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Residents point to Highway 78 corridor, Engles center and Sharon Commons in Loganville mapping exercise
Summary
During a community mapping session, resident table presenters identified Highway 78, Engles shopping center, and Sharon Commons as top areas needing improvement and listed multiple redevelopment opportunity sites and concerns about traffic, signage and stormwater design.
Residents and small‑group presenters at a Loganville City workshop identified the Highway 78 corridor, several underused shopping‑center sites and specific development designs as top priorities for change during a hands‑on map exercise.
A table presenter summarizing their group’s mapping results listed assets (Fair Street homes, Meridian Park and the library) and said a cluster of problem sites sits along Highway 78 around older storefronts and vacant parcels. "We love the library and what's happening there and we love Meridian Park," the presenter said, then listed opportunities including land behind strip malls (near Chicken Salad Chick), the Engles shopping center parking, the property behind Popeye's, and a large vacant parcel across from Loganville Ford.
Concerns raised by multiple tables included traffic congestion and unsafe turns on Highway 78 (left‑turn difficulties near Publix), inconsistent and visually cluttered signage on auto‑oriented corridors, and the visual and recreational drawbacks of exposed detention ponds in new subdivisions. Several residents criticized a nearby townhouse project (Sharon Commons), saying it is unpopular and could depress nearby property values: "Our property values are going to go down because of that place," one resident said.
Participants also discussed broader priorities such as preserving downtown character and the town green, improving walkability and connectivity between neighborhoods, and increasing entertainment and family amenities (suggestions included splash pads and a movie theater). On stormwater, one audience member praised an underground detention solution at a newly built medical office site and urged that underground or concealed stormwater management be used more widely.
What happens next: consultants will collect all table notes and dots, incorporate them into the initial ordinance drafting process and present findings to staff as part of the public‑draft timeline. Residents were reminded of drop‑in hours at the Rock Gym and a closing presentation on Thursday evening.
