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NEWS BRIEFS: Gwinnett begins Unified Plan events starting tonight
Gwinnett County is hosting a series of fall events to engage residents in discussions regarding the 2045 Unified Plan — a comprehensive roadmap guiding the county’s development through the year 2045. As part of the County’s public engagement efforts, upcoming events will be held around Gwinnett for residents to analyze specific areas, learn about project recommendations and contribute their own ideas.
NEWS BRIEFS: Shelton, Dickison are new department heads for the county
Two new department directors have been named by Gwinnett County Administrator Glenn Stephens. Rebecca Shelton and Matthew Dickison are in new jobs as head of their departments. Shelton was named acting director of the Department of Water Resources last July. Dickison has been promoted to director of the Department of Planning and Development Department following Susan Canon’s recent retirement.
BRACK: Do your duty, commissioners: Revalue all real property
By Elliott Brack | Gwinnett County Commissioners can avoid raising taxes in future years, even with a growing budget, if they will take a step now to ensure fairness among the county taxpayers. That’s because real property owners of Gwinnett are being reassessed this year, meaning most everyone will soon see an increase in their taxes. Property tax notices went out last week, but that tax was based on the previous year’s assessments.
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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