www.GoodMorningGwinnett.comGwinnett County Solicitor General Brian Whiteside announced Friday afternoon that he will close his office in January because of the new spike in COVID-19 cases.Whiteside said the new spike, part of the spread of the new Omicron variant of COVID, has caused staffing shortages in his office. The move to close the office means there will not be in-person State Court activities from Monday until at least Jan. 20, although virtual operations could take place and Recorder’s Court and the Jail Court will remain open.SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

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Spike In Covid Cases Causes The Solicitor General's Office To Shut Down

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.comLocal officials will join members of civil rights groups over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend to remember the life of a Black man who was killed by a white mob on the Lawrenceville Square more than a century ago.The Gwinnett Remembrance Coalition announced it will partner with the city of Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, the Gwinnett Historical Restoration & Preservation Board and the Equal Justice Initiative to dedicate a historical marker honoring Charles Hale during a ceremony from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Jan. 15.SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

Dedication To The Lynching Of Charles Hale Will Be Remembered On Lawrenceville Square

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.comFans of plant-based burgers have a new dining option in Gwinnett County.Slutty Vegan opened its newest location earlier this month in the Gwinnett Place area at 2045 Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth. It is the Atlanta-based vegan restaurant chain’s fourth location.Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole originally launched the chain in 2018 to provide vegan meal options to Atlanta’s west side, and it has since opened locations in Jonesboro and Edgewood in addition to the new Gwinnett location, as well as Bar Vegan in Ponce City Market and a food truck.SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

Slutty Vegan Is Now Open In Duluth

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Whiteside’s sentencing recommendations will include 12 months in jail and — or — a $1,000 fine as well as the confiscation of the offender’s firearm, a requirement that they participate in a firearms safety class and a mandatory psychological evaluation.SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

Firing Your Gun On New Years Eve Could Land You In Jail

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com The donations for employee hires effort is one of two ways that Forever 21 is trying to raise money for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, however. It is also conducting its “It’s the Love You Give” campaign. Customers who buy products from Forever 21 in one of their stores can round their purchase up to the nearest dollar with the difference between the total price and the rounded up figure going to Boys and Girls Clubs. Forever 21 is also donating $1 to Boys and Girls Clubs for every purchase of an item from the “cozy collection,” either online at www.Forever21.com or in a store.SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

"Love You Give” Campaign To Support The Girls & Boys By Forever 21

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett officials are planning, however, to move toward offering elections materials in more languages than Spanish and English in 2022. Part of the proposed 2022 county budget, which county commissioners will vote on at their first meeting in January, will fund the addition of election materials in Korean, Vietnamese, Mandarin and Cantonese.SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

Because Gwinnett Is Such A Diverse County, Voting Materials Will Reflect That

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County Public Schools decided to expand the curriculum after looking at workforce data and seeing that agriculture is one of the largest industries in Georgia, said Tim Hemans, the school district’s executive director of career and technical education. District leaders also observed a shift in the industry.SOURCE: www.AJC.com

Students At Archer High School Are Learning To Farm With Robots

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com About 350 students now attend the School of the Arts from all over Gwinnett County. About half are freshmen and sophomores in the selective conservatory program, which requires auditions, portfolios and juried interviews. The rest are “fellows,” Gwinnett students who want the opportunity to take more arts classes.Conservatory students take core academic classes at Central Gwinnett High or online, and use all their electives to spend up to 20 hours a week studying their chosen arts. Concentrations include visual arts, dance, music technology, theater and voice.SOURCE: www.AJC.com

New Talent Will Soon Be Coming Out Of The New School Of Arts

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com The annual retreat is an opportunity for commissioners and department heads to get together for two days to hash out priorities and goals that help shape where resources are directed and serve as a basis for budget requests.“We know going into next year, when we have our board retreat, that ... the No. 1 thing we start working on is housing,” Hendrickson said. “We want to bring our planning staff, our planning commission board together to start developing a comprehensive plan to address workforce housing, affordability, even homelessness.”SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

Is There Affordable Housing In Gwinnett?

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Collins Hill star Travis Hunter, the nation's No. 1 senior football prospect, chose Jackson State University and head coach Deion Sanders on Wednesday's National Signing Day.Hunter had been expected to sign with Florida State — he was committed to the Seminoles since March 2020 — or Georgia, which made a late push. But the consensus five-star prospect stunned the college football universe with his choice of Jackson State, an HBCU in Mississippi.SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

Football Universe Stunned By Collins Hill Star Travis Hunter

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com oday marks 200 years since Lawrenceville was incorporated as a city, coming just three years after the Georgia legislature established Gwinnett County. The county seat is believed to be the oldest city in metro Atlanta — edging out Decatur by two years.Lawrenceville is now Gwinnett’s second largest city, with 30,629 people calling it home. The city has also continued to evolve, going from a rural town to a center for the arts and a college town.SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

Lawrenceville Has A Birthday! It's 200 Years Old

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gebbia is now creating the Joe Gebbia Visual Arts Endowment, providing his high school alma mater with $100,000 per year for five years to enhance the art program at the discretion of the faculty and principal. A former cross-country runner, he is also donating more than $200,000 for cross-country apparel and a new track.SOURCE: www.AJC.com

Air BNB Founder & Brookwood High School Almi Gives The School $700k

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.comGwinnett leaders say they feel rushed by Democratic state lawmakers to deliver proposed commission district lines that will be used for the next 10 years, following a GOP attempt a few weeks ago to double the size of the county commission.Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution during a Tuesday meeting calling for an open, fair and transparent redistricting process. Shortly after, they huddled at a conference table to set up an action plan to appease eager legislators.SOURCE:

Gwinnett Commissioners Are Feeling The Heat

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com The Braves have entered into an agreement to have the Stripers become a part of Diamond Baseball Holdings (DBH), an organization dedicated to supporting, promoting and enhancing the sport of baseball through professional management, best practices, innovation and investment. DBH is a subsidiary of Endeavor, the global sports and entertainment company. The sale of the Club remains subject to the Professional Development League (PDL) approval process.Following the closing of the transaction (which remains subject to PDL approval), the Stripers will continue to be led by vice president and general manager Erin McCormick, and will remain an MLB affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. The team will continue to play in Gwinnett at Coolray Field.SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

Diamond Baseball Holdings Will Be The Gwinnett Stripers New Owner

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com The commission adopted a resolution committing to taking public comment into account when drawing up a new map for commission district boundaries. It is part of the county’s ongoing efforts, which includes holding a series of public meetings in each of the four commission districts to gather feedback from residents.“We are passing a resolution that is stating our case that we want this process of redistricting for the local maps to have the consideration of the general public,” Commission Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson said. “We want to make sure this process is as fair and open as possible because the end goal is fair redistricting and fair maps with the public’s input.SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com

Gwinnett Commissioners Say Gwinnettians Should Have A Say About Redistricting

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