Wednesday, May 15, 2013
What will Peachtree Corners residents need over the next two decades, different types of housing, better transportation, more parks? It's all part of the ongoing Comprehensive Plan.
Since the beginning of the year, Peachtree Corners city leaders have held a number of meetings and several workshops to gather citizens input on its Comprehensive Plan. Tuesday night the city's Planning Commission was asked for its thoughts on how the city should plan for its future in terms of what its citizens will need and how to make the city more livable for an ever-changing - and aging population. "A Comprehensive Plan is similar to a road map or business plan, it helps guide city leaders on how to plan for the future, what its citizens will need, what they would like to see," explained Michelle Alexander, with Pond & Company, who has been tasked with holding the meetings to gather the data to help develop the city's plan. "It's …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Through a series of meetings and online surveys, the city is gathering data and input from residents to help direct policies for the next 20 years.
As part of its ongoing process to create a Comprehensive Plan, the city of Peachtree Corners held its second community meeting Tuesday (April 30) night at Winters Chapel United Methodist Church. With guidance from Pond & Company, an engineering firm hired to assist with the mammoth task of collecting every piece of data on the city, some 30 Peachtree Corners residents gathered to provide their input on a host of issues such as revitalizing the Holcomb Bridge Road corridor, adding multi-use trails to tie schools, neighborhoods to nearby parks to addressing empty shopping centers. "This is the most fun thing as mayor," said Mayor Mike Mason before the work session began. "We get to chart our course. It's worth our time because our community …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The city of Peachtree Corners has solicited feedback from its residents for its Comprehensive Plan - recently the business community got the chance to provide its input on the city's future plans.
The city of Peachtree Corners has over 2,000 businesses located within its borders and last week owners and operators had the chance to weigh in on what they thought should be included in the city's long-range plans. City leaders embarked on a comprehensive plan in early February and had asked residents to look ahead to the next two decades to what they thought would be needed to serve the community. And last week the Peachtree Corners Business Association (PCBA) hosted an event along with Pond & Company, the engineering firm retained to help with the plan, to gather input from local business owners and operators. Nearly 70 members of the business community attended the event which was held at the Peachtree Corners Baptist Church. So what'…
Friday, February 22, 2013
The city held its inaugural public Comprehensive Plan meeting Thursday night at City Hall. It represents the initial step in a six-month process in creating a blueprint for the city's next 20 years.
Thursday night represented the beginning of sorts for the residents of Peachtree Corners - a chance to speak out about the future of their city. The first public meeting in developing a Comprehensive Plan for the City of Peachtree Corners was held Thursday evening at City Hall. The process of creating a Comprehensive Plan, a requirement by the state of Georgia, is an opportunity for residents to look ahead into the next two decades and envision what the city and its residents will need for the future. It's most difficult to envision ourselves as a community acknowledged Mayor Mike Mason who spoke at the beginning of the meeting. He reminded the 75+ residents attending that they need to think of themselves as Peachtree Corners citizens. "It…
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Find out how the city plans on financing the purchase, what the city plans to do with the property located across from The Forum and more.
The City of Peachtree Corners announced Monday night (Feb. 19, 2013) during a Special Called meeting that it intends to purchase the 20+ undeveloped acres located across from The Forum. The land was slated to be developed into a 250+ apartment complex. To stop that development, which city leaders and many residents did not want, the City of Peachtree Corners will purchase the property. Below are 11 questions with answers to the purchase, and what ultimately will happen to the tract of land many know as "Robert Property." --------- Q. Why did the City purchase this land? A. We have the responsibility for protecting the quality of life in Peachtree Corners. This includes safeguarding property values, promoting school standings, as we are…
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Tuesday the Planning Commission heard from Pond & Co. on importance of getting public to participate in Comprehensive Plan and also made its recommendation on Newell Recycling's bid for change in zoning conditions and special use permits.
Where will the city of Peachtree Corners be in 2033? That's going to be determined in large part by the residents of Gwinnett County's newest city. Two representatives from Pond & Company, the engineering firm hired to help the city develop a Comprehensive Plan, presented information to the Planning Commission at Tuesday night's meeting. "Public participation is an essential element," explained Pond & Company's Joel Reed. The ultimate outcome is to ensure the final plan reflects what the community wants to see for the city said Reed. Life issues such as housing, transportation, recreation and more will all need to be addressed he said. Also to be addressed is the city's changing population. Currently 17 percent of the community is Hispanic…
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
It was a busy evening for Peachtree Corners mayor and council as they waded through a number of details as the city moves closer to taking over a number of tasks currently managed by the county.
The mayor and City Council moved quickly through a myriad of agenda items Tuesday night that included choosing a telephone system for City Hall, finalizing an employee benefit package and preparing to take over the issuance of business and alcohol license. Community Development Directory Diana Wheeler discussed a 3-acre site across from the Forum that has recently sold. "A tentative site plan for developing the land has been submitted," she said. The plan will be reviewed by the city's Planning Commission at a future meeting. Wheeler is also working on preparing a property maintenance code specific to Peachtree Corners to bring before the City Council. "The code includes how the city will handle issues such as hazardous trees that need to …
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3:45 pm on Thursday, May 2, 2013
"This is the most fun thing as mayor," said Mayor Mike Mason before the work session began. "We get to chart our course. It's worth our time because our community has a high quality of life and good property values." So, if our community did NOT have a high quality of life and good property values this would NOT be worth our time? more ›