Gwinnett County visionary and founder of Greater Atlanta Christian School, Jesse Long (1932-2014), will be honored at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 18 with the official naming of I-85 at Indian Trail Road, Exit 101, as the Jesse Long Interchange. Jesse Long broke ground in the rural part of southern Gwinnett in the early 60’s and then worked to build his dream, Greater Atlanta Christian School, a ½ mile from the interchange.
Today, the Greater Atlanta Christian School educational community consists of 1,600 pre-K-12th students on 88 acres with 34 buildings.
The ceremony will take place at the office complex grounds for Representative Clay Cox, located near the interchange at 1770 Indian Trail Road in Norcross, and is co-hosted by Representative Chuck Efstration, Representative Brenda Lopez, and the Georgia Department of Transportation.
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