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NEW for 5/27: On narcissism, negotiations and financial matters
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: How we can stop narcissism in our nation
EEB PERSPECTIVE: County, Mulberry city need to start discussions
SPOTLIGHT: Oconee State Bank
ANOTHER VIEW: Taking a look at some recent financial matters
FEEDBACK: Readers comment remembering Wally Odum
UPCOMING: Sugar Hill Society hosts new exhibit on moonshining
NOTABLE: County mails 308,000 notices of tax assessment
RECOMMENDED: Marina Variety Store restaurant in Charleston, S.C.
GEORGIA TIDBIT: New Englander produces state’s first geological survey
MYSTERY PHOTO: Two mysteries solved from this Vienna photo
CALENDAR: Lantern Parade will be Friday night in Duluth
NEW for 5/23: On Mosaic Georgia, Wally’s Party Shack, SCORE
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Mosaic Georgia moving to new location in Lawrenceville
EEB PERSPECTIVE: One guy leaves among his legacy, a Party Shack
SPOTLIGHT The Southwest Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
ANOTHER VIEW: SCORE can benefit many veterans with its service
FEEDBACK: Is concerned about authoritarian School Board
UPCOMING: GGC baseballers playing in World Series again
NOTABLE: Johns Creek Symphony names new music director
RECOMMENDED: Send us your recommendations
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Dagg was prominent Baptist clergyman
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify this soaring worship center?
CALENDAR: Vietnam War veterans to be honored today in Norcross
BRACK: One guy leaves among his legacy, a party shack
By Elliott Brack | One guy we remember fondly is also known today for erecting a well-used party house on his property, among his many other endeavors. We’re thinking of the late Wally Odum, who conceived a place for people to gather, at what became known as “Wild Wally’s Party Shack” adjacent to his home in Duluth.
Gwinnett Forum | June 3, 2025
“When a man’s wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.”
– English writer, lecturer, art historian and philanthropist John Ruskin (1819-1900) via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judicial and school board elections to the date of the General Election.
- 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.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Gwinnett planners to encourage condos and townhouses instead of apartments.
- County-wide microtransit services.
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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