GwinnettForum | Number 25.69 | Sept. 5, 2025
NOW BEING ERECTED in Lawrenceville, the $36 million Lawrence Hotel is anticipated to be open in the summer of 2026. The hotel is sited at Pike and Jackson Street, and will have 120 rooms, full service amenities and facilities. Already open is a 300 space parking garage. Lawrenceville will become one of the few cities in Metro Atlanta that has a hotel in the immediate downtown area. The architect for the project was Ponder and Ponder, while the contractor is Pinkerton and Laws. The city of Lawrenceville is the owner of the property and hotel. The city of Duluth has a Courtyard by Marriott hotel within its boundaries.
TODAY’S FOCUS: County now owns 83% of Gwinnett Place site
EEB PERSPECTIVE: 73rd Gwinnett County Fair returns on Sept. 11-21
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping Inc.
ANOTHER VIEW: Want an almost free vacation? Try house-sitting
FEEDBACK: Forum not available in most overseas countries
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners meeting about police is Sept. 18
NOTABLE: Suwanee new fiscal year budget is $20.8 million
RECOMMENDED: Tropic Bowls Cafe, Duluth
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Turner’s foundation benefits the environment
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stretch your memory and identify another searchlight
LAGNIAPPE: Three county buildings get new identities
CALENDAR: British Car Fayre in downtown Norcross on Saturday
Buying Sears tract, county owns 83% of Gwinnett Place
By Deborah Tuff
DULUTH, Ga. | The Urban Redevelopment Agency of Gwinnett County has approved the $11.5 million purchase of the 11.5-acre former Sears site at Gwinnett Place Mall.
With this acquisition, which is expected to close by the end of October, the Urban Redevelopment Agency and Gwinnett County will own a combined 87.5 acres of the Gwinnett Place Mall site. It is expected that the redevelopment of the Gwinnett Place Mall site will create a dense, mixed-use activity center that is well connected, green and walkable, while preserving the cultural diversity and character of the area. There are approximately 106 acres once owned by the mall.
It will also include the Gwinnett Place Transit Center, which the Board of Commissioners approved in March 2025. Funded largely by the Federal Transit Administration, the Transit Center will expand connections throughout the County and is projected to be completed in 2032.
Gwinnett County Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson says: “We’re building incredible momentum toward transforming this site into a hub for catalytic change and opportunity for our residents, entrepreneurs and businesses. I’m proud of the purposeful progress we’re making and look forward to what’s ahead.”
The purchase sets the stage for the redevelopment of the mall site, which aligns with and furthers the goals and priorities of the County’s 2045 Unified Plan.
In 2021, the Urban Redevelopment Agency initially purchased a 39-acre portion of the Gwinnett Place Mall site, and in 2024, an additional 23 acres were purchased on the site of the former Macy’s department and furniture store properties. The County is partnering with CBRE, a global real estate services firm, to align strategies with community priorities and market demand.
Drawing on national experience, CBRE is engaging leading developers and sharing best practices from major redevelopment projects. The company is also preparing a nationwide request for proposals designed to attract top-tier partners to help redevelop the Gwinnett Place Mall site. The County expects to begin its selection process for a development partner with the nationwide release of the RFP later this month.
“Partnering with CBRE will accelerate our redevelopment process and ensure visibility among the type of world-class partners we are seeking in Gwinnett,” said County Administrator Glenn Stephens. “By leveraging the resources of local government and a best-in-class private sector partner, we will ensure the redevelopment of the Gwinnett Place Mall site meets the Gwinnett standard.”
Joe Allen, with the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District (CID), says the CID would like to extend its appreciation to the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners for their continued leadership and determination in advancing the redevelopment of the former Gwinnett Place Mall site. The pending purchase of the former Sears property represents another positive step forward and reinforces the County’s commitment to transforming this area into a thriving, vibrant community in the strategic heart of Gwinnett.”
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73rd Gwinnett County Fair returns on Sept. 11-21
By Elliott Brack
Editor and publisher, GwinnettForum
SEPT. 5, 2025 | The 73rd annual Gwinnett County Fair returns to the Lawrenceville Fairgrounds September 11-21, all focused on an agricultural theme, with adult, youth and home exhibits, a giant midway, contests and attractions.
You will be able to find plenty of cotton candy, candied apples, funnel cakes and other fairground food, while enjoying the ferris wheel and several new amazing rides.
As usual, there will be livestock shows and awarding of prizes.
There are three major attractions this year. They are:
- Circus Incredible: an aerial jump and tightrope show;
- Agri-Golf: a children’s mini-golf game; and
- Captain Jim’s Magic Show: an incredible sleight of hand artist..
Last year, the attendance was off, with 87,566 people attending. Bee Vang, operations manager of the Fair, says: “We had rain the first few days last year and it really hurt the attendance.” The record number of people at the Fair was 276,533 in 2016.
Again this year, providing the midway will be Amusements of America. They will bring such rides to the midway as Polar Express, Top Gun, Starship, Sky Fall, Free Fall, Orbiter, Windjammer, Bear Affair, and Granny Bugs.
The county fair is a production of the Gwinnett Livestock and Fair Association, and first put on the fair at a site near where the Lawrenceville Boys and Girls Club is now located on Stone Mountain Street. It moved to the present Fairgrounds location, with 72 acres and lots of parking space, accessible off Sugarloaf Parkway, in 1972. It is a non-profit, 501c3 charitable organization dedicated to the preservation of the agricultural history of Gwinnett County and the education of its citizens. The fairground is booked most of the year on weekends for various productions.
Members of the board of the Fair Association include Bill Atkinson, president; James Freeman, vice president; Patrick Cronin, treasurer; Randall Davis, secretary, and Michael Nash, Brad Crowe, Gary Farmer, John H. Lovin and Kelly Parham, directors.
Among the daily events of the 2025 Fair will be:
Thursday Sept. 11
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- 1 p.m. – Dairy Goat Show
- 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. – Circus Incredible
- 7 and 9 p.m.- Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show
Friday Sept, 12
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- 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. – Captain Jim is Magic Show
- 7 and 9 p.m. – Circus Incredible
Saturday, Sept. 13
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- 11:30 a.m.– Market Goat Show
- 4:30, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. – Captain Jim is Magic Show
- 5, 7, and 9 p.m.– Circus Incredible
Sunday, Sept. 14
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- Noon– Combined Showmanship, Market Lamb Show, and Breeding Ewe Show
- 4:30, 6:30, and 8:30 p.m. – Captain Jim is Magic Show
- 5, 7, and 9 p.m. – Circus Incredible
Monday, Sept. 15
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- 6 p.m. – Santa Gertrudis Show
- 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.– Captain Jim is Magic Show
- 7 and 9 p.m. – Circus Incredible
Tuesday, Sept. 16
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- 7:30 p.m.– Border Collie Herding Demonstration in the Large Arena
- 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. – Captain Jim is Magic Show
- 7 and 9 p.m.-Circus Incredible
Wednesday, Sept. 17
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- 7:30 p.m.– Border Collie Herding Demonstration in the Large Arena
- 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. – Captain Jim is Magic Show
- 7 and 9 p.m. – Circus Incredible
Thursday, Sept. 18
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- 5 p.m. – Open Sheep Show and Wool Judging
- 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. – Captain Jim is Magic Show
- 7 and 9 p.m.- Circus Incredible
Friday, Sept. 19
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- 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.– Captain Jim is Magic Show
- 7 and 9:p.m. – Circus Incredible
Saturday, Sept. 20
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- 11 a.m. – Dairy Heifer Show
- 4:30 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. – Captain Jim is Magic Show
- 5, 7, 9 p.m. – Circus Incredible
Sunday, Sept. 21
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- 9 a.m. – Swine Show (Small Arena)
- 4:30, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. – Captain Jim is Magic Show
- 5, 7, and 9 pm.– Circus Incredible
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Want an almost free vacation? Try house-sitting
(NOTE: Mike Eberlein once owned four restaurants in Park City, Utah. He moved to Gwinnett in 2022 to be near his older daughter and her family in Berkeley Lake. He lives with a younger daughter in Peachtree Corners.—eeb)
By Mike Eberlein
PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. | For many vacationers, half the cost of travel is spent on lodging. Rates vary as greatly as the accommodations: motels from $69 a night to hotels at $3,000.
Here’s a solution: Pet- and house-sitting.
Last year my daughter, Ashley, and I travelled to Soldatna, Alaska, and spent an enjoyable and very economical 40 days in a three-bedroom home, with a large screen TV, a kitchen full of food, a two-car garage and three dogs — very big, warm, super-friendly dogs, Janey, Juneau and Jenny.
Our only costs: round trip flights, entertainment and tours, eating out and such. No lodging costs!
We arrived in Anchorage on June 4, 2024, and immediately boarded a high wing, single engine plane for the 30-minute flight to Kenai City. It saved a four-hour road trip and we also saw the “bluest river” I had ever seen – the Kenai. The temperature was in the 70s almost daily…but the cool breezes warned that winter was still king there.
Mountain peaks on either side of the river wore remnants of snow. We watched eagles soaring over the river – fishing. It was, as advertised, simply magnificent.
Ready to get started on your home-sitting? Visit the TrustedHouseSitters site on the internet. There you will find house- and pet-sitting requests from owners all over the world. It costs just over $100 to join, but that is less than most one-night accommodations. The membership is good for a year. Yes, there are openings available in Georgia.
The owners want to know about their potential sitters and vice versa. Video interviews are widely used and may be revealing. There is also a spot for owner and sitter reviews.
Our vacation was made even better by the host family’s generosity: In addition to their house and two cars at our disposal, there was salmon and trout fishing gear, a two-person kayak, plus a moose family which visited almost within touching distance. The cost for all these extras— nothing—they were included.
We tended the dogs while the owners vacationed in Europe, falling in love with the dogs. They were already wearing their heavy winter coats and greeted us every day with wagging tails and huge smiles.
We figured the average daily cost of these extras (not including the dog smiles or moose) would have been in the $300 to $400 range.
One special day, we stuffed ‘our’ kayak in the van and met a retired Soldatna couple enjoying the weekend at one of the myriad Alaskan lakes. They invited us to visit their favorite spring-fed lake. We kayaked with them, then grilled a lakeside lunch.
Next, to our delight, Dan, a retired bush pilot, took us up in his tiny, single engine Cessna for a close-up tour of the area including nearby glaciers. “Wow” was all we could say after offering our thanks. Dan wouldn’t even accept gas money.
Interested in sitting? Choices are almost unlimited. The website has literally thousands of people looking for sitters. Choose a time and place matching your availability.
My daughter enjoyed the Alaska adventure so much that she then spent two months sitting in Ireland. She watched a variety of pets while enjoying the extended trip and the free lodging. She was able to consecutively schedule five or six sittings, in different parts of the Emerald Isle, by selecting time, place, animals and accommodations to her liking.
The dollars saved by home- and pet -sitting almost guarantee a happy trip.
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Forum not available in most overseas countries
Editor, the Forum:
Nina and I are traveling in Saint Maarten and are unable to open GwinnettForum. We get the email and see the initial overview but are unable to open the full post or open the website.
We get a message that we do not have permission to open the site. We experienced this same issue when we were in Spain earlier this year. I am curious if you have any idea why we are denied access? I realize we can read these posts when we return but we enjoy the Forum and would like to read them as they come out.
– David Freeman, Buford
Dear David: There is a reason, and it is technical and tactical. We block foreign countries because of Russian and Chinese hackers. The only countries that are open to get the Forum overseas are England, Canada and Australia.—EEB
Where are adults in the room about Kashmir?
Editor, the Forum:
Having worked two years in the Asia-Pacific, one fact I learned was that Kashmir was a very volatile situation, one that has the potential to cause a war. The history of this region goes back to 1846 Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) State is created with the signing of the Treaty of Amritsar between the British East India company and Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu. The conflict and unrest go back to the Partition in 1947.
IMO, given the history of unrest, the idea that a simple negotiation would end this conflict is naïve and very misguided, demonstrating the lack of seriousness and understanding by this administration at all levels. Where are the adults in the room to provide counsel?
– Robert Richardson, Peachtree Corners
Has own phrases to battle the antics of President Trump
Editor, the Forum:
Ty Cobb (not the Georgian), the lawyer who led the White House response to the Mueller investigation and met with Trump daily for several months, summed up his experience with this statement. “I believe former President Trump to be a deeply wounded narcissist and he is often incapable of acting other than in his perceived self interest or for revenge. I think these are the two compelling instincts that guide his actions.”
Since the beginning of Trump’s second term, we see that Ty Cobb was correct in his assessment. As for what we can do, I will use some phrases from a friend, plus one of my own: “Resist. Speak the truth. Call out lies. Defend the Constitution. Fight tyranny.”
– John Titus, Peachtree Corners
Customers can be thoughtful parkers as well
Editor, the Forum:
About workers who respect their customers by parking farther from the store front: customers can be thoughtful as well.
Although I have a handicap-parking sticker, there are many days when I feel up to walking farther, so I park halfway up the parking lot, leaving the handicap spaces available for others who may need them more than I.
I know from experience how difficult it can be on those days when I’m not so mobile, if all the handicap spaces are filled before I arrive.
– Fran Stewart, Lawrenceville
Appreciates learning of the death of Terry Bowie
Editor, the Forum:
Thanks for letting everyone know about Terry Bowie’s passing in Norcross. He was a great guy. I loved palling around with him when I went to Europe.
– Michelle Morgan, Snellville
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Peachtree Corners meeting about police Sept. 18
The city of Peachtree Corners is planning a community meeting on the future of law enforcement within the city’s boundaries. The meeting will be on Thursday, September 18 at 7 p.m. at the City Hall, 310 Technology Parkway.
At the meeting, a joint presentation by City Manager Brian Johnson and Chief Marshal Edward Restrepo is on tap. They are anticipated to give a summary of public comments and survey feedback from local citizens.
Earlier this year, on May 8, the city hosted a community meeting which began the conversation about the future of law enforcement in our city. That first session presented the results of a comprehensive Police Analysis and Staffing Study, which evaluated the feasibility and projected costs of forming a city police department, compared with continuing its current service arrangement for policing with Gwinnett County Police. The study also reviewed workload, crime levels, budgetary considerations, comparative models, and the advantages and disadvantages of a county versus city police department.
Those wishing to attend should come early for the first-come, first served meeting, as the capacity of the meeting room is 120 people. It’s expected that there will be an open question and answer period included in the agenda. Meanwhile, the meeting will be livestreamed at this link.
- To access the project materials and updates, go to https://ptccity.com/PTCFutureofLE.
International Night Market coming to Lawrenceville
The Atlanta International Night Market will return to Lawrenceville on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12-13, at the Lawrenceville Lawn. Recently named the No. 3 Best Night Market in the U.S. by USA Today, the award-winning festival continues to grow, offering exciting new experiences, performances, and cultural showcases for attendees of all ages.
Mayor David Still says: “Around the World in the DTL is a wonderful way to celebrate the many cultures that make Lawrenceville such a vibrant community. It brings people together through food, music, and shared experiences that showcase the heart of our city.”
The festivities begin Friday, September 12, at 5 p.m. with a special concert closing out the night featuring Brooke Alexx and 80s powerhouse tribute band Guardians of the Jukebox.
On Saturday, Sept. 13, the celebration kicks off at 2 p.m. with international food trucks, artisan vendors, and cultural performances on the Lawrenceville Lawn. New this year, the festival introduces a K-Pop Dance Competition and a dedicated K-Pop Zone, tapping into one of today’s most popular global music and dance movements. Guests can also enjoy traditional dance, acrobatics, and live music from artists across the world.
Founded in 2016, the Atlanta International Night Market brings together cultures from across the globe to share food, art, and traditions while building bridges between communities. Operated entirely by volunteers, the festival reinvests proceeds into programming and cultural education, creating one of the Southeast’s most beloved multicultural events.
“Bees to Trees” photo exhibit now at two locations
Now open is the “Bees to Trees” photography exhibit at Norcross Gallery and Studios and also on display at Norcross City Hall. This annual competition is a collaboration of the City of Norcross and the Norcross Gallery and is open to anyone with photographs taken throughout the city.
Continuing through September 27, there will be a reception on Sunday, September 7, 4-6 pm. All are invited to come and enjoy the creativity of non-professional and professional photography artists displaying their unique views of the city. Following the close of the “Bees to Trees” exhibition will be the annual fund raiser, the month-long Silent Auction event.
The Artist of the Month for September is Marcia Shirley. Her work will be on display at Café 45 in downtown Norcross, where there will be a reception on September 14 at 4 p.m. Norcross Gallery and Studios is located in downtown Norcross at 116 Carlyle Street, open hours are Thursdays through Saturdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Suwanee new fiscal year budget is $20.8 million
The City of Suwanee began the 2025 fiscal (budget) year on July 1 with a $20.8 million balanced operating budget. This year’s budget represents a 7.8 percent increase in operating expenditure compared to the amended FY 2025 budget.
Suwanee’s $20.8 million FY 2026 budget includes:
- 128 full-time and 7 part-time positions, including five new full-time positions, and one upgrade from part-time to full-time;
- 13.5 percent group health insurance renewal;
- Implementation of the classification and compensation study;
- Facilities landscaping and right-of-way maintenance, $650,000;
- Vehicle, parks, and building repairs, $314,000; and
- Capital funding, $606,000.
Its budget remains at 4.93 mills, the same rate adopted by the city for the past 13 years. This proposed millage rate of 4.93 is a rollback millage rate increase of .184 mills, a 3.88 percent increase in property taxes based on market value growth.
The Suwanee City Council is expected to adopt the FY 2026 millage rate at its Sept. 23 meeting. The City will hold three public hearings at City Hall on Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m., and Sept. 23 at noon and 6:30 p.m. before adopting the millage rate.
Tropic Bowls Cafe, Duluth
From Cindy Evans, Duluth: This healthy cafe was great. Very tasty! I had a coconut bowl which was delicious! It was filled with fresh fruits, including yummy goji berries, kiwi, pineapple blueberries and honey! My husband, Mark, had an Acai bowl which he really enjoyed. It has strawberries and bananas and chia seeds along with other ingredients he liked. There’s lots of different options to choose from there, including smoothies! The staff was especially nice and they played upbeat music. It is walking distance from downtown Duluth, so next time we plan to take our goodies and walk to the fountain. The location is 3065 Buford Highway, Duluth.
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Turner’s foundation benefits the environment
Since its founding in the early 1990s, the Atlanta-based Turner Foundation has committed hundreds of millions of dollars to the protection and preservation of the environment. Created by media tycoon and philanthropist Ted Turner, the foundation focuses on four main areas—safeguarding the habitats of marine animals and wildlife; creating solutions for sustainable living by addressing energy, recycling, and transportation problems; restoring damaged environments; and growing the environmental movement by encouraging participation in local and national groups.
Ted Turner launched the Turner Foundation in 1991. From the beginning, the Turner Foundation has been a family affair. Its board of trustees originally consisted of Turner, Jane Fonda, and Turner’s five children—Laura, Teddy, Rhett, Beau, and Jennie. Fonda later left the board after the couple divorced in 2001.
In addition to funding the foundation, Turner himself is directly involved in deciding which organizations receive support; grantees tend to reflect Turner’s various environmental interests. From 1993 to 2002 the Turner Foundation gave more than $1.3 million to the Sierra Club. It also gave more than $3.4 million to the National Wildlife Federation and approximately $900,000 to the National Audubon Society.
The Turner Foundation has also made numerous contributions to groups that engage in direct-action campaigns to prevent further damage to the environment and bring attention to environmental issues. Between 1996 and 2001, the foundation gave $1.4 million to Greenpeace, and, starting in the mid-1990s, began providing support to the Ruckus Society. Besides contributing to national and international organizations, the foundation supports state and local programs, often favoring areas where Turner lives or owns land, including Georgia, Florida, and several western states.
By 2003 the Turner Foundation had awarded more than $222 million to environmental organizations. That same year, however, the foundation experienced a setback that would severely restrict its future efforts. Funded personally by Turner, the foundation suffered a financial crisis after his worth dropped from almost $11 billion to less than $2 billion by June 2003—because of the plummeting stock price of AOL/Time Warner, of which he was vice chair. Compounding the financial crisis was Turner’s decision to honor his other philanthropic commitments, including a $1 billion pledge to the United Nations.
The foundation responded with drastic action. While honoring previously awarded grants, the foundation made no new grants for 2003. It reduced its staff from fourteen to six. It also changed its procedure for awarding grants and decided to consider awards only for those organizations whom the foundation invited to submit proposals. The foundation’s actions had a major impact on numerous environmental groups, some of which depended on the Turner Foundation for large portions of their budgets.
The foundation is affiliated with several other philanthropic groups started by Turner. In addition to the United Nations Foundation and the Better World Fund, both created as a result of Turner’s $1 billion gift to the United Nations, the Turner Foundation maintains a relationship with the Captain Planet Foundation, which helps children become involved in environmental causes, and the Nuclear Threat Initiative, which seeks to reduce the global threat of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.
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Stretch your memory and identify another searchlight
So many people have sent in searchlight photos so that this feature might have to change to “Searchlight Mystery!” Here’s another, so put on your own mental searchlight, and see if you can tell us where this one is located. Send your answers to ebrack2@gmail.com, and list your hometown.
The last mystery was a taken from a “high” view. It was a Peachtree Street view high up in the High Museum in Atlanta, taken by George Graf of Palmyra, Va.
Among those identifying this mystery were Pat Bruschini, Peachtree Corners; David Will, Lilburn; Jay Altman, Columbia, S. C.; Sherwin Levinson, Lawrenceville; Billy Chism, Toccoa; Scott Mullenix, Peachtree Corners; and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas. He added: “This mystery photo shows a rooftop view of the Stent Family Wing of the High Museum of Art in Midtown Atlanta, and was shot from the outdoor balcony on the Skyway Level (Level 4) of the building.
“The Stent Family Wing was built in 1983 to serve as the architectural centerpiece of the Woodruff Arts Center campus. The building, which was originally known simply as the High Museum of Art building, was renamed to the Stent Family Wing after a substantial contribution from Atlanta philanthropists Margaret and Terry Stent, whose ongoing support helped fund expansions that strengthened the museum’s programs, making the High one of the most architecturally significant museums in the Southeast.”
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Three county building get new identities
Gwinnett County has updated names to three buildings around the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center campus.
The buildings have been renamed to help visitors differentiate the buildings on the campus and to better reflect the services housed in each one. The names of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center and the Nash Court Building inside GJAC will not change
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British Car Fayre in downtown Norcross on Saturday
Citizenship Clinic: Invest in your future by applying for United States citizenship. Pre-registration is required to attend the workshop. This citizenship clinic will be September 6 at 11 a.m. at the Norcross Branch of Gwinnett Public Library. Visit the library to register.
The Atlanta British Car Fayre returns to Norcross on September 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This annual celebration of classic cars, motorcycles and all things British takes place in downtown Norcross and will feature over 400 vehicles, as well as British-themed food, drinks and products. Live music from Brit-rock tribute bands will keep you dancing and entertained throughout the day. Admission is free.
Join award-winning author Kosoko Jackson as he discusses his new horror novel, The Macabre, a story about dark art, a family curse, a handsome agent of the British museum, and a painter who can tell the future through his paint. He will speak on September 10 at 7 p.m. at the Duluth Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Three mayors will speak at the Southwest Gwinnett Chamber’s Thursday Thought Leaders event on September 11 at the Atlanta Hilton Northeast in Peachtree at 11:30 a.m. On the panel will be Mayors Lois Salter of Berkeley Lake, Craig Newton of Norcross and Mike Mason of Peachtree Corners. Register now to reserve your seat. Lunch buffet is included.
Film Screening: Becoming Jane will take place at the Collins Hill Branch Library on September 12 at 3 p.m. Join the group for an afternoon movie and popcorn, celebrating the 250th birthday anniversary of Jane Austen.
Rock the Park will close out the summer event series in Lilburn. It will be on Saturday, September 13 starting at 7 p.m. Attendees are invited to bring chairs, blankets, coolers and snacks, while food trucks will be nearby. Opening act Little Hopes will take the stage at 7 p.m. to showcase their take on Americana country-rock music.
Lionheart Theatre in Norcross will present Radio TBS, Trailer Park Broadcasting Scandals by Mark Landon Smith from September 12-25. Times are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 2 p.m. Call for tickets at 404 919 4022.
Water conservation: Learn practical ways to conserve water while landscaping and gardening. This program will be presented September 16 at 6 p.m. at the Suwanee Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library.
Don your dancing slippers and join us for a dance! Members of Atlanta Historic Dance will perform Regency-era dances, followed by instruction. This will take place on September 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Norcross Branch of Gwinnett County Public library. This is part of the Gwinnett Reads Jane Austen series.
Returning for its 14th year, the Peachtree Corners Festival will take to the Town Green and surrounding area for a full weekend of entertainment and family fun, September 20 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and September 21 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. The community celebration will offer a dynamic mix of live performances, vendor booths, good food and hands-on activities for all ages — all with free admission and parking.
Gwinnett’s first Literary Arts Festival will take place Saturday, September 20 at the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse. Local authors, artists, and other vendors are being sought for this showcase of talent and artistry! The event will take place outdoors on the Square in downtown Lawrenceville from 3 to 7 p.m. Contact the county at 770-822-5450 if you have any questions or would like more information regarding this event.
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