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Residents get look at future of downtown
Published January 15, 2010
LOGANVILLE — Despite the weather, about 30 to 40 people turned out last week for the draft presentation of Loganville’s Livable Centers Initiative study.
The presentation will be made to the Atlanta Regional Commission later this year. A final presentation to residents is scheduled for 6 - 7:30 p.m. March 11 at City Hall. It will then be presented to the ARC.
“There were people from both the business community as well as residents and not all from inside the LCI district,” said City Manager Bill Jones, adding overall the reaction to the draft presentation was very positive. “We had some minor comments like where sidewalks should be, but overall the feedback was very positive.”
Designers Tunnell-Spangler-Walsh & Associates is assigned to develop the master plan for the LCI district in Loganville, which stretches from Highway 78 to Lee Byrd Road, encompassing the city’s historic core, nearby neighborhoods and the Highway 78 commercial corridor. Citizen input has been sought throughout the process in order to end up with a vision that is shared by the residents.
The draft master plan, which can be viewed on the Web-site at www.tunspan.com/ loganville/index.htm, creates a vision for 25 years into the future. It shows some alternatives for the downtown area such as making the current city hall a library and building a new city hall where the toddler park is. It also seeks to expand the downtown core to include C.S. Floyd Road and the old King property and to consider building up the median on Highway 78 with frequent access points to businesses on the corridor.
There are several ideas developed with the help of officials and residents that can be used to solicit development to Loganville.
Loganville qualified for an $80,000 LCI grant last year in order to complete this study. The LCI program was instituted in 1999 by the ARC to help local cities and counties better link transportation improvements with land-use development strategies to create sustainable, livable communities that help reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality.
According to the ARC, since the first grants were awarded in 2000, 94 communities have been assisted through the LCI program with more than $141 million in grant awards. Monroe received the LCI grant in 2007.
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