Gwinnett.talk

By GR

November 13, 2007 11:54 AM | Link to this

These are just a few things that I think downtown Duluth needs to increase foot traffic:

Public Bathrooms and Free Concerts (why pay for a concert when the only bathroom option is a nasty porta potty?) New playground to replace the one they tore down last year - with the fountain closed indefinately there is no attraction for the kids Better traffic patterns during rush hour

By JSC

November 13, 2007 12:25 PM | Link to this

Downtown Duluth will not be ‘revitalized’ while Americans feel like visitors in a third world country because of the people wandering around the sidewalks and streets.

When we drive down Buford Hwy, we just keep on going. There is nothing I need badly enough in downtown Duluth to stop my car and leave it. Sorry - truth hurts.

By Herb

November 13, 2007 1:54 PM | Link to this

After seeing more cars pulled over by the cops in Duluth than anywhere else I’ve been around ATL the last few years, I always believed Duluth was a speedtrap anyway. After getting a (video camera)ticket on Pleasant Hill for running a red light under 1 second (.88) according to DPD, I KNOW it is a speed trap. Okay, so I’m guilty and I paid the fine. And now, I’m supposed to want to take my lighter wallet back to this place and spend my money and time there? No thank you! Let it rot to the ground, and let the third worlders have a ball helping it rot. I will avoid this place altogether! Maybe that’s just resentment, but it’s how I feel.

By Atlanta Pearl Girl

November 13, 2007 3:31 PM | Link to this

I think they’ll be fine….. we are all in a wee bit of a slump it seems….. But with the holidays right around the corner….the magic of the seaon will bring people around. :::::tapping heels together and hoping::::::::

Atlanta Pearl Girl

By Jeff

November 13, 2007 3:36 PM | Link to this

Downtown Lawrenceville is the only downtown location in Gwinnett that I travel to for entertainment. There are always great FREE family events, an abundance of parking and great shops and restaurants. Duluth needs to rid itself of the illegal immigrants before I go there. Pleasant Hill has too many foreign businesses with signs I can’t read. Same for Beaver Ruin and I don’t even want to talk about Buford Highway.

Lorraine Green hasn’t lived up to any of her promises!!!

By Tracy

November 13, 2007 3:46 PM | Link to this

Town Green is nice. The concerts this summer were just so so. I will visit the shops in December.If Duluth wants more foot traffic they need to keep the rent lower than then surrounding locations to bring the businesses in.

Don’t let the Korean’s have the Strickland House all they want to do is tear it down and build another strip mall. We don’t need anymore building until all the shops & warehouses are full.

By M. Thomas

November 13, 2007 3:58 PM | Link to this

I think Duluth needs to rally around the people who live, work and have kids that go to school in Duluth. Have something for everyone to join in on.

By NMP

November 13, 2007 4:26 PM | Link to this

Duluth and South Suwanee is full of stingy forigners. Every subdivision along hwy 120, Old peachtree Rd, Pleasant HillRd and Buford Hwy have atleast 75% homeowners whose last name or first name sound like a metal tone.

By DM

November 13, 2007 4:53 PM | Link to this

Just so you know, there are new public bathrooms that were opened at the Fall Festival. They are just left of the Festival Center. They should be enough to handle the normal day-to-day traffic. For major events, port-o-potties will continue to be used just like they are in every outdoor event in Atlanta

By Duluth is a w*******

November 13, 2007 6:04 PM | Link to this

Duluth will never revive as long as the city is in the Real Estate business. They have very covertly acquired all the buildings on Main Street failing to prove that it was in the publics health,safety and welfare.

The city is getting what it deserves because it is a w******* for money… and nobody likes to show a w******* off to their friends.

By Michael

November 13, 2007 8:07 PM | Link to this

The problem with downtown Doolooth is summed up in one word. Why?

Downtown Suwanee is different. They built it up from the ground and thus did not have to pay homage to anachronistic things like Parsons and antique stores. No trains running right past you.

As for red-light runners, speeders and anti-foreigners, please stay out of Doolooth.

By Duluth Redneck

November 13, 2007 8:14 PM | Link to this

The Red Clay Theater is the best thing they have going. There is really no reason to go to downtown Duluth unless it is a special event or to the Theater. Swaunee concerts are FREE and they have 5 guys burgers.

And traffic is horrendous during morning and evening rush hours and many other times. There is only one road to get through Duluth east to west

By Used to live in Duluth

November 13, 2007 8:45 PM | Link to this

Let’s be honest here…there are too many Mexicans and the like. I’m sure the P.C. police will show up and say this isn’t fair, etc., but it’s the truth. Gwinnett County is a disaster for regular Americans.

By true

November 13, 2007 9:41 PM | Link to this

Couple of things need to happen in Duluth 1. enforce the building codes at Proctor Square etc.. and if there are violations FINE the owner. His name is Ed Larkin. 2. Make the streets leading into downtown pedistrian friendly with wide sidewalks and laterns. 3. Get a brand name restaurant like Houstons 4. Dont spend 13 million on a building a city hall that could be built for 10 million by another construciton company.

By po

November 13, 2007 9:44 PM | Link to this

The same person has been making the decisions for downtown duluth for the past 100 years and you see where it has gotten us. This person is a citizen who lives close but does not even own a business in Gwinnett Cty??

By so

November 13, 2007 9:47 PM | Link to this

Rep. Coleman where have you been while Rome was burning?? Councilman Mundrick you still making decisions??

By Longtime Resident

November 14, 2007 6:10 AM | Link to this

Downtown Duluth? There is no downtown, just a few old buildings on one side of the busiest “cut throughs” in the county. The layout will never produce viable shopping & pedestrian strolling. Politically correct or not, it has become third world and will only continue to worsen. Parking? Almost non-existant. Attraction? One fountain filled with cute little Mexican kids, when it is working.

By AM

November 14, 2007 6:31 AM | Link to this

Remove the loitering illegals, put in some restaurants (NOT VIVA Latino), some entertainment, and some reasons to go downtown. More parking.

By Greg

November 14, 2007 7:39 AM | Link to this

Downtown Lawrenceville also has a permanent building for restrooms on it’s square for big festivals and concerts. Have you seen the changes in downtown Lawrenceville lately? In five years, it will be the top residential destination in Gwinnett.

By wondering?

November 14, 2007 8:40 AM | Link to this

I have been going to the Duluth festival for almost 10 years now and this past year the police routed traffic away from 120 and down this side road (almost 1 lane)that was so heavily congested that it took me almost 45 minutes to go less than 1 mile. Next year they need to let traffic flow normally and stop this nonsense. If the attendees of the festival would not stop in the middle of the festival area to have a conversation with their next door neighbors it would make the flow of pedestrian traffic flow better inside the festival area also. Therefore, it would be more enjoyable for everyone.

By wondering?

November 14, 2007 8:40 AM | Link to this

I have been going to the Duluth festival for almost 10 years now and this past year the police routed traffic away from 120 and down this side road (almost 1 lane)that was so heavily congested that it took me almost 45 minutes to go less than 1 mile. Next year they need to let traffic flow normally and stop this nonsense. If the attendees of the festival would not stop in the middle of the festival area to have a conversation with their next door neighbors it would make the flow of pedestrian traffic flow better inside the festival area also. Therefore, it would be more enjoyable for everyone.