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Grovetown residents urge county planning for town center; board appoints planner, accepts developer letter of credit
Summary
Residents and commissioners discussed Grovetown growth and planning April 15; residents urged a mixed-use town center, staff said GDOT is designing a roundabout for Wrightsboro Road, and the board appointed Jamie Lester to the county Planning Commission and accepted a developer’s letter of credit for a new subdivision.
Residents urged Columbia County leaders April 15 to plan and build a mixed-use town center near Grovetown to provide shopping, dining and community space as the area grows.
Mike Mills, a Grovetown resident, told the board the surrounding area already includes several thousand homes and lacks a central shopping area or pedestrian-friendly gathering places. He urged commissioners to assemble a multidisciplinary team — planners, architects and economic consultants — to design a town center, and to consider tools such as tax-increment financing and…
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