The legislation to create a new city in Gwinnett County has been released, and it includes a new name for the proposed municipality: Mulberry.
Late Friday afternoon, Georgia House Majority Leader Chuck Efstration, R-Auburn, and state Sen. Clint Dixon, R-Buford, released the proposed legislation as well as a study looking at the feasibility of what would be Gwinnett’s second largest city if it is approved by legislators and voters.
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