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In the face of declining revenues and the difficulty in raising sponsorship funds, Gwinnett County Government officials cancelled the annual Gwinnett Glows 4th of July celebration. Gwinnett Glows has been a fun community tradition for two decades, but the old […]

There will be a multi-family yard sale held on Corinth Court in Stone Mountain on June 19th and 20th.
Friday, June 19, 2009
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday, June 20, 2009
8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
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Governor Perdue announced today that due to significant rainfall and improved water supplies the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has issued a non-drought schedule for outdoor water use for the first time since June 2006.
The State of Georgia has returned to a non-drought schedule for outdoor water use. Under a non-drought schedule, outdoor water […]

Gwinnett County Government has sent an invitation…
Gwinnett residents are invited to attend a series of public forums to provide feedback on what’s most important to them regarding the delivery of solid waste services. Meetings will be held on weekday evenings and Saturday mornings at various locations throughout the county to encourage attendance. The first meeting […]

The Gwinnett County Solicitor’s Office has opened an investigation related to two rezoning applications approved by the Gwinnett County BoC. Both cases involve recent rezoning votes by the BoC associated with solid waste transfer stations and campaign contributions made by the developers who benefited from these BoC votes.
The Gwinnett County planning department, planning commission and […]

Mike Comer, deputy county commissioner says that the current budget shortfall will probably force the county to borrow $50 million dollars, or more, in order to continue operations throughout the summer.
The current budget shortfall is reported to be in the neighborhood of $12 million with a 2010 projected shortfall of $60 million.

The AJC is reporting that Gwinnett District Attorney Danny Porter is referring recent Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners land acquisitions to a grand jury for investigation. He also threatened a grand jury investigation if the BoC approved another mulitimillion-dollar acquisition this week. The proposed land deal was subsequently tabled by the BoC until August 4th.
Proposed […]

June 2, 2009 2:00 PM Business Session Video

…For now…
On Tuesday, June 2, 2009 the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted down their own proposed property tax increase.
The hour long public hearing that was held prior to the vote was the most verbose and heated of the three with an estimated 450 citizens in attendance.