The Gwinnett County Department of Corrections will host a graduation ceremony Sept. 28 for the first graduating class of its welding vocational program.
The ceremony, which will be held at the Gwinnett County Comprehensive Correctional Complex at 9:30 a.m., will honor the program’s 13 graduates and feature speakers including Warden Darrell Johnson.
With 3,069 counties in America, comparisons and rankings are inevitable. I like to say Gwinnett County sets the standard for local government, and the dozens of awards we win every year support that assertion. I’d like to use this space to share some of the latest honors.
Out of 831 jurisdictions enrolled throughout the United States, Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale County (GNR) Health Departments is now one of only five jurisdictions in the nation to meet all nine standards of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program (“Program Standards”).
Gwinnett County has been recognized with 11 Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties, honoring “innovative, effective county government programs that strengthen services for residents.”
It was a proud moment to read what the three major credit rating agencies had to say about Gwinnett County in their financial reports. Here are highlights from what they said about our county government:
Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation lifeguards won first place at the annual Georgia Recreation and Park Association State Lifeguarding Competition, held at Lake Oconee in Greene County on July 16. Gwinnett County lifeguards came from several different aquatics facilities across the County and were selected based on their outstanding attention to safety, CPR/AED, first aid, teamwork and athletic skills. Guards honed these skills over the course of the summer with both written and physical skill practice.
All three bond rating agencies have once again given Gwinnett County an AAA/Aaa bond rating, the highest possible, placing Gwinnett in the top 2 percent of counties in the nation for fiscal soundness. This marks the 21st consecutive year Gwinnett has held this distinction.
The Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved the final recommendations of the Connect Gwinnett Transit Plan to create a framework for the County’s short-, mid-, and long-range transit future.
In the late 1970s, 80s, and into the 90s, Gwinnett County went through incredible growth. Businesses of all kinds flooded into the area. There have been many who have not made it for various reasons, especially with the ebb and flow of economic factors. A few, however, have flourished through the decades since the initial boom. Gwinnett Dermatology is one of those long-standing pillars in the fabric of Gwinnett County. This year, they celebrate a significant 40th anniversary!
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