Today’s Focus
FOCUS: Statement from Carolyn Bourdeaux on recent primary
From Carolyn Bourdeaux: Tuesday’s primary did not go the way we had hoped, so my journey in politics is coming to an end for now, but please know that I deeply appreciate your support both during this race and over the many years as we worked to flip Georgia’s 7th district. The friendships and community we have built has been one of the great joys of this experience.
FOCUS: Haven at Hebron will welcome the young and pregnant
By Becky Turner | The Haven at Hebron began out of a desire for Hebron Church to actively live out the Gospel. If the church’s desire is to give every unborn child life, what would that look like in reality? With that desire in mind, a team assembled and began researching current options for some of our most vulnerable population — single, young (21 and under) women who are pregnant and homeless.
FOCUS: Distinctive Computer Museum of America is in Roswell
By Rena Youngblood | Computer Museum of America (CMoA) is located mere minutes away from Gwinnett in Roswell, and is an area attraction with a growing fan base. With a mission to preserve the artifacts and stories from the digital age, while educating and inspiring visitors of all ages and backgrounds, CMoA works tirelessly to locate artifacts, create exhibits that tell the stories of technical innovation, and build relevant, relatable, and fun programming. CMoA opened on July 20, 2019, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of
TODAY’S FOCUS: GAC opens Ignite Center, a co-working space
By Margie Asef | Greater Atlanta Christian School (GAC) announces the opening of the Ignite Center – a community co-working space located at 1500 Indian Trail Road Norcross, acoss from GACS. With the rise of remote working environments for adults, GAC identified an opportunity to provide a professional coworking space for the community.
FOCUS: U.S. government vastly overestimated Russia’s capabilities
By Hoyt Tuggle | Jim Cofer’s recent article in GwinnettForum (April 29) on the Russian national mentality was “right on.” In 1995, Marie and I visited St. Petersburg. This was four years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the purchase of government assets by friends of Boris Yeltsin, and others, for pennies on the dollar (rubles) and financed by the government in any case.
Gwinnett Forum | April 30, 2024
“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.”
– Former Prime Minister Sir William Churchill (1874-1965).
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
- Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- 21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
- Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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