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🌱 Built-To-Rent Property + Who Won Election? + Health Fair

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Hey, Duluth! Let's get this Thursday started off right. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in town.

First, today's weather:

A little morning rain; cloudy. High: 51 Low: 40.

Here are the top stories in Duluth today:

  1. Who won Duluth's local election? No one yet for post 4! There will be a runoff election for the city council seat on November 30. For post 3, however, Lamar Doss defeated incumbent Billy Jones. Doss received 782 votes, while Jones received 716 votes. ( The Atlanta Journal Constitution)
  2. Need a doctor's check-up? The fourth Gwinnett Health Fair is set to offer free health screenings this Saturday in Buford. This event is presented by Clover and Publix, and is put on by the Gwinnett Daily Post in partnership with Live Healthy Gwinnett. The health fair runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and they will be offering free COVID-19 vaccines and other free health screenings. (Gwinnettdailypost.com)
  3. Parkland Residential has announced the approval and building of a new Lawrenceville build-to-rent project called Sugarloaf Springs. The residential company has seen the need for rentable properties in Gwinnett County. The project will break ground in April, and 200 residents have already been put on the waiting list. (metroatlantaceo.com)
  4. Gwinnett County commissioners initially rejected the decriminalization of small amounts of cannabis possession, but then voted to postpone making the final decision. Some commissioners believe that no change is needed to the current ordinance, but the change has been hyped by Commissioner Kirkland Carden, the leading proponent for the change, as a way to give officers options on what to do with people who possess only small amounts of cannabis. (Gwinnettdailypost.com)
  5. Gwinnett County Corrections Office is holding a hiring event for corrections officers on November 13 at the Comprehensive Correctional Complex on Hi Hope Road in Lawrenceville from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will include a facility tour, background processing, a behavior personal assessment device and interview panels. You must apply to the position that you would like before attending the job fair. (CBS46 News Atlanta)


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Today in Duluth:

  • Cooking and Crafts Club - City of Johns Creek (4:30 PM)
  • Eddie Owen Presents: An Evening with Jim Lauderdale (8:00 PM)
  • Virtual Singo with Casey (7:30 PM)
  • Boomers in Groups Conference (Nov 4-6)

Duluth Patch Notebook

  • Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office is excited to announce its inaugural Thanksgiving Drive-thru Food Giveaway. Please join us on Monday, November 22, 2021, from 12:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M. at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds. (Facebook)
  • City of Duluth - City Hall: The Duluth Public Art Commission (DPAC) is pleased to announce a new Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Rogers Bridge public art project. (Facebook)
  • City of Duluth: It's elf-ficial! Thanks to all of your wonderful suggestions, our Deck the Hall helper elf has a new name. Cricket is so excited to show off the new City Hall name badge!(Instagram)


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— Lyndsay Kendall Oxley (she/her)

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