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URA draft plan expands boundary along Forest Parkway and Jonesboro Road; Site A on Forest Parkway is preferred first project
Summary
Consultant TSW presented a draft URA strategic plan that would expand redevelopment boundaries along Forest Parkway and Jonesboro Road and identified a mostly city-owned 6-acre "Site A" (330 Forest Parkway and adjacent parcels) as the preferred first redevelopment site, with concept plans including cottage court housing and mixed-use retail.
Forest Park — TSW consultant Jia Lee presented a draft strategic plan recommending expansion of the Urban Redevelopment Agency boundary along Jonesboro Road and Forest Parkway to bring additional commercial parcels into the URA study area and to identify redevelopment opportunity sites.
The plan overlays blight data and staff recommendations with GIS and tax-assessor records and recommends four candidate sites for future development. The URA indicated a preference for Site A, a roughly 5.95- to 6-acre parcel that includes city/URA-owned property…
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