🌱 Patch AM: How Snellville’s new downtown and park projects could change daily life

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In today's newsletter:

• How Snellville's new downtown and park projects could change daily life
• Snellville native steps into key leadership role at the GBI

Also on today's calendar: Clicks & Sticks Knitting Guild Monthly meeting.

Today's riddle: What is the 1 way to guarantee winning a small fortune at the casino? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Very warm with clouds and sun, with a high of 95 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 93, low: 71.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 94 and low of 73 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Gwinnett Country: Fueled for Growth (georgiatrend.com) — Snellville is spotlighted as a model for smart redevelopment, with The Grove at Towne Center reshaping downtown and a new $11.3 million community center at T.W. Briscoe Park opening this fall. The article also details Gwinnett-wide growth, housing, jobs, and Ride Gwinnett transit that directly affect local residents.
   

• GBI Announces Promotion of Senoia Resident Brittany Scott to Manager of the GBI's Chemistry Section (thecitizen.com) — A Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime lab leader originally from Snellville has been promoted to manage the agency's Chemistry Section, overseeing daily operations and staff. Her new role in Decatur underscores how Snellville natives are shaping important state-level public safety work.
   

📸 Around Snellville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Snellville

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 16
• Gwinnett Stripers vs. Indianapolis Indians →
  Gwinnett Field, 2500 Buford Dr, Lawrenceville
  11:05 am

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Other local events

Thursday September 10
• Clicks & Sticks Knitting Guild Monthly meeting →
  Gwinnett Community Resource Center at Bethany Church Road (Formerly OneStop Centerville), 3025 Bethany Church Rd, Snellville
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 1
• 4/5 First Lego League
  Mountain Park Elementary School Lilburn, GA 30047
  7:00 am
• Charlotte Knights at Gwinnett Stripers →
  Gwinnett Stripers, 2500 Buford Dr, Lawrenceville
  2:35 pm
• PTA Spirit Night - Skate Night
  Trip Elementary School Grayson, GA 30017
  6:30 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Bruster's Spirit Night
  Mountain Park Elementary School Lilburn, GA 30047
  5:00 pm
• Volleyball- vs McConnell
  Couch Middle School Grayson, GA 30017
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Beginning Band Head Start Camp - Cafe and Connections
  Bay Creek Middle School Grayson, GA 30017
  6:00 pm
Monday September 7
• Labor Day Holiday →
  Rockdale County Conyers, GA 30012
• Labor Day - City Offices Closed →
  Lawrenceville, GA Calendar Lawrenceville, GA 30046
Tuesday September 8
• Redland Creek Greenway Public Information Meeting →
  Lawrenceville, GA Calendar, 800 Lawrenceville Highway, Lawrenceville
  4:00 pm
• Lawrenceville Arts Commission (LAC) Meeting →
  Lawrenceville, GA Calendar, 70 S Clayton Street, Lawrenceville
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Please let me know if you find one of my puppies, he is the one far to the right, and he is deaf and his name is Odin...
  we keep hearing him bark in back of us because he has a distinct bark do to being deaf...he is white with a black patch on his right eye. Phone… (Nextdoor Brentwood)
• Ozzie still missing 💔 Please has anyone seen him, please help bring him home.
  Lenora Church Road/Crabapple Subdivision/Gwinnett County/Snellville Contact: bogany2017@yahoo.com (email) Thank you (Nextdoor Crabapple Point)

• Captain D's Seafood Restaurant posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Snellville. Apply here.
• Chicken Salad Chick posted a job opening for Restaurant Managers in Snellville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Snellville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Grayson

• Stress Doesn't Reveal Your True Self: It Edits It (psychologytoday.com)
• Kanani Cabrales - Softball 2013-14 (ramblinwreck.com)

Gwinnett County

• Child rescued after domestic dispute, pursuit in Gwinnett County (fox5atlanta.com)
• Local Artists, Performers and Food Vendors Invited To Participate in Gwinnett's Hispanic Latino Heritage Month Celebration (savannahherald.com)
• Gwinnett County Booking: Zain Changani Faced Drug and Vehicle Charges (americanow.com)

Ok Snellville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By starting with a large fortune. (Thank you Kourtney Z. for sending it in!)
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