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Atlanta Regional Commission takes larger role in Area Planning

Email the Author: Brad Nix, Managing+Broker
Posted: June 15th, 2006
Category: real estate news




The Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Ryan Mahoney reports that on May 24th the ARC board approved a more top-down policy framework that specific areas where high growth will be encouraged, emphasizing six “mega corridors” along Interstate 75 North and South, I-85 NOrth, I-20 East and West, and Georgia 400. The concept has been dubbed Envision6 (for the 6 million people who are projected to live here in 2030).

Why wasn’t I-575 included in this “mega corridor” concept? In the same article, Mahoney reports that the city of Canton is the fastest-growing in the nation and has added more than 3,000 new residents in the five years since the last census. He also states that many of those new residents have bought into mixed-use communities, according to Mayor Cecil Pruett.

If Canton is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation and if anyone has noticed the growth in traffic and population along I-575, then why isn’t I-575 a part of Envision6? All these “mega corridors” get catchy names like Envision6 and GA 400 has also been dubbed The Golden Corridor, yet I-575 rarely gets noticed and never gets a ctachy nickname.

I propose the local citizens who live in Cobb and Cherokee submit nickname suggestions for the I-575 Corridor. We should then do our best to spread the word of our new nickname to the press, local politicians and other citizens. We should not wait until on outsider brands our corridor, we should do it ourselves! Reply to this post with suggestions or email me your ideas at bnix@maxsellrealestate.com.

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  1. Spence June 15th, 2006 at 1:25 pm

    How about “The Redneck Autobahn”, “Speed Trap Parkway”, or “The Foothills Corridor”?

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