Gwinnett County is reporting that approximately 124,000 real property Notices of Change in Assessment were placed in the mail last Friday. This is the first of three mailings expected to reach a total of 150,000 notices. Approximately 140,000 of the notices are from value updates while the remaining 10,000 notices are the result of new […]

Mike Beaudreau has decided not to run for the congressional seat being vacated by the retiring John Linder, but has instead thrown his support behind Representative Clay Cox.

On March 23rd the Gwinnett BoC approved a new garbage plan. By doing so it also settled four pending lawsuits over the last failed garbage plan. Another lawsuit filed by Waste Industries in federal court last December is still pending. Now another lawsuit has been filed this week by Red Oak Sanitation citing restriction of […]

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The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners adopted a new solid waste ordinance for unincorporated Gwinnett County during the board’s business session on March 2, 2010. The ordinance as adopted will be posted as soon as possible.
Service will begin on July 1, 2010, giving residents and haulers time to transition to the new system. […]

On Wednesday, February 24, 2010, the Evermore Community Improvement District (CID) Board of Directors held their first meeting at the Stone Mountain Stadium. As soon as the telephone and data lines are installed, the CID office will move its headquarters into the former Olympic tennis venue.
The hope is to transform the entire stadium complex into […]

District 3 Gwinnett County Commissioner Mike Beaudreau is weighing an opportunity to succeed John Linder and his soon-to-be vacant U.S. congressional seat. Beaudreau plans to make a decision soon.
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Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010, the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners will again consider county mandated garbage collection. Even with lawsuits totaling in excess of $80 million still pending over the last board sanctioned solid waste plan, local media reports suggests that not much has changed in the new proposed plan. The biggest change is […]

The Atlanta Braves have finally achieved what Gwinnett County was unable to achieve, inking a contract for the naming rights to the Gwinnett Braves baseball park formally known as Gwinnett Stadium. Marietta based HVAC company Coolray Heating and Cooling agreed to a 16 year deal worth approximately 10 million dollars. The ballpark will hence be […]

(Press Release - Lawrenceville, Ga., Feb. 8, 2010) - The public is invited to attend any of four upcoming meetings to comment on the initial findings of the 42-member Engage Gwinnett citizens committee that, since last fall, has been studying county services and how to fund those services.
Each meeting will begin with an overview of […]

The Evermore CID was awarded a $40,000 grant by the Atlanta Regional Commission yesterday in order to study the viability of transforming the Olympic tennis venue into a multipurpose facility. The desire is for the facility to act as a catalyst for revitalization and economic growth for the Park Place area.
David Stedman, the Evermore Economic […]