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SNELLVILLE – The city will honor military veterans during a special ceremony Nov. 11, Veterans Day.

The ceremony will take place from 6-8 p.m. in front of City Hall.

Luminaries in honor of veterans will be sold for $5 each and can be purchased at Snellville City Hall on Nov. 9 and 10 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. See Regina Hart at City Hall to purchase them. Luminaries will also be sold on the day of the event from 4-6 p.m. near the Veterans Memorial in front of City Hall. Luminaries will line the walkway leading up the Veterans Memorial and stay lit on Saturday evening and will be taken down Sunday morning.

There will be patriotic songs played by the Gwinnett Community Band starting at 6 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., the program will begin and include the Button Gwinnett Chapter Militia, the South Gwinnett High School JROTC cadets, the Gwinnett Community Band and VFW Post 4180.

The program will honor Spc. Etienne J. Murphy, 1st Ranger Battalion with the 75th Ranger Regiment, who gave his life defending America. Murphy was a South Gwinnett High School JROTC member before joining the military.

A ceremony honoring all American Hero Banner holders will also take place.

The SGHS JROTC cadets will be handing out programs for the celebration and candles that will be lit during "Taps" played by the Gwinnett Community Band during the program.

The Button Gwinnett Chapter Militia tent will display of military relics and information about the American Revolution.

Snellville officials are currently reviewing a Greenway Master Plan.

The initial meetings for the Snellville Greenway Initiative took place in June and July. The purpose of these public meetings was to figure out who should be involved in the discussion and to garner input from a variety of sources on what kinds of trails and destinations would be preferable.
Gwinnett County has also been at work refining and updating their own Greenway Master Plan, and planning at the county level has aided and informed Snellville's efforts. In August, representatives from Snellville attended the latest meeting regarding development of this Master Plan.
The focus of county planning thus far has been the creation of a list of projects that can be feasibly completed by 2040. The August meeting advertised the list of projects currently on the list, and to gather input on which projects the municipalities, CIDs and other entities of Gwinnett County believe are the highest priority.

To view the plan, click on the button below.

Snellville Greenway Master Plan

SNELLVILLE – Saturday's Drug Take Back event yielded 243 pounds of unwanted or expired prescription medication keeping the medicine out of the hands of children and criminals.

The event continues to be heavily supported by the community. At the spring event there were 300 pounds of unwanted drugs collected from residents and discarded safely, bringing the yearly total to 543 pounds.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency sponsors the event twice a year and the Snellville Police Department partnership with PCOM School of Pharmacy at Georgia Campus - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine allows police to also to foster relationships with future pharmacists that will work in the community and educate citizens in the proper disposal of prescription medication.

"With the opioid epidemic plaguing the country these events are an important effort to reduce the potential for abuse of prescription medication," said event organizer Lt. Andre Sullivan. "I would like to thank the SPD reserve unit, DEA, PCOM Pharmacy School and most importantly the community for their continued support."

The next event will be held next spring.

SNELLVILLE – The Snellville Police Department will be participating in the National Drug Take Back event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Snellville Police Department, 2315 Wisteria Drive.

The event is designed to allow residents a safe way to dispose of prescription drugs that would be dangerous in the hands of children and potentially abused by others.

Officers will set up a drive-thru style drop off so residents can drive up to the designated drop-off area to participate in the event. No needles or syringes can be accepted.

SPD has collected more than a ton of unwanted prescription drugs while participating in this program.

For more information about the event contact Lt. A.L. Sullivan at 770-985-3555 or asullivan@snellville.org.

On Monday, Councilman Bobby Howard presented a proclamation to the SPD and PCOM School of Pharmacy at Georgia Campus - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine students who have participated in the program for putting on the event numerous times each year.

SNELLVILLE - The city's Senior Center has a new Little Library thanks to Eagle Scout Mitchell Stevens.

A house-shaped box has been affixed to the brick Senior Center on the City Hall campus for readers to select a book and return it when their reading is finished.

A Boy Scout since first grade, Stevens said he chose to build the Little Library made of cedar, screws and plywood as his Eagle Scout project because "it's educational and benefits the community."

Stevens, 17, is a Brookwood High School student with aspirations to go to college when he graduates.

The Little Library has already garnered Stevens positive feedback, as a woman in his neighborhood sent him an email thanking him for it.

This is the second Little Library on the City Hall campus, as there is one in the lobby of City Hall.

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SNELLVILLE – The city hosted a unique and highly successful Atlanta Regional Commission Civic Dinner Saturday. The ARC, in conjunction with its International Advisory Panel, has been sponsoring dinners throughout the region since the spring of this year. To date, each dinner has been relatively small with six to eight people in attendance.

The planning committee for Saturday's dinner, which included Snellville Councilman Dave Emanuel, took a different approach by expanding the number of people attending. In what has potentially become a prototype for future events, the Snellville dinner included more than two dozen attendees.

Each ARC civic dinner focuses on a specific topic, including livability, mobility, prosperity, beloved community and "Our Future Atlanta." At the Snellville dinner, catered by Fratelli's Italian restaurant, the discussion was about prosperity. Each attendee discussed his or her interpretation of prosperity's meaning and the ways in which the ARC can help the region maintain prosperity and expand opportunities for people who are struggling.

"The purpose of ARC's International Advisory Panel is to involve a broad cross-section of the region's international community to provide feedback on key regional topics and issues of interest," Emanuel said. "In planning this dinner, we thought the conversation would be more productive if we had 20-to-30 people expressing their views and listening to the views points of others. It was rewarding to see a diverse group from virtually every part of the region, exchanging ideas. I think the ARC will receive excellent feedback, which will be extremely helpful in future planning."

ARC's Civic Dinners will continue through December. Information about attending or hosting a dinner can be found at www.civicdinners.com.

Upcoming Senior Center Events

Upcoming Parks and Recreation Events

SNELLVILLE – City police and public works crews had their hands full Monday and Tuesday, keeping roads clear of trees and power lines and residents safe in the wake of Hurricane Irma.

As heavy winds and rain forced most people to seek shelter, the two agencies went the extra mile to keep residents safe and traffic moving.

"On behalf of the Mayor and Council I just want to thank our dedicated employees for their efforts in keeping Snellville safer and our roadways cleared throughout this major weather event," said City Manager Butch Sanders.

Snellville police responded to eight accident calls, 109 area checks, 10 citizen assist calls, four calls reporting trees hitting structures, 24 street hazard calls, 14 calls of wires down, 25 calls of trees down, 26 alarms and three fire-related calls on top of their usual workload during the storm.

Ten additional officers including three reserve officers were called in and 16 officers were held over their usual shifts to assist.

Public Works crews removed trees from blocking roadways through the evening on Springdale Road, Elizabeth Lane, Larkspur Circle, Alamo Place, Pine Road, Summit View Circle and Ridgedale Drive at Driftwood Place.

As of Tuesday morning, several streets had trees or live power lines down prohibiting travel - Williams Place, Village Court and Norton Street.

The storm left many in the city without power. More than 50,000 Walton EMC customers lost power in the storm, half of which had power restored by Tuesday morning.