City Council Highlights: July 16, 2012

The final public hearing for the GGC-Downtown Corridor and changes at the Lawrenceville Tourism and Trade Association were the big talkers at Monday evening's City Council Meeting.

Lawrenceville Patch was live blogging from the City Council meeting Monday evening. Below are posts from some of the meetings hot topics. Farmer's Market Moving       (Note: In talking with Councilmember PK Martin after the meeting, it was clarified that this change will begin in two Saturdays. Martin said he hopes this will increase traffic to shops and restaurants on the Square.) GGC-Downtown Corridor Public Hearing   Lawrenceville Patch: Cook has gone past his allotted 7 minutes to speak but council is letting him continue.     Lawrenceville Tourism and Trade Association Agreement Lawrenceville Patch: Hope to have two interviews, positions filled by late July and in positions by early August.  

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Vanzetta Evans

9:15 am on Tuesday, July 17, 2012

That is correct. These notes are in real time and sometimes there maybe misspellings of names and other typos. Thanks for pointing that out Melissa.   more ›

City Council Work Session Agenda: June 20

The LTTA's agreement and discussion about a proposed new QuikTrip in Lawrenceville are on today's agenda.

LAWRENCEVILLE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION ~ AGENDA ~ 70 S. Clayton Street Lawrenceville, GA 30046 http://www.lawrencevillega.org Wednesday, June 20, 2012 3:00 PM Council Assembly Room I. Call to Order II. Prayer III. Pledge of Allegiance IV. Discussion of General City Business 1. Signage Project Presented by: Mike Reedy 2. LTTA Agreement Presented by: Mayor & Council/LTTA 3. Purchase Items Using Asset Forfeiture Funds Presented by: Randy Johnson 4. Police Building HVAC "Controls" Maitenance Contract Presented by: Randy Johnson 5. Police Building HVAC Equipment Maintenance Contract Presented by: Randy Johnson 6. Material for Farm Taps Presented by: Mike Hutchins 7. Appeal of Section 8.7 of the Zoning Ordinance Presented by: Josh Ferguson Bob …

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LTTA Parts Ways With DDA

At Monday's City Council meeting, representatives from the Lawrenceville Tourism and Trade Association announced they are ending their relationship with the Downtown Development Association. Read the minutes from the meeting for more details.

Bunny Hop Through Downtown

The Easter Bunny paid a visit to Downtown Lawrenceville, taking time out to sip tea and even apply for a loan!

  The Easter Bunny made an early visit to Downtown Lawrenceville. On Friday, Mr. Bunny hopped through downtown to deliver breakfast to the merchants. Some of his stops included Aristeacrats, Magnolias, La Cazuela and Brand Banking Company.

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Lawrenceville Welcomes Playwright John Ahlin

A meet and greet tea was held in honor of the creator of the play "Gray Area."

The Lawrenceville Tourism and Trade Association welcomed playwright John Ahlin to town by hosting a meet and greet tea Thursday. Ahlin penned the play Gray Area which is now showing at the Aurora Theatre. The event was held at the Visitors' Center downtown. Tea from Aristeacrats was in the theme of Ahlin's play-- like "Earl Gray Area"-- was served as visitors mixed and mingled. The Aurora Theatre's is the third location to produce the play. Ahlin says Gray Area has also been performed in New York and Los Angeles, and now for the first time it is playing in the South. "Which I'm so excited about because of the nature of the play," said Ahlin. "The reaction here has just been splendid." Not only is Ahlin a playwright, but he is also an actor…

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