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Vol. 48, No. 164
Developer proposes Duluth Highway complex BY CURT YEOMANS
week. Brand Properties LLC wants to build the gated complex, which will have The Gwinnett County three buildings with mostly Planning Commission is one and two bedroom scheduled to consider a apartments, at the corner proposal to build a 194-unit of Duluth Highway and apartment complex on a Sugarloaf Parkway. The 8.55-acre site across Duluth developer wants the propHighway from Sugarloaf erty, which is made up of Mills in Lawrenceville three parcels, rezoned from when the board meets this R-100 and C-2 residential curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com
and commercial zonings to a RM-24 multifamily housing zoning. “Accordingly, the proposed develop1nent would complement the existing land-use mix by providing high-end multifamily residences in a walkable environment, while also providing an appropriate transitional use from higher-intensity commercial
uses along Duluth Highway to single-family residential uses to the south,” Brand Properties attorney Shane Lanham said in a letter to county officials. County documents shows planning and development staff have recommended approval of the complex, This rendering shows the proposed look for one buildbut that comes with a ing in a 194-unit apartment complex that Brand Proper-
ties wants to build at the corner of Duluth Highway and
See COMPLEX, Page 5A Sugarloaf Parkway near Sugarloaf Mills. (Special Photo)
Nature’s own Area Boy Scout given conservation award BY TREVOR MCNABOE trevor.mcnaboe@gwinnettdailypost.com
‘Like coming home’
Two boys ride an amusement ride in the carnival portion of Duluth’s Fall Festival on Saturday. (Staff Photo: Isabel Hughes)
Duluth’s Fall Festival has large crowds, small-town feel
Snellville resident Bobby Nice has spent the last 10 years as a Boy Scout in Troop 548 in Snellville learning values the organization teaches as well as acquiring more than 50 different merit badges. His latest badge, the William T. Hornaday Award, however, has a special place in his heart. The William T. Hornaday Award Badge is named after 19th-century conservationist William Temple Hornaday, who is credited for saving American bison from extinction. The Hornaday award started in 1914 and was Bobby Nice adopted as a Boy Scout award following his death in 1937. According to the Boy Scout website, only 1,100 medals have been given out in the past 80 years. Nice is the only individual to receive the award in his troop. “These awards represent a substantial commitment of time and energy by individuals who have learned the meaning of a conservation/environmental ethic,” the website said. “The fundamental purpose of the Hornaday Awards program is to encourage learning by the participants and to increase public awareness
See NICE, Page 5A
BY ISABEL HUGHES
isabel.hughes @gwinnettdailypost.com
Blaring its horn once, twice, and then a third time, a freight train rumbled through downtown Duluth, families chatting as they lined up on either side of the tracks. “This is how you know you’re in a small town,” one woman said to a friend. “You have to stand and wait for the train to pass through before crossing.” As the gates lifted, a stream of people — some residents, some out-of-towners — made
Kids stand on the barricades and wave for candy at the Duluth Fall Festival Parade on Saturday. (Photo: Cory Hancock)
Boys Scout and Snellville resident Bobby Nice is pictured working at the Dunwoody Nature Center. (Special Photo)
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