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State Of County Address

Friday, January 18, 2013

'Be informed, Get Involved and Stay in Touch' in 2013

Gwinnett Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash asked the audience to join her in shaping Gwinnett’s next chapter in her State of the County Address at the Gwinnet Center in Duluth.

Gwinnett Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash asked every resident and business owner in Gwinnett “to be informed, to get involved, and to stay in touch” with county government this year in her State of the County Address Wednesday (Jan. 16) at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth. The sold-out event was hosted by the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and the Council for Quality Growth.  “From the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression to wrongdoing by now-former commissioners, Gwinnett has taken hard hits over the last few years,” Nash said. She pointed to a tax digest that declined four years in a row and is now at the 2005 level. Sales tax revenues dropped from $13 million in 2006 to less than $10 million in 2009, but rose last year to $…

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Nash Delivers State of County Address

Gwinnett County's new Board of Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash pointed to restoring public trust and budget crisis as key issues.

Well over 500 business and community leaders filled the Gwinnett Center's Tommy Hughes Ballroom on Wednesday to hear the county's new Board of Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash offer her first State of the County Address. The annual event, which usually take place in January, was delayed until a special election this past March was held to decide on a new county chairman. Newly elected Nash replaced Charles Bannister, who resigned last fall in the midst of a grand jury probe over county land deals. Nash, a former county administrator, took over the top spot during a failing economy that has forced the county to look for every means to cut expenses and reduce spending. She also came along when the public's trust was at an all time low …

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