Evermore CID Approves Move To New Headquarters In Effort To Transform Olympic Tennis Venue

SNELLVILLE — The quest to save Atlanta’s 1996 Olympic tennis venue from a 2011 demolition date became official Wednesday with the Evermore CID Board of Director’s official, unanimous decision to move its headquarters into the venue’s abandoned pro shop for the rest of the year.
With historic Stone Mountain serving as a backdrop to the unused [...]

Smaller Homes Could Be Coming To 500 Block Of Old Peachtree Road Because Of Down Economy

LAWRENCEVILLE — The great recesscion has left development in flux, subdivisions unfinished and countless homes in foreclosure. On Tuesday night at the monthly Board of Commissioners meeting to deal with zoning issues, an unfinished subdivision because of this very economy was the reason Old Peachtree Road Investments, LLC was granted its wish — a change in conditions for an 8-acre piece [...]

Crooked Creek Water Reclamation Facility To Get $21 Million Face-lift

The influent pump station will be improved and upgraded as part of the $21 million renovation at the Crooked Creek Water Reclamation Facility.

 GWINNETT COUNTY — The Board of Commissioners approved a contract on Tuesday for $21.4 million in upgrades and improvements to the Crooked Creek Water Reclamation Facility.
According to Department of Water Resources Spokesman Ron Peters, [...]

Please Don’t Dump Anything In Metro Atlanta’s Sewer Manhole Covers, Especially In Gwinnett!

 
GWINNETT COUNTY — Officials want the public’s help in catching anyone who might be dumping illegal waste into the county’s sewer system by prying open the sewer manhole covers.
 Acting Director of Water Resources Lynn Smarr said people are dumping everything from grease and chemicals to septic tank pumping.
“It’s not only illegal but it’s also dangerous [...]

Commissioners Ratify Three Bridge Repairs To The Tune Of $1.15 Million

Construction is still ongoing at the bridge on Club Drive over Sweetwater Creek from September’s flooding.

 
 
 
 LAWRENCEVILLE — Gwinnett’s Board of Commissioners officially ratified on Tuesday $1.15 million in emergency repairs to three roadway bridges that were damaged in the flooding last September.
The bridge work, which took place at Garner Road over Garner Creek, Martin Nash Road over [...]

Gwinnett County To Study Potentially Privatizing Airport’s Briscoe Field

LAWRENCEVILLE — Gwinnett’s Board of Commissioners unanimously supported a resolution Tuesday which will allow Gwinnett’s Department of Transportation to go forward with preparing a preliminary FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) application as part of the FAA’s Airport Privatization Pilot Program.
Chairman Charles Bannister read a statement in response to the Board’s action because he said there were misunderstandings, [...]

Drought Over, Gwinnettians Still Saving Water, And The New Water Pricing Begins

GWINNETT COUNTY — Government officials reported Tuesday that despite the drought ending and Lake Lanier now being full, Gwinnettians are still conserving water.
According to a county-issued press release, average water usage was 71.3 million gallons per day in 2009 compared with 71.9 million in 2008 and almost 18 percent lower than the 86.8 million gallons [...]

Commissioners Pass Budget While Beaudreau Asks Board To Be More Transparent

LAWRENCEVILLE — Kicking off the new decade in the midst of what’s been dubbed “The Great Recession,” Gwinnett County’s Board of Commissioners passed its 2010, revised, $1.3 billion budget Tuesday.
The vote wasn’t unanimous, though, and the 4 – 1 vote clearly indicated that a political divide exists between Chairman Charles Bannister and District 3 Commissioner [...]

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