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FOCUS: Bowen is Gwinnett Citizen of Year for 2024
Retired homebuilder Rudy Bowen of Suwanee was acclaimed as the Gwinnett Citizen of the Year for his long-standing dedication and service to the county and the metro Atlanta area at the 76th annual dinner of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce on February 2. He joined a distinguished group of citizens honored at the meeting. Bowen, 84, first came to Gwinnett […]
FOCUS: Gwinnett Chamber completes $5.4 million renovation
By Lisa Sherman | The Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce today unveils a $5.4 million renovation that will set the stage for a new era of innovation and inclusion. This monumental undertaking signals the Chamber’s commitment to championing business and fostering a collaborative environment that reflects the organization’s core values.
NEWS BRIEFS: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce named best in USA
The Gwinnett Chamber of been awarded “Chamber of the Year”for 2023 by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) during the recent annual ACCE conference in Salt Lake City. This is the first time the Gwinnett Chamber has received this honor. The Gwinnett Chamber was selected as a finalist in the program in 2006.
NEWS BRIEFS: Gwinnett Chamber to mark 75th anniversary tonight
The Gwinnett Chamber will celebrate seven-and-a-half decades of progress at its 75th Annual Dinner on February 3, 2023. This diamond anniversary event will be the first sold-out event held in the newly renovated Grand Ballroom of the Gas South District. A reception begins at 6 p.m. with dinner and program following at 7:30 p.m.
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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