Gwinnett County residents get a new park Tuesday

Gwinnett County will open a new 25-acre park on Five Forks Trickum Road near Lilburn next week.

The county will dedicate J.B. Williams Park at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday at 4935 Five Forks Trickum Road SW. It’s just down the street from the county’s existing Mountain Park Park.

The new park features a lighted baseball/softball field, a .75-mile paved trail, a playground, skate complex, dog park, pavilion and meadow.

Gwinnett bought the property in 2008 from the J.B. Williams family. The county used money from a voter-approved special sales tax to pay for the $5.2 million construction cost.

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David Wickert writes about the state budget, finance and voting issues. Previously, he covered local government and politics in Gwinnett and Fulton counties. Before moving to Atlanta, he worked at newspapers in Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.

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