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New Year. New Opportunity. New Chamber. Gwinnett Chamber Transformation!

Get ready for transformative changes in 2024! The Gwinnett Chamber has invested $5.4 million in a renovation that signifies a period of growth and innovation. This overhaul is not just cosmetic; it demonstrates a commitment to fostering a diverse and dynamic business community. The 3-story building, constructed in the early 2000s, is undergoing modernization with cutting-edge design,...

Bill Russell: Beautifying Gwinnett’s Landscape Corner By Corner

Warm, witty, charming. Those are just some of the words that describe Bill Russell, founder of Russell Landscape Group–one of the most famous landscape companies in the Southeast. As a young boy, Russell wasn’t as familiar with the world of beautifying and perfecting landscapes. He was raised on a farm just forty miles south...

Richard Tucker: Trailblazing a Legacy of Leadership

Some of the earliest lessons Richard Tucker, CEO and co-founder of Arlington Capital, learned about being an effective leader, he gleaned at the tender age of nine when he was still a young boy fresh in his elementary school years. Tucker was raised by parents who inherently displayed the tenets of great leadership in everything they did...

Teacher of the Year: Ashley Wright, Paul Duke Stem High School

Ashley Wright reminisces about the days she’d wind her way through dense Atlanta traffic, kickstarting the trek from her home in Suwanee to St. Pius X Catholic High School, a private school in Atlanta where she held her first teaching job. On several of these morning drives, her gaze would catch on the nascent structure of Paul...

Lawrenceville and Impact 46 Announce Next Class of Leaders

The City of Lawrenceville and Impact46 are thrilled to announce the next cohort of community leaders as part of the Lawrenceville Legacy Leaders (L3) and Lawrenceville Legacy Leaders Mentors (L3M) programs. These initiatives aim to foster leadership, community engagement, and civic awareness among students from Central Gwinnett, Discovery, Maxwell, Phoenix, and Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science &...

Gwinnett Chamber Names Seven 2023 Moxie Award Winners 

The Gwinnett Chamber announced seven winners and recognized more than one hundred finalists at the 2023 Moxie Awards, presented by Northeast Georgia Health System. Established to honor women professionals, the Moxie Awards program welcomed more than 500 hundred attendees to the Gas South District for this year’s celebration. “The Moxie Awards recognize women who...

Marlene M. Fosque as New Vice President of Economic Development

The Gwinnett Chamber announces the hiring of Marlene M. Fosque to its executive leadership team. Fosque will be the new Vice President of Economic Development leading the Partnership Gwinnett initiative. She brings more than 20 years of corporate business experience to the role and served for four years (2019-2022) in public office with the Gwinnett County Board...

Piedmont Eastside Welcomes New Chief Officers.

Piedmont Eastside Welcomes Larry Ebert as Chief Executive Officer! Ebert first joined Piedmont in 2017 as the Executive Director of Strategic Operations at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. After his time in Athens, Ebert served as Chief Executive Officer at Piedmont Walton Hospital in Monroe for five years.