Business View Magazine | November 2019

302 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2019 I do think at some point it may switch over to Millennials, but it’s more of a downsize market right now in our community, where people want to live and play in a downtown area with all the amenities in walking distance.” As for economic drivers, Sherman acknowledges, “Three of the most recession-proof industries have headquarters within the Lawrenceville city limits. On the education side, we have Georgia Gwinnett College. In healthcare, Gwinnett Medical Center has just recently merged with Northside Hospital. That hospital system serves the entire population (nearly one million) of Gwinnett County. They’re planning a major expansion on the campus in the near future. And we also have Gwinnett County government services with 3,000 employees – lawyers, judges, other professionals coming to work here every day in our downtown. They are helping to beautify our parks and add to the walkability with investment in the core area to create that atmosphere. Those three resources are huge assets to the city when it comes to economic growth and stability in times of recession.” There Gwinnett County Historic Courthouse