"The vision put forward in the Downtown Master Plan," says Suwanee's Planning Division Director Matthew Dickison, "capitalizes on the success of Town Center and works to create stronger connections between Town Center and historic Old Town."
The plan calls for creating a community garden, realigning a couple of existing roadways, adding new roadways as additional connectors, expanding the greenway system, and undertaking a more detailed study of Buford Highway as well as a parking study.
It also envisions a mixed-use development at Buford Highway and Russell Street as a transition to the historic Old Town area along Main Street as well as potential redevelopment of areas across Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road and Buford Highway from Town Center. "A transitional development at Russell Street will create more awareness of historic Old Town," notes Dickison.
Next, the final draft of the master plan will be presented to the Planning Commission and City Council, which is expected to consider adopting the Downtown Master Plan at its June 25 meeting. Then the plan will be reviewed by the Atlanta Regional Commission.
Much of the plan's future implementation will be market-driven and generated by private-sector development. Among the measures the City will undertake in the immediate future as part of its five-year plan of action are:
·A corridor study of Buford Highway.
·A community garden on City-owned open space property along Buford Highway.
·A downtown parking study.
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