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Speaker: Community support crucial for success
Annual address highlights progress
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Jim Sanfilippa shares a laugh before the State of the Community address Thursday at the Lanier Technical College Forsyth Conference Center. Seated with him, from left, are Linda Cole, Hans Meier and Beth Buursema. - photo by Autumn Vetter
The key to Forsyth County’s continued success is support, a local hospital official told a gathering of nearly 400 community members Thursday.From teachers supporting students and staff supporting elected officials to the hospital encouraging the county’s thriving health, having a key support system is crucial.“We are undertaking an effort to have a large but functional support group,” Lynn Jackson said. “Everyone in this room today, we are one big support group.”Jackson, administrator of Northside Hospital-Forsyth, was one of several speakers during the Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of the Community Address. The event, whose co-host was the Council for Quality Growth, welcomed representatives from the city, county and school system to talk about progress made in 2011 and goals for the remainder of 2012.“Today, I’d like to suggest that we allow ourselves the pleasure to get to celebrate the things that make our community so great,” Jackson said.