Capture Gwinnett | A guide to living, working, and playing in Gwinnett County, GA

It’s back to the drawing board for the possibility of privatizing Gwinnett’s Briscoe Field airport; a process that has been in the works for years and led to deep-rooted debates throughout the county.

Many corporations are getting creative about how they spend or raise money as budgets continue to be slashed, and the Gwinnett County Public Library system is no exception. In a county budget meeting in mid-September, GCPL Director Nancy Stanbery-Kellam and Board Chairman Philip Saxton announced their plans to both cut library spending and raise “non-tax” [...]

A list of regional road and transit improvements to be funded by a penny tax is nearing completion, and Gwinnett leaders are determined to have as many of those road improvement projects located in-county as possible.

Heated debates have already begun for the 2012 election – and for once, Democrats and Republicans are not involved. The debates are centered on a proposed light rail mass transit system which would connect Atlanta’s MARTA lines to Gwinnett, Cobb, and North Fulton Counties.

County officials have given first-round approval to 46 out of 74 transportation projects vying to receive sales tax funding. The projects were discussed by regional roundtable groups in early June, with lists of approved and denied projects released afterward. They will be funded by a regional penny sales tax referendum, to be voted on in [...]

Charlotte Nash, the newly appointed Gwinnett Commission Chairman, will deliver her first address as chairman since she took over the role nearly two months ago, after the former chairman stepped down due to ethics concerns.