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(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 8, 2009) - The Gwinnett County Water and Sewerage Authority in conjunction with Gwinnett County Government sold $260 million worth of revenue bonds on Wednesday. The proceeds of this bond sale will be used to refinance variable rate debt that was issued in 2004 and provide $150 million of new bond funding for capital projects.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 9, 2009) - Two former Gwinnett County officials who retired last month have contracted to work with the County on a temporary basis. The two will work on an hourly, as-needed basis, as requested by the County Administrator, to assist on two specific projects.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 20, 2009) - The second meeting of Engage Gwinnett, the citizens committee on the future of Gwinnett County, will take place on Thursday, Oct. 22, from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Room 5 ABC at Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 21, 2009) - Gwinnett County Department of Transportation has launched a website and is inviting individuals to participate in a Citizens Advisory Group for the Ronald Reagan Parkway Extension project. The project has been proposed to relieve the severe traffic congestion currently experienced in the southwest area of Gwinnett County, and especially to improve the accessibility to Interstate 85.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 22, 2009) - Gwinnett County District 3 Commissioner Mike Beaudreau's next monthly meeting will be held on Saturday, Oct. 24 at the Harbins Park Pavilion, 2995 Luke Edwards Road in Dacula. The commissioner will meet with constituents from 10 a.m. to noon.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., October 22, 2009) - The FEMA/GEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) located at the Mountain Park Depot at 5050 Five Forks Trickum Road in Lilburn will close Friday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. Emergency officials urge residents to visit the center before Friday to meet one-on-one with specialists to register with FEMA to receive federal assistance for flood damages.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 28, 2009) - Lynn Smarr with the Gwinnett Department of Water Resources announced today that the new 12-foot diameter, three-mile long No Business Creek tunnel in southern Gwinnett County has "holed through." This means that the tunnel-boring machine, which started at the No Business Creek pump station site, drilled through to the end shaft at the Jacks Creek Water Reclamation Facility site.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 29, 2009) - Gwinnett County continued to trim its workforce today with the implementation of a reduction in force in the Planning and Development Department. The elimination of 19 staff positions comes as the result of a business realignment necessitated by a significant decrease in workload and revenues related to the ever-shrinking volume of development.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Oct. 23, 2009) - Gwinnett County officials today outlined a proposal that would restore some of the spending reductions made earlier this year to the county's public safety, parks and recreation and social services programs. The new proposal would be funded by a 2.28-mill increase in county property taxes.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Nov. 3, 2009) - The volunteers who serve on Engage Gwinnett, the citizens committee on the future of Gwinnett County, will meet again on Thursday from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Gwinnett Center in Duluth. The initiative aims to involve and engage the community in county budget decision-making.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Nov. 4, 2009) - Staff from the Gwinnett County Stormwater Management Division will host a public tour of a stream restoration project in Collins Hill Park on Friday, Nov. 6 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the park located at 2000 Collins Hill Road in Lawrenceville.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Nov. 9, 2009) - One of the most recognizable faces in Gwinnett County is usually standing behind a fire scene, reporting the details of an incident. On Oct. 29, Capt. Thomas Rutledge stood in front of his peers to accept the Public Information Officer Award at the Life and Fire Awards program in Atlanta. He'd probably say he's more comfortable standing in front of a fire.

WHAT:Gwinnett County officials will hold the annual Veterans Day Ceremony and gather with family members to honor Gwinnett's veterans and add fallen soldiers 1st Sgt. John David Blair and Staff Sgt. Alex French IV's names to the Fallen Heroes Memorial.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Nov. 13, 2009) - The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners today announced its intention to raise the property tax rate by 2.28 mills, which includes an increase of 2.06 mills for countywide general purposes, .21 mills for countywide recreation and .01 mills for debt service. This is an 18.4 percent increase over the rollback rate; broken down, it increases by 18.89 percent for countywide general purposes and goes up by 24.22 percent for countywide recreation.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Nov. 17, 2009) - Gwinnett County's Water Resources staff and five on-demand contractors have nearly completed repairs to 25 roads washed out by record flooding in late September. Gwinnett's Stormwater Manager Steve Leo said 20 roads have been reopened and two more will be completed this week. The remaining three road repairs will take a few more weeks. Most recently, North River Drive and Hillcrest Road were reopened last Thursday.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Nov. 17, 2009) - There will soon be a new Ivy Creek Greenway access trail from Buford Drive/State Route 20 near the Mall of Georgia. The existing 2.7-mile long greenway trail starts at the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center and ends near Gravel Springs Road. The 12-foot wide asphalt multi-purpose trail will be 960 feet long, running roughly parallel to the I-85 southbound exit ramp.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Nov. 17, 2009) - Gwinnett commissioners Tuesday night accepted the donation of an automatic external defibrillator, known as an AED, from the Southern Cardiac Arrest Association of Greater Atlanta.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Nov. 19, 2009) - The last day for residents who were affected by the September floods to apply for federal assistance is Nov. 23. Emergency officials urge residents to register for assistance online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling (800) 621-FEMA (3362) or TTY (800) 462-7585. The toll-free numbers are staffed seven days a week, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Help is available in all languages.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Nov. 19, 2009) - Gwinnett commissioners approved two agreements with the Georgia Department of Transportation to start planning automated traffic management systems (ATMS) for sections of State Route 20 and Pleasant Hill Road. The cameras and remote controls will give Gwinnett's new Traffic Management Center real-time control of traffic signals along the busy arterials.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Nov. 20, 2009) - Five road improvement projects got the green light from Gwinnett commissioners Tuesday, two funded entirely by sales tax revenues plus three to be completed in partnership with Gwinnett's three Community Improvement Districts (CIDs).