.
(To be continued)
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Impressive color and an impressive statue ask for your identification
Look at this beautiful fall scene, complete with statue. Now, where do you think this Mystery Photo is located? And what does it commemorate? Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net, to include your home address.
We thought more people would get the most recent Mystery Photo, that of Salisbury Cathedral, from Ann Royster of Shelby, N.C.
Eagle-eyed George Graf of Palmyra, Va. came in immediately, saying it “……appears to be the Salisbury Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The Choir of Salisbury Cathedral has probably been in existence since the consecration of the cathedral in 1258. The choir comprises 20 boy choristers and 20 girl choristers aged between 8 – 13 years and six professional Lay Vicars singing countertenor, tenor and bass. Salisbury Cathedral was the first English cathedral to recruit girl choristers (in 1991) and, when in the cathedral, the girls’ choir is usually wholly independent of the boys. The weekly services are equally divided between the boy and girl choristers throughout the school year. The choristers are educated at Salisbury Cathedral School, which is situated in the Cathedral Close. In addition to services, the choir is involved in BBC broadcasts, concerts, CD recordings and the annual Southern Cathedrals Festival.”
A view from Allan Peel
The only other persons to get the identity correct were Bob Foreman of Grayson, and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. He wrote: “Been there. Done that! My wife and I immediately recognized today’s mystery photo as the famous spire tower of the Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England. I have attached a photo that I took from this same area when my wife and I visited Salisbury in July 2013.
“The foundation stone of the Salisbury Cathedral was laid on April 28, 1220 and its main structure was completed in only 38 years, from 1220 to 1258. At 404-feet high, the spire tower is the cathedral’s most impressive feature, but also it’s most troublesome since when it was added in 1320, it increased the weight of the building by 6,397 tons, and necessitated the addition of buttresses, bracing arches and anchor irons over the succeeding centuries. Without these structural changes and precautions, the spire would have likely suffered the same fate as similar spires on other great cathedrals, many of which collapsed under their own weight in heavy winds. This happened to the spire of the 525-ft high Lincoln Cathedral in 1549, which was the tallest building in the world at that time. As a result of this tragic loss, the Salisbury Cathedral currently holds the honor of having the tallest church spire tower in the United Kingdom, and has done so since 1549.”
Author Visit: Karen Abbott is the author of Sin in the Second City, American Rose, and Liar Temptress Soldier Spy, which was named one of the best books of 2014. She has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, newyorker.com, and other publications. Her next book, The Ghosts of Eden Park, tells the story of “the Bootleg King, the women who pursued him, and the murder that shocked jazz-age America.” Join Gwinnett County Public Library members and meet Karen Abbott on Friday, August 30 at 7 p.m. at the Peachtree Corners Branch, 5570 Spalding Drive. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770-978-5154.
Grief and Loss Support Group: Mondays from 7:30-8:30 p.m. beginning September 2: A “come-as-you-are-able” gathering led by Rabbi Jesse Charyn. We will help you gain spiritual resilience and you can participate according to your own comfort level. All are welcome. Temple Beth David. 1885 McGee Road, Snellville. For more information call 770-978-3916.
Town Hall Meeting: Georgia District 4 Congressman Hank Johnson, who represents the Snellville, Mountain Park, and Lilburn areas of south Gwinnett, is holding a town hall meeting on Thursday, September 5 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Snellville City Hall, 2342 Oak Road. He’ll be on hand to answer questions and discuss issues important to his constituents. For more information, call 770-987-2291 or visit hankjohnson.house.gov.
Community Health Fair for all ages will be September 7 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Best Friend Park Gym, 6225 Jimmy Carter Boulevard, in Norcross. The Fair is free and includes health screenings, dynamic exhibitors, fitness demos, wellness presentations, giveaways, blood drives, and more. It is put on in partnership with the Gwinnett Daily Post and Live Healthy Gwinnett. Call 678-277-0222 for more information.
2019 British Car Fayre, the 19th annual, will be in downtown Norcross on September 7, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Come and view, with no admission cost, over 400 distinctive British automobiles and motorcycles. Hop on and hop off a London Double Deck bus. Visit the Boot Sale. Proceeds benefit the Amanda Riley Foundation. Details: atlantabritishcarfayre.com.
Authors Visit: hear Lynn Cullen in conversation with Patti Callahan Henry at Peachtree Corners City Hall on Tuesday, September 10 at 7:30 p.m. Cullen is the national bestselling author of Mrs. Poe, a National Public Radio 2013 Great Read. She recently released her latest novel, The Sisters of Summit Avenue. Patti Callahan Henry is the bestselling author of 15 novels including the historical fiction Becoming Mrs. Lewis. Her latest contemporary novel is The Favorite Daughter.
Elder law specialist Brannon-Napier LLC will be at Temple Beth David (1885 McGee Road, Snellville) on Tuesday, September 10 at 7 p.m. to discuss preparing the various documents important to seniors and families with older parents. That includes wills, trusts, powers of attorney, advanced directives for health care and other options. Rabbi Jesse Charynwill also discuss preparing an ethical will.There will be time for questions and answers. Admission is $10.
9/11 Remembrance ceremony will be on September 11 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. The event will be at the Gwinnett Fallen Heroes Memorial, 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, in front of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center. Join the Department of Fire and Emergency Services as county officials reflect on the importance of remembering the events and honoring the men and women of public safety.
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