All News Releases

(Lawrenceville, Ga., July 12, 2010) - Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation (GCPR) introduces Therapeutic Recreation programs to Gwinnett County parks in honor of National Therapeutic Recreation Week,  July 11-17. 

(Lawrenceville, GA, July 12, 2010) Abstract collages by nationally exhibited artist, Eugene Motz, will be featured in the Fall Art Show "Stamp Collage" at the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse August 5 through October 29. The artist will exhibit mixed media collages reusing stamps, advertisements and envelopes.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., July 20, 2010) - Gwinnett County will continue buying and renovating foreclosed homes in an effort to stabilize hard-hit neighborhoods, help provide affordable housing and create jobs in the struggling housing and construction industries. Commissioners on Tuesday accepted additional grant funds of almost $900,000 for its Neighborhood Stabilization Program from the state Community Affairs department.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., July 20, 2010) - Inmates at Gwinnett County's Comprehensive Correctional Complex will continue to get job training and help transitioning back to society thanks to a Workforce Investment Act grant of almost $118,000 from the Atlanta Regional Commission. Gwinnett is the only county in the state that gets these funds for its inmate programs.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., July 20, 2010) - Plans for short-term improvements at two I-85 interchanges in Gwinnett are moving into the design phase after the Board of Commissioners approved agreements with two Community Improvement Districts (CID) on Tuesday. Both interchanges will use the diverging diamond design that improves traffic flow on existing bridges by rerouting vehicles to make left turns possible without waiting for oncoming traffic.

(Gwinnett County, Ga., July 23, 2010) - Gwinnett County Senior Services (GCSS) has fans available for seniors who live in Gwinnett County, over the age of 65, and are undergoing a financial constraint. 

(Gwinnett County, Ga., July 30, 2010) - Keynote speaker is Ted Bowman who will present "Loss of Dreams". He is a family and grief educator, consultant, and author who specialize in change and transition. 

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 5, 2010) - Sidewalks, curb and gutter, guardrail, drainage improvements, paving and traffic calming devices are coming soon to North Berkeley Lake Road. Gwinnett commissioners on Tuesday approved a $373,654 contract that will use funds from the 2001 SPLOST program. The contractor will be Atlanta Demolition and Grading LLC of Suwanee, the lowest of six bidders on the project.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 5, 2010) - The stretch of U.S. 29/Lawrenceville Highway that runs through Lilburn from Jimmy Carter Boulevard to Ronald Reagan Parkway will be the subject of a new transportation study jointly funded by Gwinnett County and the new Lilburn Community Improvement District.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 12, 2010) - Gwinnett County District 3 Commissioner Mike Beaudreau's next monthly meeting will be held on Saturday, Aug. 14 at the Bay Creek Pavilion at 175 Ozora Road in Loganville. The commissioner will meet with constituents from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 17, 2010) - A revised fiscal year 2010 budget was approved by the Gwinnett Board of Commissioners on Tuesday. This customary process adjusts the current year's spending plan to address changes that have taken place since the Board adopted the 2010 budget in January. This year's reconciliation budget includes declining property values that produced a $31 million shortfall.

(LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., - August 16, 2010) Mill Creek Athletic Association and other community members officially opened the 144,000 square foot multi-purpose artificial turf field at Duncan Creek Park on Saturday, August 14 during their 2010 Football Jamboree. The field was dedicated to District 4 Commissioner, Kevin Kenerly, by Mill Creek Athletic Association, for his true dedication, service and volunteerism to the community and his commitment and mentorship to Gwinnett County's Youth and the Mill Creek Athletic Association from 1995 - 2010. 

(Gwinnett County, Ga., August 19, 2010) - Savor the Swing! The inaugural FRIENDS Charity Golf Classic at TPC Sugarloaf is scheduled for Monday, August 30, 2010. 

(Gwinnett County, Ga., August 23, 2010) - For the fifth year, more than 160 Mill Creek High School football players teamed up with Gwinnett County Senior Services to assist Gwinnett seniors landscape their yards on Saturday, August 21. 

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 23, 2010) - Work has begun to tear down the iconic water tanks on I-85 in Gwinnett County. The roughly 35-year-old tanks were identified for demolition along with other facilities and equipment rendered obsolete by recent water system improvements. Equipment was moved to the site on Goshen Springs Road near Jimmy Carter Boulevard last week and the tanks will come down over the next three to four weeks.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 25, 2010) - Gwinnett officials held a press conference for Department of Transportation's GC Smart Commute program on Aug. 24. The program provides a resource for Gwinnett residents to view live traffic feeds of heavily-traveled intersections and corridors to plan their daily commute. Speakers included Commission Chairman Charles Bannister and Gwinnett County Department of Transportation Director Brian Allen.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Aug. 26, 2010) - More computers, monitors and printers than usual may be turned off in Gwinnett County government offices this weekend as employees participate in a national Power IT Down event to save energy. 

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 1, 2010) - Septic tanks will soon be a thing of the past in the Fox Hill subdivision, a neighborhood of about 60 homes off East Jones Bridge Road in the Peachtree Corners area. Back in 2005, community leaders there started collecting signatures on a sewer petition. When 70 percent of the homeowners agree, the County will install sewer pipes.

(Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. 8, 2010) - Gwinnett commissioners agreed Tuesday to extend a contract for technical, environmental, financial and public feasibility studies for a proposed three-mile extension of Ronald Reagan Parkway that would connect it to Interstate 85.