Updated Feb. 14, 2012

Gwinnett Board Of Commissioners Chairman Charlotte Nash will make the annual State Of The County speech Wednesday (Feb. 15) as part of a Gwinnett Chamber Of Commerce program.

The event/speech will be at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Nash was elected in 2011 to fill the unexpired term of former Chairman Charles Bannister, who resigned amid a grand jury probe into questionable land deals. Nash therefore will be up for re-election in 2012.

She has said that it is "too early" to make a formal announcement about her plans. , some from prominent Gwinnett figures.

In her first year, Nash has helped the county to a balanced budget for fiscal year 2012 (not needing reserve funds, as it did in 2011), and has played a role in Gwinnett County reaching a Service Delivery Strategy agreement with cities in the Gwinnett Municipal Association.