August is Water Quality Month Gwinnett County residents are incredibly blessed with a highly skilled, engaged, and effective Department of Water Resources (DWR). Over the last two decades, it has invested nearly $1 billion to ensure that the water it processes and later returns to the environment is among the highest quality in the country. …
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It’s all too easy to accumulate “stuff” – from sentimental hand-me-down items you used to furnish your first apartment and family heirlooms you’ve inherited over the years to the plunder from countless shopping trips to stay on top of the latest trends and all those gifts that were never really “you.” Not only is today’s …
Four Ways You Can Have an Impact During World Beach Month and Beyond As college football season revs up and summer winds down to a close, your dreams of sticking your toes in the sand and turning your face to the sun may be shifting to the latest fall fashions, plans to go leaf peeping …
Gwinnett County Public School students have been on summer break for weeks, and some parents may already be hearing the dreaded cry “I’m BORED!” In addition to marking our nation’s independence, July represents National Anti-Boredom Month! To help our neighbors keep their kiddos engaged throughout the remainder of the school break, your friends at Gwinnett …
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The month of May not only represents National Barbecue Month, but also the kickoff to an entire season that starts before Memorial Day and runs right on through the fall with backyard barbecues and tailgate parties. While your central focus may be on perfecting your beef brisket or crafting the most heavenly rack of ribs, …
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Gwinnett is ALWAYS Great – no matter the time of year. But add fiery shades of red, orange and yellow to the trees, delicious fall breezes to the air and a wide array of fun and festive events in our Main Street districts and you’d be hard-pressed to find a community that could rival ours …
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From youth and high school to college and pro, after a long spring and summer slumber, football has returned to the South and we couldn’t be happier about that fact! But with its much-anticipated revival comes the return of tailgate parties to parking lots, campuses, driveways and cul de sacs throughout the great state of …
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Check Out These Super Cool Places Around Atlanta to Foster a Deep and Abiding Love of Nature in Your Kids Ask any great educator and it’s likely they’ll tell you – kids learn best by DOING. Engaging young ones through play and experiential learning improves cognitive development, encourages communication about what they are seeing and …
June represents Great Outdoors Month – the perfect excuse to get outside and PLAY. Here in Gwinnett County, we are not only blessed with an award-winning Parks & Recreation Department that manages a veritable treasure trove of passive and recreational parks, but we are also fortunate to have so many wonderful local outdoor destinations nearby …
“We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.” — Jacques Yves Cousteau Often inspiring the work of artists like Claude Monet and poets like Emily Dickinson, water can be unequivocally beautiful. That is particularly true of Gwinnett County – whether watching the sunset over Lake Lanier or strolling a sunlit path …
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