FOCUS: Thankful to Jimmy Carter and for growing up on Boulevard October 27, 2023 6:07 am· A Cuban refugee breaks down in 1980 after making it to Key West in the Mariel Boatlift. Photo via U.S. Library of Congress. By Patty Thumann NORCROSS, Ga. | In 1980, President Jimmy Carter … Read more about Gwinnett Forum: Patty Thumann’s Full-Circle Moment – Thankful to Jimmy Carter
Von Tran, Founder and CEO of First Senior Center (FSC), has hidden herself from the “limelight” of Gwinnett County’s news and advertisements. Instead, Tran lets her hard work and successes speak for itself as she built her business from the ground up. Von Tran and her family escaped Vietnam when … Read more about Community Leader Spotlight – Von Tran
The Department of Community Affairs recently released their annual list of "Less Developed Census Tracts" (LDCT)- a designation that can affect companies in our area. If your company (or your tenant's company) falls within a Less Developed Census Tract, they can qualify for tax credits that are not … Read more about Business Incentive: Less Developed Census Tracts
The Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District (CID) strives to increase connections throughout the community in all modes of transport. A recently completed project along Buford Highway not only improves the safety and connectivity for pedestrians, but provides an aesthetic boost for this part … Read more about Building connections on Buford Highway
On Wednesday, January 14 the Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District (GVCID), the largest CID in the state of Georgia, released annual crime statistics showing the lowest levels of targeted crimes since the CID's formation in 2006. Statistics from 2014, provided by the Gwinnett County … Read more about Gwinnett Village Crime Fighting Efforts Result in Lowest Crime Rates to Date
The beautification and access management project on Indian Trail Road is complete and local businesses have taken notice. Landscaped medians in the corridor and new mast arms at the intersection of Indian Trail and Brook Hollow have transformed the corridor. Traffic on the Indian Trail and I-85 … Read more about Indian Trail – Before & After
QualTex Laboratories, the nation’s largest independent testing lab for blood and plasma products, is expanding its lab operations in Gwinnett Village. The expansion brings an investment of nearly $12 million and more than 100 new jobs in the area for clinical laboratory scientists, certified lab … Read more about SUCCESS STORY: QualTex Laboratories
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas, Inc. (HCEA), a major manufacturer of heavy construction equipment, will soon relocate its headquarters and warehouse facility to Norcross. The $10 million investment by HCEA, a unit of South Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries, is projected to create … Read more about SUCCESS STORY: Hyundai Construction Equipment
NanoLumens, a cutting-edge manufacturer of flexible digital displays, will relocate its world headquarters from an existing Norcross facility to a new 32,000-square-foot office center on Avalon Ridge Parkway, also in Norcross. The company will consolidate administrative, sales, research, design, … Read more about SUCCESS STORY: NanoLumens
Norcross-based RockTenn, one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of corrugated paperboard and packaging, will bring 500 new jobs home to Gwinnett County next year with the consolidation of its Chicago and St. Louis operations into a new 68,000-square-foot space along the I-85 corridor near Beaver … Read more about SUCCESS STORY: RockTenn
With assistance from the CID, Walmart has chosen Green’s Corner, a shopping center at Jimmy Carter Boulevard and Rockbridge Road, as the future home for a new 150,000-square-foot store. The new Walmart will include a garden center, retail space, and a grocery store – all highly desirable additions … Read more about SUCCESS STORY: Walmart
FedEx Ground, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation express shipping, will build a 215,000-square-foot distribution center in Gwinnett Village in 2012. The $55 million facility, slated to open in the fall on Atlantic Avenue at Jimmy Carter Boulevard, will employ about 240 full- and part-time employees … Read more about SUCCESS STORY: FedEx
