With all of the recent devleopment news for Canton in Cherokee County, the AJC poses a unique proposition in todays paper: Cherokee County leaders and developers have a unique opportunity to show other counties the smart way to build new communities. Or not. I am hopeful and almost optimistic that Cherokee County will get it [...]
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I Love Atlanta Traffic ! (and a good poke in the eye)
If you live in Metro Atlanta, visit Metro Atlanta or just like to read random blogs (like this one) about Atlanta, then you already know that traffic is bad and getting worse. Rapid growth and and lack of funds to build infrastructure have created some of the worst traffic problems in America. Recently the Atlanta [...]
Atlanta 575 Real Estate Blog makes 500 Real Estate Blogs to Watch list
I am extremely proud to make the 500 Real Estate Blogs to Watch list. With over 55 million blogs on the internet and over 75,000 new blogs being created everyday, I am honored. I am even more excited to be one of only 4 real estate blogs in the State of Georgia to make the [...]
Need Blog Content, Get a Swicki
The Real Estate Tomato recently posted 5 Strategies To Developing Quick and Beneficial Blog Content and while they are great tips, they left out a great tool called a swicki by Eurekster. I posted a swicki on my blog over a month ago. Not only has the swicki helped deliver more information to my blog [...]
Canton / Cherokee makes Globe St. news for $500 Million worth of development
Globe St.com provides in-depth and breaking commercial real estate news around the clock in major and secondary markets throughout the country. Yesterday, Cherokee County and specifically Canton, made the headlines… Cherokee County Braces for $500M in DevelopmentThe story details some of the new projects planned for Canton and explains the following estimates: “On the drawing [...]
Atlanta changes from Sprawl to Smart Growth poster child?
Atlanta has historically been known as the poster child for sprawl, but local policy makers, developers, and even the Urban Land Istitute think that is changing to Atlanta becoming the poster child for smart growth. “The only reason we’re the poster child of sprawl is that we grew faster than other cities when sprawl was [...]
Canton Marketplace gets Approval
Knox over at Cherokee Real Estate Blog recently posted this story about the new project in Canton: The Sembler Company, developers of a new Canton mixed use development, got a permit from the Army Corp of Engineers that will allow them to pipe 5,380 feet of small streams and fill half an acre of wetlands [...]
Local Growth creates Strain on Infrastructure
Everybody wants the economy to do well and keep growing. It means more jobs and more pay. But with growth comes problems, especially when growth happens rapidly. Metro Atlanta has been growing rapidly for years, decades actually. Population has increased about 1 Million per decade over the last 20 years and the pace is predicted [...]
Canton is exploding with new developments
Canton is getting another huge development, in addition to the Macauley project and Canton West I posted recently. 1,300 Acres along the Etowah River near GA Hwy 369 could have up to 1,800 homes and begin development in 2007 with homes delivered as early as 2008. To summarize the 3 recently proposed developments: Macauley Project [...]
Marietta Landmark makes YouTube
I wanted to have my first video blog post… so I searched the famous (infamous) YouTube.com and found this video about The Big Chicken. I have no idea what the video contest thing is about and I sure don’t know pixelchick or mr. pixelchick, but I like this guy’s choice of music and his focus [...]