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Consultant recommends expanding URA boundary, advances Site A concept on Forest Parkway
Summary
TSW consultant presented a draft URA strategic plan that expands the URA boundary along Forest Parkway and Jonesboro Road and identified a preferred six-acre Site A (330 Forest Parkway and adjacent parcels) for near-term mixed-use redevelopment; staff will confirm ownership and consider public hearing and plan adoption steps.
TSW consultant Jia Lee presented a draft strategic plan recommending an expanded URA boundary that reaches along Jonesboro Road and Forest Parkway to capture commercial corridors the firm identified as blighted or redevelopment opportunities. Lee said the study used city and county GIS data, staff recommendations and field surveys and included five sections: purpose, process, boundary analysis, site opportunities and concept plans.
Lee described four candidate sites and said the board selected “Site A” for further work because most of its parcels are city- or URA-owned, which reduces…
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