The Loganville Week – September 14th 2026

Welcome to the Loganville Week, your go-to source for local news, community updates, and market insights right here in Loganville. Here’s what’s making headlines in our area this week.

New O’Kelly Memorial Library Opens Saturday on Main Street
The Azalea Regional Library System holds the grand opening of the new O’Kelly Memorial Library on Saturday, September 19 at 210 Main Street in downtown Loganville. A ribbon cutting and guest speakers run from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., followed by a Ken Scott Magic Show at noon. The new building replaces the branch at 363 Conyers Road, which was built in 1989 and has 7,162 square feet of usable space. Funding came from a $3 million state Capital Outlay Grant, $1.2 million in Walton County impact fees and $1.5 million in federal ARPA funds from the City of Loganville, which also donated the Main Street land. The city owns the Conyers Road property and will decide whether that building is repurposed or sold.

Council Denies All Five Variances for Proposed Sprouts on Brand Road
At its August 13 meeting the Loganville City Council unanimously denied all five variance requests tied to a proposed Sprouts Farmers Market at 530 and 540 Brand Road, on the Gwinnett County side of the city near Oak Grove Road and U.S. Highway 78. Nashville-based GBT Realty Corporation had proposed a 23,273 square foot grocery store plus 8,800 square feet of attached commercial space on a 3.61-acre tract. The five cases, numbered V26-003 through V26-007, sought to reduce or remove the 10-foot landscape buffers along Brand Road and Oak Grove Road, encroach into the city’s 50-foot undisturbed stream buffer along Big Flat Creek, remove the 25-foot non-impervious setback beyond that buffer, and shorten parking stalls from 19 feet to 18 feet. The Planning Commission had recommended approval, and project attorney Henry Bailey asked for a chance to revise the plans before a vote. Councilwoman Lisa Newberry moved to deny each request, and Councilwoman Patti Wolfe said the volume of variances needed to fit the store on the tract outweighed the appeal of having a Sprouts in Loganville.

Gwinnett Property Tax Bills Arrive This Month at 6.95 Mills
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners voted August 4 to hold the general fund millage rate at 6.95 mills for the seventh consecutive year. Because that rate sits 0.158 mills above the rollback rate of 6.792 mills, Georgia’s Truth in Taxation law required the county to hold three public hearings and advertise the result as a property tax increase even though the rate itself did not change. On a $400,000 home the county general fund portion rises by roughly $23.70 for an owner with a basic homestead exemption and roughly $25.28 without one. Homeowners carrying the basic homestead exemption also receive the Value Offset Exemption, which holds the assessed value constant for the county portion of the bill by setting a base year value, though it does not apply to school or city taxes. Gwinnett tax bills are mailed in September and payments are due in November.

As always, if you have questions about the Shannon Lake real estate market or are thinking about buying or selling, I’m just a call or email away.

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Century 21 Connect Realty
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