Voters in about a dozen areas located on the edge’s of Lawrenceville’s city limits have a choice they have to make this spring: do they become part of the city or not.
An annexation referendum will be held in conjunction with the May 19 statewide primary on whether Lawrenceville will be allowed to proceed with a major annexation that will raise its population by about 19,000 residents. If voters in the targeted areas approve the annexation, Lawrenceville will become Gwinnett’s most populous city by far and it will be one of the 20 most populous cities in Georgia.
City leaders are preparing to embark on a public education campaign to talk to residents in the targeted areas about what annexation would mean for them…