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Lawrenceville to hold downtown development meeting

By Arielle Kass
Sept 12, 2014

Lawrenceville is holding a visioning session for its downtown.

The city’s Downtown Development Authority will be discussing plans for the nine-block downtown area at a Sept. 22 meeting. It’s a chance for residents and local employees to learn about the city’s Main Street program and help define the vision for downtown.

The session will be held at 7 p.m. at the Lawrenceville city hall, at 70 South Clayton Street.

About the Author

Arielle Kass covers Gwinnett County for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She started at the paper in 2010, and has covered business and local government beats around metro Atlanta. Arielle is a graduate of Emory University.

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