The state’s top three targets for future toll lane expansions are I-285’s top end; Ga. 400 north of I-285; and the Gwinnett Connector, an extension of Sugarloaf Parkway from Ga. 316 to Peachtree Industrial Blvd., the state Department of Transportation announced this month. Tolls and private investment would help pay for widening or extending the roads. The same three projects were on the department’s list in 2009, though there were many more projects at that time. Study is under way on all three.
The state’s focus is currently on a project to add optional toll lanes alongside I-75 and I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee counties, as DOT awaits a decision on a federal loan.
In an effort to increase Hispanic college enrollment, the Center for Hispanic Leadership, a professional development and consulting firm to Fortune 500 companies, is hoping to partner with school districts here and across the country.
ARIEL HART
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A staffer with the Georgia Commission on Family Violence has been selected to run the group.
Greg Loughlin was named executive director of the commission after nine years on its staff, said the chair of the commission, Douglas County Juvenile Court Judge Peggy Walker. Loughlin also is co-chair of the Bishop’s Task Force on Domestic Violence for the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta.
The commission, created in 1992, certifies all Georgia family violence intervention programs and coordinates the statewide Domestic Violence Fatality Review project. TY TYGAMI
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Is your pet calendar-ready?
The Humane Society of Northeast Georgia is seeking pets to feature in its 2012 Life Savers Calendar.
The field is open to pets from pure breeds to mutts and from cats to fish. The calendar is a fundraiser for the organization.
Thirteen finalists will be featured in the 2012 calendar and each will receive a professional photography session and a portrait from Celestial Studios in Gainesville.
The contest is open through June 30. There is a tax-deductible entry fee of $20 for the first pet and $10 for each additional pet, with no limit on the number of pets a participant can enter.
The calendar will be printed and available for sale in September. For information go to www.hsnega.org,
or call the society at 770-532-6617.
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