When Jason Carter looks at the community that has grown up along Jimmy Carter Boulevard, he sees a representation of many of the ideals of his grandfather and his grandfather’s presidential administration.
The younger Carter, who now serves chairman of the Carter Center, said the diversity of southwest Gwinnett, particularly along the roadway named for the former president, speaks to the international standing of Jimmy Carter, who is now 98, and what he did for Georgia.
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