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Gwinnett residents urge commissioners to deliver promised parks after SPLOST allocations fell short
Summary
At the April 15 Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners meeting, residents from an unincorporated school cluster said SPLOST funds have not resulted in local athletic fields or parks they were promised, and asked the board to prioritize land acquisition and park development.
Mark Johnson, a longtime Gwinnett County resident and parent, told the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners on April 15 that roughly 5,000 children in his local secondary school cluster have no county-owned athletic fields or community park to call their own. "Not 1 single Gwinnett County Park or athletic field to call their own — not 1 diamond of clay, not 1 rectangle of grass," Johnson said during the public-comment period.
Johnson said projects identified in older master plans — including the Duncan Creek master plan and recommendations for Bogan Park — were not completed and that capital from SPLOST (the Special Purpose Local Option…
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