(Lawrenceville, Ga., March 2, 2010) - The volunteers who serve on Engage Gwinnett will hold their  11^th full meeting on Wednesday, March 3 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth. The meeting will not be held should Gwinnett County Public Schools close on Wednesday due to winter weather conditions.

The six-month long initiative aims to involve and engage the community in county budget decision-making. Meetings of the 42-member citizens committee on the future of Gwinnett County have been held every two weeks and are open to the public. Committee members hear from elected officials, County staff and local residents and participate in group discussions.

On Wednesday the full committee will hear reports on the Feb. 17 meeting by work group representatives and then break into their work groups to continue deliberations about their specific study areas. Committee members will take into consideration the public input gained from four community meetings held last month as they begin to refine their recommendations for the Board of Commissioners on desired services, service levels and revenues for the next five years.

A final community meeting will be held in April before the committee's findings are presented to the Board of Commissioners. A report on the committee's recommendations will be complete by the end of April.

Engage Gwinnett is a partnership between Gwinnett County government and the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce. Mike Levengood of McKenna Long & Aldridge and Bill McCargo with the Atlanta Education Fund are volunteer leaders who co-chair the committee. Engage Gwinnett seeks common ground, workable solutions and compromises as necessary for the greater good of the community to help guide the County government through the recession and its aftermath.

Video coverage, meeting materials and more information are available online at http://www.engagegwinnett.com/ and at www.gwinnettcounty.com and on TVgwinnett, cable channel 23. Engage Gwinnett also has Facebook and Twitter links.