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Town Center CID highlights Noonday Creek Trail use, expands e-bike share and plans microtransit
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Town Center Community Improvement District in Kennesaw described its completed Noonday Creek Trail, a bike-share program with new e-bikes powered by Georgia Power, growing ridership figures, and discussions with Cobb County and Kennesaw State University on microtransit and road projects including South Barrett Reliever Phase 3 (opening 2026).
The Town Center Community Improvement District, which covers about 6.25 square miles of unincorporated Cobb County around Kennesaw State University, promoted trail and microtransit work, along with expanded bike-share service and a State of the District event to discuss redevelopment and connectivity.
"Noonday Creek Trail, was completed back in 2014," said Tracy Stief, executive director of the Town Center CID. "...not only does that trail network, see nearly 20,000 visitors a month, but we've had over a 100,000 rides on our bike share." Stief said Georgia Power now powers new e-bikes the CID added to the system.
Stief described efforts to integrate active transportation with the nearby Kennesaw State University main campus, which she said "has over 50,000 students this year," and to reduce car dependency for students and employees. She noted that Cobb County now allows KSU students to use CobbLinc buses free with their student fee cards to travel between KSU’s main campus and the Marietta campus.
The CID is exploring microtransit options and described larger road projects that will affect local travel. Stief said construction of South Barrett Reliever Phase 3 is expected to finish with an opening in 2026 and that the project is designed to reduce traffic on Barrett Parkway. "It's gonna take 20% of traffic off of Barrett Parkway," she said, and leaders said the reliever will enable more "complete streets" treatments — added sidewalks, separated bike/ped lanes, lighting and medians.
The CID also noted connections to wider regional trails and networks: leaders said Noonday Creek Trail links (through coordinated work with Cobb County, Woodstock and Cherokee County) will eventually form a 22-mile connected network that ties into the Mountain To River Trail, Silver Comet and the Atlanta BeltLine, enabling long-distance nonmotorized travel across jurisdictions.
Stief promoted the CID’s upcoming State of the District event for stakeholders and said the CID will recognize community and corporate champions at its Towny Awards. She described the CID’s approach of treating challenges — such as heavy traffic and the changing needs of a growing student population — as opportunities for coordinated redevelopment and improved multimodal access.
