Gwinnett County began Tuesday afternoon the demolition of the Stone Mountain Tennis Center, a venue that was built for — and hosted events during — Atlanta's 1996 Summer Olympics.
The tennis center will be completely demolished in the coming months and the county will open up the 24-acre site to proposals from private sector developers. They hope the property, whatever it eventually holds, will become the "Southern Gateway to Gwinnett."
“I want people to know they’ve arrived in Gwinnett County just from what sits on this site,” Gwinnett County Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash said Tuesday.
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