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www.GoodMorningGwinnett.Com Vivien Rayam is the General Manager and Co-owner of Code Ninjas Snellville. Code Njnjas teaches kids to code through an engaging game- based curriculum that teaches teamwork, logic, math, and problem solving. She oversees operations, staff, and program development. Vivien has worked in the non-profit housing industry for 15 years. She is skilled in program management and development, strategic planning, and communications. For over five years, she managed the Peer Learning and Communications department for a 700-million-dollar nationalprogram that supported up to 1,700 housing counseling agencies and helped over two million homeowners mitigate foreclosure. She was also influential in the passing of the landmark anti-predatory lending legislation in the state of Rhode Island. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, MBA, and MS in Community Economic Development.

www.GoodMorninGwinnett.com he city of Duluth has appointed its first black judge.Gwinnett County lawyer Tiffany Porter has been appointed associate judge for the city. In that role, Porter oversees cases including local traffic offenses and city ordinance violations. Felony and misdemeanor cases are generally handled by the Gwinnett County judicial system.SOURCE: www.AJC.com#Podcast, #TiffanyPorter, #DailyHoroscopes

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com A developer wants to build an apartment community targeting lower-income families in western Gwinnett. BH Affordable LLC has filed documents requesting the rezoning necessary to build a 168-unit complex at 1395 Winder Highway, southwest of Ga. 316 near Dacula. The project would be a low-income housing tax credit apartment development, documents said, with renters limited to households earning 60% or less of the area’s median income. SOURCE: www.AJC.com#Kemp, #Podcast, #Daily Horoscope

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com My guest today is political candidate Patsy Austin-Gaston who is running for the Gwinnett County District Attorney seat. Patsy has been attorney for 30 years and brings a lot of experience both on the state and federal level.#podcast, #dailyhoroscope

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Primerica officials are not only looking to the future as far as how new technologies will help them serve their customers, they are now figuring out ways to make it happen.The company teamed up with Partnership Gwinnett to unveil its new Primerica Technology Innovation Center on Breckinridge Boulevard in the Duluth area on Monday.The 38,000-square-foot center is designed to give employees tools to “accelerate digital initiatives” and spur growth for the company, according to Primerica and Partnership Gwinnett.“After several years of rapid growth, the employee count at our headquarters in Gwinnett County has nearly reached capacity with over 1,800 employees,” Primerica Chief Executive Officer Glenn Williams said.“We are excited to be relocating a large portion of our IT team to a new, state-of-the-art facility that provides our teammates with an open-concept, highly collaborative work environment. Continuing to enhance our technological capabilities is vital to our ongoing growth and is strategically important for our company.”SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com#Podcast, #DailyHoroscope, #GwinnettNews

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett’s Complete Count Committee is hosting a family-oriented census rally to help explain the 2020 Census 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 at the Bicentennial Plaza, 275 South Perry Street next to the Lawrenceville Lawn.The rally includes kids’ activities, a DJ, food trucks, free snacks like cotton candy and nachos, speakers, entertainment, educational resources and more. Speakers at the event will explain the census process and how important it will be to count various facets of Gwinnett’s population, including hard-to-count groups like kids under age 5.Residents can ask questions, learn more about the importance of the count, and as details about security measures that keep information safe.SOURCE: www.AJC.com

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com The SEC Gymnastics Championship will be held at the Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth on March 21. This will be the sixth time the venue has hosted the competition, with the last championship held in Duluth in 2015.The truth inside senior care homes. Go behind the scenes...By AJC MarketingAdvertiser ContentThe truth inside senior care homes. Go behind the scenes...MORE | Gwinnett brewery opens taproom in Infinite Energy ArenaEight schools of the 14 in the SEC field a gymnastics team: the University of Georgia, University of Florida, Louisiana State University, University of Kentucky, University of Alabama, Auburn University, University of Missouri and University of Arkansas. All eight teams are nationally ranked. Florida is ranked highest as No. 6 nationally and No. 1 in the SEC. Georgia is ranked No. 8 nationally and No. 4 in the SEC.SOURCE: www.AJC.com#Gymnastics, Gwinnett Gymnastics, #Daily Horoscopes, #PodCast

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Thousands of people on Gwinnett County’s voter rolls who haven’t voted in awhile could be kicked off if they don’t quickly respond to notices the county’s elections office is be preparing to send out.Gwinnett Elections Supervisor Kristi Royston said about 22,000 voters in the county are set to receive NGE notices — NGE essentially stands for “no activity through two general elections.”These voters are therefore deemed “inactive” by state elections officials, and are scheduled to be removed from voter rolls if they don’t quickly update their registration information. Officially, the registrations are “canceled” if the voter does not respond.This is part of a change in how Georgia removes “inactive” voters from the voter rolls, since state law now requires notices be sent out to voters to let them know they are scheduled for removal.“This is a change to this process that came out of House Bill 316,” Royston said. “This cancellation has taken place before, but in the past, there was not a notification prior to removal.SOURCE: www.AJC.com #Podcast, #DailyHoroscope, Gwinnett Podcast, Gwinnett News

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Specialists from Northside Hospital Duluth’s Concussion Institute will begin working in rural GA schools — virtually. The Institute recently signed a contract to be a telemedicine partner with Ware County Schools.The partnership is the first of its kind in the state — Northside Hospital Duluth will be the first to offer school-based concussion services via telemedicine, and it is set up for success, as the Ware County School System has been a recognized telemedicine provider for the past fifteen years.“Telemedicine, in general, is not something brand new, but the concussion aspect of it is something that’s brand new. We can’t find anyone else that’s doing similar school-based concussion care via telemedicine in this state, and we’re not certain if anyone around the country is doing school-based concussion care via telemedicine, either,” said Kristin Crea, Director of the Sports Medicine Program and Concussion Institute at Northside Hospital Duluth.Through the new partnership, Northside Hospital Duluth health professionals will provide much-needed sports medicine and concussion injury services for up to 6,000 high school athletes in Ware County Schools. To satisfy state requirements, Northside will also work with educators to offer “Return to Play” and “Return to Learn” protocol so athletes can resume their usual academic and extracurricular routines without exacerbating conditions.SOURCE: www.GwinnettCitizen.com#Podcast, Gwinnett County Podcast, Gwinnett News

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett County police Officer Antwan Toney was slain on Oct. 20, 2018 — one year ago Sunday.Toney, just 30 years old and three years into the law enforcement career he’d envisioned since he was a child, was a man held up as a guiding light and an inspiration to those who knew him. His life ended at the hands of a teenager he never met. SOURCE: www.AJC.com#Podcast, Georgia, #DailyHoroscopes, #GwinnettNews

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com “There are people who live there who have children,” said Travis Gatson, chief investigator for the solicitor’s office. “They have to have a safe place just like any other neighborhood.”Solicitor General Brian Whiteside sent letters this week to the corporate offices of five hotels, asking for a meeting within a month to work on solutions to “multiple criminal issues” at the hotels.The five hotels have been the source of 300 misdemeanor cases between September 2018 and September 2019, with one hotel accounting for 99 — nearly a third of those cases.The solicitor general’s office has requested meetings with corporate leaders from Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Red Roof Inn and Extended Stay America regarding the following hotels:SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com#Podcast, #Horoscopes,

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Northside Hospital wants to build two 100,000-square-foot buildings near the Mall of Georgia, according to documents filed with Gwinnett County.The hospital, which recently merged with Gwinnett Medical Center, cites the surrounding community’s need for convenient medical services as a reason to build in its application filed with Gwinnett’s zoning office. Northside also points to its merger with Gwinnett Medical Center as a reason the new buildings are needed.SOURCE: www.AJC.com#Podcasting, #DailyHoroscopes

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Gwinnett Tech announced it has promoted Stephanie Rooks to vice president of adult education, and hired Ebony Starks as executive director of the Gwinnett Tech Foundation.“I welcome Stephanie and Ebony in their new roles, our adult education programs and Foundation play vital roles in our mission to support our community in Gwinnett and North Fulton counties,” Gwinnett Tech President D. Glen Cannon said.Rooks was previously Dean of Adult Education for the college. In her new position, she will oversee all Adult Education and ESL services for Gwinnett Tech. She is also responsible for implementing adult education programs for 17 preparation locations in Gwinnett and North Fulton counties.Rooks has 18 years of professional experience in higher education. She received a bachelor of liberal arts and sciences from Oglethorpe University and a master of science in organizational leadership from Brenau University. She serves as Gwinnett Tech’s representative for the Atlanta Regional Workforce Development and Fulton County Workforce Development boards.Starks comes from Gwinnett Housing Corporation as the development manager. In her new role Gwinnett Tech Foundation she will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations and resource development of the foundation. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a focus on Community Development from Howard University in Washington, D.C., a Master of Science in Urban Policy Studies with a focus on Public Administration from Georgia State University and is a 2014 Leadership Gwinnett graduate.SOURCE: www.GwinnettDailyPost.com#PodCast, #GwinnettPodcast, #DailyHoroscopes

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com While many would say there’s no chance of that happening any time soon, new laws signal attitudes are changing in metro Atlanta and around the state. What’s less clear is how quickly more widespread changes could come.Since 2016, 12 cities or counties in Georgia have passed local laws reducing the penalty for possession of an ounce or less of marijuana. Almost 1.2 million Georgians, about 11% of the state population, now live in a place where, in most cases, they won’t be jailed if found with less than an ounce of pot.SOURCE: www.ajc.com

www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Today is Friday and I'm interviewing Levenix Riddle on my beyond Gwinnett special show. Levenix is the leading actor in the movie Animator which can be found streaming on Tubi TV.