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4/19: Peachtree Corners bridge; New flooring showroom; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Peachtree Corners Bridge: From City-Lite to Big Government
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Immigrant Flooring Company Making Progress in Gwinnett
SPOTLIGHT: Renewal by Andersen of Atlanta
FEEDBACK: More Thoughts on North Carolina Legislation about Rest Rooms
UPCOMING: Hudgens Art Center To Hold Solo Exhibit by $50,000 Prize Winner
NOTABLE: Several Places Host Gwinnett for Early Voting through May 20
RECOMMENDED: My First Summer in the Sierra, by John Muir
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Congregation Mickve Israel of Savannah Oldest Jewish Temple in South
TODAY’S QUOTE: Former New Yorker Cartoonist Remembers His Other Careers
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lots of Metal Showing in This Mystery Photo
FOCUS: Peachtree Corners’ bridge: From city-lite to big government
By Ali Stinson | It was barely four years ago when Mike Mason was the president of the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association on the campaign trail to sell us all on a new concept in local government that he branded “city-lite.”
As the story went, this was a brand new form of government: a city chartered for only three services – trash collection, code enforcement, and planning and zoning. He touted a financial study that said the whole thing could be run for $750,000. It was all very simple. He promised local control of whether and where apartments would be built and cheaper trash collection.
3/11: On Twin Lakes proposal; Infinite Energy Center
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Concerned about Twin Lakes Proposal in Peachtree Corners
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett’s Infinite Energy Center Focuses on Two Main Customers
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
FEEDBACK: Funding the GOP; More on Templeton Library; and Politics in 1816
UPCOMING: Medical Center Announces Two New Urgent Care Centers
NOTABLE: March 19 at McDaniel Farm Park Will Host Giant Easter Egg Hunt
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Founder of Coca-Cola Had Previous Career as Distinguished Druggist
TODAY’S QUOTE: Unmotivated People Must Be Content with Mediocrity
MYSTERY PHOTO: The Camera Is Turned Upward for this Mystery Photo
2/26: Peachtree Corners concept; No casinos here; 2016 races
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Proposal For 39 Unused Acres To Upgrade Peachtree Corners
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia Doesn’t Need Casino Gambling within Our Borders
ANOTHER VIEW: Looking Back at Presidential Campaigns in the Last 50 Years
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
FEEDBACK: Comments about the Common Core and Local Goldfinches
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Library To Launch Online High School This Spring
NOTABLE: ARC Releases New Region Plan, Its Long-Range Blueprint for Atlanta
RECOMMENDED: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
GEORGIA TIDBIT: McIntosh County Shouters Perform in Ancient African Tradition
TODAY’S QUOTE: Impressive Talents Worthless Without Motivation
MYSTERY PHOTO: Just Where Does This Stairway Lead, and in What City?
FOCUS: Proposal is for 39 unutilized acres to upgrade Peachtree Corners
By Lee Tucker | The Twin Lakes multi-use project, totaling approximately 39 acres, can be the catalyst for the activation of an underutilized area of the City of Peachtree Corners. The project will amenitize existing infrastructure to stimulate the creation of a vibrant community with a strong sense of place and unique recreational amenities.
FOCUS: Christian singles group meets regularly in Peachtree Corners
By Louis Detweiler | Alone, in the middle of a church service in 2004, Sally Knapp recounted, “I was feeling out of place with all the couples and I was thinking other singles must be feeling the same way.” A member of Christ the King Lutheran Church, Sally presented the idea of Christian Directed Singles to the pastor and the group officially opened within the church and to the community. The church is located at 5575 Peachtree Parkway in Peachtree Corners.
15.19: Triple Crown connection; entertainment center; criminal justice reform
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s a Gwinnett Angle to Belmont Stakes Saturday in New YorkEEB PERSPECTIVE: Unique New Entertainment Center Coming to Peachtree CornersANOTHER VIEW: Steps We Need To Take To Reform the Criminal Justice SystemUPCOMING: City of Duluth Begins Demolition of Three Acres DowntownNOTABLE: Medical Center Expands Treatment of Adults with ConcussionsBOOK RECOMMENDATION: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Book about Georgia Chain Gang Proves To Be National SensationTODAY’S QUOTE: Somehow There Seems Like Something Is Wrong with This
MYSTERY PHOTO: Few Recognized Church of Ireland in Dublin
LAGNIAPPE: Check Out a the Snake-Necked Turtle from New Guinea
BRACK: New indoor recreational park to open in Peachtree Corners
By Elliott Brack | A new $6.5 million recreational entertainment center is coming to the former BJ’s Warehouse location at Jimmy Carter Boulevard and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Peachtree Corners with an anticipated opening of around July 1. It will be called Slingshot Entertainment, with electric Go-Kart race courses for both children and adults. There will also be 14 lanes for bowling, Ninja adult and kids obstacle courses, and a full service 100+ seat restaurant and bar in the 130,000 square foot building. In addition, there will be an arcade area, plus conference rooms and party space.
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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