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NEWS BRIEFS: Gateway85 seeks zero emissions in landscape equipment
In celebration of Earth Day, Gateway85 Community Improvement District announces that is working with Brightview (NYSE: BV), the nation’s leading commercial landscape company, to move to zero-emission, low-noise electric landscaping equipment beginning with mowers. It is Gateway85’s goal to move to 100 percent zero-emission electric landscape equipment to reduce gas emissions and noise pollution.
NEWS BRIEFS: Senior Leadership Gwinnett plans rejuvenated year
Gwinnett Senior Leadership is returning after an absence of two years. The program offers people aged 50 and older an opportunity to interact with other leaders across the county, to understand what is happening in Gwinnett County, and to apply what they learn in finding ways to make the county a better place to live. Classes are limited to 30 members each year.
Gwinnett Forum | June 14, 2024
“The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love being with them all the time.”
— American Chef, Author and Television personality Julia Child (1912 – 2004), via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
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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