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Gwinnett Chamber Names 2017 IMPACT Regional Business Award Winners

Gwinnett Chamber Names 2017 IMPACT Regional Business Award Winners

Gwinnett County (METRO ATLANTA) GA – May 10, 2017 – Designed to be reflective and unique to Gwinnett and across metro Atlanta, the Gwinnett Chamber honored more than 125 finalist organizations, across nearly 10 industry categories, on Wednesday, May 10, at the IMPACT Regional Business Awards, presented by Contemporary Marketing Group.

A view of the LIDAR-equipped truck that was used to gather the asset information.

City Earns National Recognition for its Geospatial Project

PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA, May 11, 2017 – Just two months ago the American Council of Engineering Companies of Georgia (ACEC Georgia) announced that the City of Peachtree Corners’ public works department had won the prestigious Georgia Engineering Excellence Award for its Geospatial Asset Inventory Project.

Shiloh Sailor Becomes U.S. Citizen

Shiloh Sailor Becomes U.S. Citizen

YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) – USS Shiloh (CG 67) held a flag raising ceremony, Apr. 28, to celebrate Culinary Specialist Seaman Ayaba Amouzou and two Navy spouses on becoming U.S. citizens.

Eastside Medical Center

Eastside Medical Center launches ER wait time digital billboard display at 1520 Tree Lane and Ronald Reagan Parkway

(Snellville, GA) (May 9, 2017)- Eastside Medical Center has launched a new digital billboard that will display the hospital’s average ER wait time. The digital clock will update every 30 minutes and will represent a rolling four hour average of the time from patient arrival until the time the patient is greeted by a Medical Doctor, Nurse Practitioner, or Physician’s Assistant and a medical screening exam is initiated.

The Britt's

Summit Chases generosity and support

The Britt'sSummit Chase Country Club owner Van Britt (R), son Don Britt, General Manager (L), daughter Adrienne Britt Levesque, Controller.

Summit Chases generosity and support
By John L. Byrwa
Staff Correspondent

Steve Thompson, the longtime head golf coach at Brookwood High School, shudders to think what he and his teams would do without Van and Don Britt, the owner and general manager, respectively, of Summit Chase Country Club.

Inside the Mandir in Lilburn. The Mandir is the most-visited tourist site in Gwinnett

Explore Gwinnett rolls out the red carpet

Lisa Anders is filled with energy and excitement about Gwinnett County, so it’s no wonder that she heads up the Explore Gwinnett organization as its Executive Director. The non-profit 501(c)(6), formerly named the Gwinnett Convention and Visitors Bureau (“That’s a mouthful of government words,” Anders quipped), Explore Gwinnett has one job, and that’s to attract conventions, groups and families to the county. Sounds simple enough, right? Not so fast. The job may be fun and exciting, but it’s far from simple.