GwinnettForum | Number 25.31 | April 18, 2025
TELLING: Here’s a photo snapped recently by Kelly Jordan of Atlanta that might amuse you. The picture says it all. The photograph first appeared in the Saporta Report.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Rowen to be powerhouse for talent with its workforce
EEB PERSPECTIVE: School board to pay for national search? Baloney!
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
ANOTHER VIEW: Join a focus group to help skills for the disabled
FEEDBACK: Prescription ads basically own the news channels
UPCOMING: Snellville plans $11.3 million new community center
NOTABLE: Everton Blair to seek 13th Congressional District seat
RECOMMENDED: Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Agnes Scott College is Presbyterian affiliate
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s another waterfall for you to locate
CALENDAR: Day of Play in Norcross is April 18 at Lillian Webb Park
Rowen to be powerhouse for talent with its workforce
By Jackson Spalding
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. | A newly released economic analysis highlights the 11-county region surrounding Rowen, Georgia’s largest innovation community, as the state’s powerhouse for talent, workforce development and economic growth.
Conducted by the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The Rowen Region: Georgia’s Nexus for Economic Growth, presents compelling data to support the Region’s position as an engine for innovation across the state’s key industries for decades to come.
Rowen President and CEO Mason Ailstock says: “The Rowen Region is already a vibrant hub of knowledge, talent and opportunity. With help from the Carl Vinson Institute, we’ve found clear evidence that the region’s population growth, workforce pipeline and educational institutions will take the area to the next level as a global research, innovation and investment destination.”
Key findings include:
- Population Boom: By 2050, the population within the Rowen Region is projected to grow by over 1 million people, representing 43 percent of Georgia’s total population growth in that period.
- Workforce Growth and Stability: Nearly half of Georgia’s projected prime working-age (25-64) population growth between 2023 and 2028 will occur within the Rowen Region, significantly increasing the talent pool for Georgia’s businesses and industries. Not only is the talent within the region growing, but it is also multicultural: more than 50 percent of all degrees in the region are completed by students of color. Data suggests that depending on their age, 85-95 percent of people who move to the Rowen Region remain in the region year after year.
- Higher Education Powerhouse: Degree completions at institutions within the Rowen Region have increased by more than 5,000 graduates over the past five years, with significant growth in STEM, business and healthcare fields.
- Industry Leadership: Industries such as healthcare, technology and engineering are among the largest and fastest-growing employment sectors in the region.
The Rowen Region encompasses Banks, Barrow, Clarke, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Oconee and Walton counties, a dynamic area driving Georgia’s economic and workforce expansion. At the heart of this region is Rowen – a 2,000-acre knowledge community in Gwinnett County – that serves as a catalyst for research, collaboration and industry growth in the fields of agriculture, medicine and the environment.
- For more information about Rowen and to access the full Rowen Region Report, visit https://rowenlife.com/the-rowen-region/.
About Rowen: Owning 2,000 carefully preserved acres along Highway 316 in Gwinnett County, Ga., Rowen is a visionary knowledge community that will bring together entrepreneurs, researchers and innovators at the intersection of the Atlanta, Athens and Gainesville metropolitan statistical areas and more than 50 research and educational institutions. A new multi-use concept designed to foster discoveries in agricultural, medical and environmental sciences, Rowen will build on the land’s rich history of thoughtful environmental stewardship, while changing the economic and social trajectory of Gwinnett, Georgia and our nation for generations. For more information, please visit www.rowenlife.com.
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School board to pay for national search? Baloney!
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
APRIL 18, 2025 | Most often when you read that there is a vacancy for a high-powered executive office, you find out, lo and behold, there’s going to be a “national search” to fill that position.
That’s right, the entity, whether a government, or non-profit, or for-profit company, is opening a national search to bring in the very best person to become the next chief executive. And it goes without saying that there will be a consulting company hired to fill this position that specializes in placing high-quality people for positions like this. In other words, big bucks will be shelled out to find a person for this important position.
National search? We say “Baloney!”
Before paying out good money for an executive search firm, why shouldn’t the group trying to find a new leader look around, especially within their own organization? After all, most successful companies or governments have often been run fairly well. And the previous top executive must have had a dependable staff of people working with him. Could one of those do just as good a job, and there be no need to pay high fees to find this successor?
After all, these staff members know the business well, live in the community, have done their job for a while, and they probably wouldn’t even need any relocation expenses. Should some of them not be considered?
Many times successful entities, whether businesses or governments, will announce that a leader is leaving the company for some reason, often retiring, or even taking a new job. But at the same time this is announced, these successful companies will announce who the new leader will be, often promoted from within.
Members of the Gwinnett County Board of Education, 2025.
Yep, the Gwinnett Board of Education is doing what? Yes, in a national search for its new superintendent of schools. Oh, boy!
Why do boards hire executive employment search firms to do their job?
Short and simple, they do it so that they will not be criticized. There’s a phrase for it that we won’t use.
Perhaps the divided Gwinnett school board does not know the history of replacing school superintendents since 1977. When J.W. Benefield, a former Gwinnett agriculture teacher, retired in 1977, Alton Crews was recruited from Charleston as superintendent. He was somewhat known since he was the former Cobb County superintendent.
Crews was followed 13 years later by George Thompson, previously a principal on the Gwinnett system. David Crews was then an interim superintendent and followed by an outsider, Sidney Faucette, from a national search. He left under a cloud in about a year.
That’s when Alvin Wilbanks was hired, remaining with the school board for 25 years, and leading it to nationally-recognized heights. And where did the School Board pull Alvin from? Why, he was an employee of the system, previously president of Gwinnett Tech, which at that time was run by the Gwinnett school board. No national search needed.
So in recent years, the current school board found that Alvin Wilbanks would not bend to their wishes. Their results: fire him, with a major payout. Then bringing in Dr. Calvin Watts, guess what? The board could not work with him either, himself the product of a national search, though he had experience in Gwinnett. And so they canned him, too.
It makes you wonder if the school board will even consider local executives, or even if they posted the job for locals to apply.
Meanwhile, the board has appointed Dr. Al Taylor to be the interim superintendent. We wish him well trying to work with three members of the dysfunctional Gwinnett school board.
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Join a focus group to help skills for the disabled
“When you have a disability, knowing you are not defined by it is the sweetest feeling.” – Anne Strike, author and Paralympian.
By Jack Bernard, contributing columnist
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. | As many GwinnettForum readers know, I am involved in many health and social action organizations in the greater Atlanta area. I also am an unpaid, volunteer mentor with SCORE, a non-profit associated with, but separate from, the federal Small Business Administration. SCORE assists small businesses in Gwinnett County (and nationwide) to get established and become profitable enterprises. As a free service, I have counseled many of these businesses in the Metro Atlanta area.
Over the last 15 years, I have mentored hundreds of individuals, but the most unique I have worked with is John Gutmann, a long time Lilburn and Gwinnett County resident. John is a veteran who is heavily into technology. He owns a firm which produces videos. He has a magnetic personality and an impressive, empathetic soul. By the way: John is also legally blind.
John has formed an enterprise designed to improve communications skills of our neighbors who are either blind, deaf, mute, or have arm or leg disabilities. He is seeking to conduct a focus group session with Gwinnett County veterans and civilians with these characteristics. The group will be testing a revolutionary new device, the Tactile-Telephone, which helps people communicate using touch. It has the potential to be a unique way for people in these groups to stay connected! And John wants to know how this device can help you.
First, anyone interested in this will need to join an online Zoom focus group. A video will explain how the device works and can improve your life. You’ll also introduce yourself, share your disability, and talk about your interests and goals. Don’t worry if you’re blind or deaf; John will have a volunteer to describe the screen and someone using sign language to help everyone understand.
After the on-line focus group, you will attend a real-life event in Stone Mountain to try the device yourself. There will also be music at this event with disabled talents performing. You can ask questions. It will be a great way to see the device in action!
This focus group is limited to 16 people, with multiple dates and times to fit schedules, including weekends and evenings. Based on participant feedback, additional sessions may be scheduled.
If you participate, you’ll get a $15 gift card for being part of the focus groups. Plus, other local companies are anticipated to be giving away their products to participants.
To sign up, call John Gutmann at 1-833-HAPTIC6 (1-833-427-8426). Or email him at beta-test@machinepress.com or help@tactile-telephone.com; or just visit tactile-telephone.com.
You will have an interesting time, and may find new ways to help yourself, and possibly others.
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Prescription ads basically own the news channels
Editor, the Forum:
Advertising of medicines on television made me study, in particular, the effectiveness of very expensive advertising. I can tell that you know the expensive advertising is not effective at all. All of them at the end tell you to talk to your doctor about their medicines.
If I were a doctor and a patient came to me telling me about a medicine he or she wanted, I would simply tell them to find another doctor.
Most of the ads are ridiculous. Jardiance, Wegovy, and Ozempic and several others have a large retinue of people either parading or dancing and singing. One of the major problems with the ads is that they do not give much information on such things as interactions with other meds and they do not give you a list of side effects.
However, they will tell you that they do. At the end of the commercial, there is a disclaimer that flashes on. But if you do not have a 60+ inch television set and you cannot read really fast, all of that will be meaningless.
Prescription ads basically own the news channels. I was watching something on CNN the other day and the same medicine was advertised three times in five minutes.
All of this led me to patent medicines. You may think that the days of patent medicines have gone by, but many of them are still around and selling well. I have never taken it, but a brand named Lydia Pinkham Liquid Herbal supplement concoction had on the bottle the following: “There is a baby in every bottle.” The ingredients include cocaine, alcohol, cannabis and other things in that category.
The coca in Coca Cola was once cocaine. Pepsi, which is older than Coca Cola, started out as a patent medicine. I used to sit in a drug store reading comics, drinking Cokes and eating ice cream. The store was full of patent medicines. There was Carter’s Little Liver Pills, which did nothing for the liver but could upset your stomach really bad. What interested me about them is who bought them. Look up patent medicines and read about them in a Wikipedia article.
– Raleigh Perry, Buford
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Snellville plans $11.3 million new community center
What the new community center will look like. Provided.
By Brian Arrington
Construction is planned to begin May 5 on a new $11.3 million Community Center in T.W. Briscoe Park. A groundbreaking event for the Briscoe Park Community Center is scheduled for 4:30 p.m., May 1.
Snellville Mayor Barbara Bender says: “It’s very exciting to get to this point. We look forward to the Community Center at T.W. Briscoe Park becoming a place where people can exercise, stay fit and healthy, relax, and gather together for decades to come. This is a project that has been in the conceptual discussion phase for over 20 years.”
Rendering of the lobby of the new community center.
The center will be approximately 34,000 square feet and includes two basketball courts striped for multi-sport play, an indoor walking track, an outdoor pavilion, two multi-purpose activity rooms, and one aerobics room. The project will be located near the current Snellville Parks and Recreation office.
The Community Center is designed by Goodwin Mills Cawood, a firm which has offices in Buford and Marietta. It will be built by Place Services, Inc. of Canton, which is slated to complete construction in the Summer of 2026.
Lisa A. Platt, director of Parks and Recreation for Snellville, adds: “Briscoe Park offers our visitors over 95 acres of natural, passive areas and active recreation space for programming, all in one beautiful setting. With the addition of the T.W. Briscoe Community Center, Snellville Parks and Recreation will be able to elevate our service and programming for the community and continue working toward our vision for innovative programming, to provide recreational opportunities that ensure quality of life for all in mind, body and spirit.”
The project is primarily funded by the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST), which was approved for recreation projects by local voters in 2023 for recreation projects. Some additional funding is provided from an earlier SPLOST vote in 2017. Notably, the City of Snellville received $900,000 in grant funding from Gwinnett County via the Community Development Block Grant program of federal funds.
Construction of the Community Center will begin in May. During construction, visitors to Briscoe Park should prepare for the following limited impacts:
- East Park Drive will be closed in its entirety from Lenora Church Road to the four-way stop at Sawyer Parkway inside Briscoe Park.
- Outdoor basketball courts will be closed beginning May 5. The courts will be removed where the new Community Center is to be built. Indoor courts will be available for play when the center is completed. New outdoor basketball courts are planned for future implementation of the Park Master Plan.
- Parking for Staley Field will be in front of the Parks and Recreation Office or at the lots near the softball fields.
- The fitness trail behind the park office will remain open initially, but will be re-routed at various times to accommodate multiple phases of the construction process.
Follow Snellville Parks and Recreation and City Facebook pages and visit www.snellville.org for construction updates.
Blair to seek 13th Congressional District seat
Everton Blair, former chairman of the Gwinnett County Board of Education, is announcing his candidacy for the United States House of Representatives in Georgia’s 13th Congressional District. He is a lifelong resident of the redrawn district. The Democratic primary election will be held on May 19, 2026.
Blair
He made this statement with his announcement: “I am running for Congress because it is time for the next generation to step up and correct the direction that this country is headed. Change can’t wait, and Democrats need a new bench of leaders who are committed to solving real problems for working people.”
Before being elected to the board, Blair taught high school math in Atlanta Public Schools, coached superintendents across the country and served as a Policy Fellow in President Obama’s White House Initiative on Educational Excellence. After his board service, he went to complete a doctorate at Harvard University in Education Leadership with a focus on government and civic partnerships. Blair also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Mathematics from Harvard College and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Policy from Stanford University.
Georgia’s 13th Congressional District is a diverse district that includes all or portions of Clayton, Dekalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton and Rockdale counties. The district is currently represented by David Scott, a 79-year-old Democrat who has served in elected office for 50 years.
Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope
From Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill: Lies, jealousy, hatred, betrayal, greed, vindictiveness and cunningly-planned backstabbing. This sounds a bit like a plot from Desperate Housewives. But no. These antics are all part of the way of life for a certain group of people in the cathedral town of Barchester in the mid-1800’s. What group is that? It is the clergy! This story centers around the trials and tribulations of the ecclesiastical lives within the Church of England. I was reluctant to tackle Barchester Towers because I’m not that familiar with the Church of England hierarchy. But it turns out I didn’t really need to know much about it in order to appreciate the behind-the-scenes scheming shenanigans of the churchmen in this charming and often humorous story. Yes, sometimes the plot is a bit silly. But the narrator’s observations about human nature are interesting and spot on, and the prose is quite easy and entertaining to read.
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Agnes Scott College is a Presbyterian affiliate
Agnes Scott College, located in Decatur, is an independent liberal arts and sciences college for women. The college’s mission is to educate women to think deeply, live honorably, and engage the intellectual and social challenges of their times.
In fall 2017, 937 students were enrolled at Agnes Scott. The school emphasizes its ten-to-one student/faculty ratio, average class size of sixteen, diversity, and global education. In 2017 more than half of the student body was from underrepresented groups, and nine percent were international students.
All tenure-track faculty have a Ph.D. or terminal degree in their field; approximately 60 percent are women. The college offers a bachelor of arts degree in thirty majors as well as a master of arts in teaching secondary education and a post-baccalaureate premedical program. Agnes Scott has dual degree programs with Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. and with the Georgia Institute of Technology , as well as cross-registration with eighteen Atlanta-area colleges and universities.
Agnes Scott is rated consistently as one of the best women’s colleges in the country. Its endowment of more than $230 million is one of the largest per student of any college or university in the country.
When Frank H. Gaines became pastor of the Decatur Presbyterian Church in 1888, he brought with him a strong interest in education, and he led the effort to open a school under the auspices of the church. In 1889 the Decatur Female Seminary opened with 63 students. Washington Scott later donated $40,000 to provide a home for the school with the condition that the school be renamed for his mother. She was Agnes Irvine Scott, a Scots-Irish woman who immigrated to America as a teenager. Chartered as Agnes Scott College in 1906, the institution is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The neighborhood in which the campus lies is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as are some of the college’s buildings.
The first institution of higher education in Georgia to receive accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Agnes Scott College dedicated itself from the beginning to the highest level of “moral and intellectual training and education.” Since the 1920s Agnes Scott has ranked in the top 10 percent of American colleges whose graduates complete Ph.D. degrees.
In 1995 the college welcomed its first alumna president, Mary Brown Bullock, a 1966 Phi Beta Kappa graduate and a respected historian of China with a Ph.D. from Stanford University. During Bullock’s tenure the college increased its enrollment by 60 percent and completed a $120 million building program.
In 2006 Bullock retired, and Elizabeth Kiss, the former director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, became Agnes Scott’s eighth president. During her tenure the school entered new partnerships with Emory University and Georgia Tech, raised more than $100 million in new funds, and established SUMMIT, an innovative curriculum emphasizing global learning and leadership development.
In May 2017 Kiss announced that she would be stepping down from her post at the end of the 2017-2018 school year. After an eight-month search, the school’s board of trustees announced that it had selected Leocadia “Lee” Zak as Kiss’s successor. Before coming to Agnes Scott, Zak served as director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency under President Barack Obama.
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia article online, go to https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org
Here’s another waterfall for you to locate
Often a good photograph will be a waterfall. If you have never thought of it, North Georgia is a great place to find waterfalls, particularly in the northeast mountains. Now here’s another waterfall in another area. Can you pinpoint the location of this waterfall? Send your idea to ebrack2@gmail.com, and include your hometown.
The last Mystery Photo was identified by Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, who told us: “This mystery photo is of the Metz Cathedral, officially known as Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Metz, located in the heart of the city of Metz in France, approximately 175-miles east of Paris.
“Metz Cathedral is one of many cathedrals in France dedicated to Saint-Étienne (Saint Stephen in English), as he was the first Christian martyr after Christ, and was one of the few saints that is actually mentioned in the Bible. Construction of the cathedral began in 1220 and took more than 300 years to complete. It has a soaring nave that reaches 136-feet high, making it the third highest in all of Europe, just behind the Beauvais Cathedral (at 157-feet) and the Amiens Cathedral (at 139-feet).
“But the cathedral is most notable for the vast expanse of nearly 70,000 square feet of stained-glass windows — the largest collection in a single building in the entire world! Think about that for a moment … that’s over 1.6 acres of stained-glass! The windows span from medieval times to the 20th century, with three windows being designed by French artist Marc Chagall (1887–1985) and installed between 1958 and 1968. As a result of this remarkable display of stained-glass, Metz Cathedral has justifiably earned the nickname of the ‘Lantern of God.’” The photo came from Lou Camerio of Lilburn.
Other readers recognizing the photograph included George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; Stew Ogilvie, Rehobeth, Ala.
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Day of Play in Norcross is April 18 at Lillian Webb Park
Day of Play for kids will be Friday, April 18, from 10-11 a.m. at Lillian Webb Park in Norcross. Join the City of Norcross for a totally free hour of games, giggles and good vibes! From silly relays to active adventures, it’s the way to create memories—with laughter, movement and fresh air. Hosted by the City of Norcross and Live Healthy Gwinnett, this feel-good Friday event is all about playing together. Closed-toe shoes are a must—we’re bringing the energy!
Two Easter Egg Hunts will take place in Norcross on April 19 at Rosie Brundage Park. The first hunt will be at 10 a.m. packed with hidden treasures and the Easter Bunny. Then at 1 p.m. there is a hunt designed for kids with special needs, featuring beeping eggs and special scoops for those in wheelchairs. The hunts are sponsored by the City of Norcross.
Recycling day in Peachtree Corners will be from 9 a.m. Saturday, April 19, until noon, at City Hall. Residents may dispose of paper materials and electronic waste free of charge.
Stand-up comedy writing workshop will be at Lionheart Theatre in Norcross on Saturday, April 19 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This is for ages 17 and up. Cost is $20. Visit the Classes page on lionhearttheatre.org to register.
Ribbon cutting of Georgia Tech Atrium in Peachtree Corners will be April 21 at 10 a.m. within Curiosity Lab’s Innovation Center. This will be an academic and research space designed to foster hands-on student research, industry collaboration and technology break-throughs and regional epicenter for innovation and experiential learning.
Author talk: Join L.S. Topping as she discusses her creative nonfiction book, The Other Woman, about a journey of rediscovery, resilience, and the power of an unbreakable spirit. The talk will be on April 22 at 6 p.m. at the Lawrenceville Branch of Gwinnett County Public library. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Wesleyan Artist Market, the 27th annual, will be April 25-26 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Wesleyan School in Peachtree Corners on Friday and from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday. Featured will be a curated selection of artwork, handmade goods, and jewelry, with offerings from professional artists as well as students. Admission is free.
Gwinnett’s first Arboretum will have its ribbon cutting in Norcross on April 25 at 2 p.m. The site is at Pinnacle Park Arboretum off Brookhollow Parkway. It is a project of the City of Norcross and its Tree Preservation Board.
Author and entrepreneur Dr. Lakeysha Hallmon, will discuss her new book, No One is Self-Made, an inspirational guide that dismantles the myth of individualism and reveals how collective support can shatter systemic barriers to success. Books will be available for purchase and signing. The talk will be April 26 at 6 p.m. at the Snellville Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library.
Earth Day Recycling will be Saturday, April 26, from 9 a.m. until noon at Coolray Field. Residents can drop off electronics, clothing and sneakers, latex and oil-based paints and tires. Paper shredding will be available. It is presented by Gwinnett Solid Waste Management and Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful.
Annual Plant Sale by Gwinnett County Master Gardeners will be Saturday, April 26, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the parking lot of the Lilburn City Hall – Library, 4817 Church Street, NW, Lilburn. On sale will be trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetables, garden art, and more. There will be numerous Master Gardeners on hand to answer all your garden questions
Spring concert: Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra and Youth Orchestra will present Chamberworks III on April 27 at 7 p.m. at the Discovery High Theatre in Lawrenceville. Music to be presented will include Vaughan Williams Fantasy on a theme by Thomas Tallis and Elgar’s Serenade for Strings.
Speed Week is a premiere week-long event in Peachtree Corners on the U.S. Pro Cycling Circuit that draws cyclists from around the world, including Olympic medalists and world and national champions. The 2025 Curiosity Lab Criterium will be April 27, beginning at 11 a.m. It will take place on a course located within Curiosity Lab, a 5G-enabled 500-acre living laboratory ecosystem designed specifically as a proving ground for IoT, mobility, and smart city emerging technologies.
The inaugural Curiosity Lab Charity 5K Run/Walk will be held on Sunday, April 27, before the Curiosity Lab Criterium. It will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 10:30 a.m. Registration opens at 8 a.m. The race will benefit the American Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, with 100 percent of the registration fees will be donated. With registration, each participant will receive a Curiosity Lab Charity 5K Run/Walk t-shirt.
Prose to the People is the title of a new book which will be the highlight held on April 29 at 7 p.m. at the Snellville Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. Join author Katie Mitchell as she discusses her book, Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
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