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City updates East Metro CID work, council readies Stonecrest industrial CID effort
Summary
City representatives and the East Metro CID reported on beautification, camera deployments and participation; council said it plans to pursue a separate Stonecrest Industrial Park CID and has an interest group already organizing property owners.
Councilmembers heard an update on East Metro Community Improvement District (CID) activities and were told Stonecrest is preparing its own industrial CID to support infrastructure, beautification and public-safety investments.
Mayor Pro Tem George Turner and Stonecrest’s representative to the East Metro CID, Cornell McBride, described projects the CID has undertaken across the larger CID footprint: landscaped medians and entryway beautification, cleaning and graffiti removal, and the installation of license-plate-reading “flock” cameras at Turner Hill Road and other points. McBride said the CID has helped with security work that led to arrests in the Stonecrest Mall area and noted ongoing efforts to increase business participation and pursue county, state and federal grant funding.
Turner told the council the City plans to activate a new Stonecrest Industrial Park CID (sometimes referred to in the presentation as the Stonecrest Lithonia Industrial Park CID) to capture parts of the city’s industrial footprint not covered by the current East Metro CID. He said the city’s charter allows municipal representation on CIDs and that Stonecrest has already selected a representative to the East Metro CID.
McBride and councilmembers discussed the need to map the Stonecrest CID area accurately, secure more participants, and pursue other funding sources beyond property assessments. McBride said some planned camera placements (including on Panola Road) must wait until county road construction is complete.
