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| Beaver Springs Lane Revitalization | The Gwinnett Housing Resource Partnership, Inc. acquired and rehabilitated a 196-unit apartment complex and 42 nearby quadraplex and duplex units that were plagued with drugs and disrepair to provide housing at low rents to hundreds of families each year. In addition to the building rehabilitation, GHRP is working on the community rehabilitation. | Infill Development Program | |
| Beaver Springs Lane Revitalization Initiative in Gwinnett | The Gwinnett Housing Resource Partnership’s (GHRP) revitalization on Beaver Springs Lane project focuses its efforts on providing low cost quality housing to low-and-moderate income families. GHRP continues to purchase and revitalize homes in this neighborhood while promoting a safe, secure community. Positive cash flow from the rental project will be reinvested in the community to continue the revitalization. The revitalization of Beaver Springs Lane is having a positive effect on surrounding neighborhoods. | Gwinnett Housing Resource Partnership 770-448-0702 |
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| Berkeley Lake-septic monitoring | The city of Berkeley Lake in Gwinnett County established a pumping requirement for more than 600 lakefront homes. It is part of their septic systems ordinance that requires property owners to have their tanks inspected and serviced every 5 years. Homeowners who fail to comply can face fines of $500 and 60 days in jail. | Jackie Wall 770-368-9484 [more information] |
Septic System Monitoring |
| Duluth Livable Center Initiative | Through Livable Center Initiatives (LCI), the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) will invest $5 million over the next four years to fund "smart growth" studies around Atlanta. Beginning in 2003, ARC will contribute $350 million to help implement the various study projects. The City of Duluth is located in a high growth area near significant commercial and other development along the I-85 corridor of Gwinnett County. The LCI will enable Duluth to further determine how the city will consider transportation needs and development for the city to function as a mixed-use town center in the area. | Phil McLemore City Administrator's Office 770-476-3434 |
Design Charrette Traditional Neighborhood Development - Site Specific Requirements Transportation Enhancement Program |
| Duluth Stormwater Stenciling Program | Along with Gwinnett County, in an effort to clean up Duluth's streams and other water supplies, the City of Duluth is recruiting volunteers to stencil storm drains and distribute door hangers in order to educate the public that everything that is put in a storm drain or the ground ultimately drains to a stream. The program will remind citizens that water quality and aquatic life are directly affected by waste going down storm drains. | City Planner City of Duluth 770-476-1790 |
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| Grayson Highway Overlay District | This highway district is located along U.S. Highway 78 in Gwinnett County. The overlay is requiring higher development standards to provide sidewalks, underground utilities, trees and a mixed-use village. The village will include townhomes, small-lot homes, 17 live-work units and 168,400 square feet of office space. | Emory Morsberger Developer |
Corridor Study Design Charrette Mixed-Use Zoning Overlay Districts Right-of-Way Improvements Targeted Corridor Redevelopment Utility Relocation |
| Gwinnett County Water Reclamation | Gwinnett County has received the permit needed to move forward with Phase II of the County's North Advanced Water Reclamation Facility, which will ultimately return 40mgd of highly treated, reclaimed water to Lake Lanier. | Jim Scarborough 678-376-6700 |
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| Gwinnett County-Septic Tank Maintenance | On their website Gwinnett County has provided multiple resources to assist residents and business owners in maintaining their septic systems. Also, the BOC recently hired an environmental company to identify areas of failing septic systems and determine remedies. Finally, Gwinnett County keeps accurate records using computers to track and catalog septic systems. | Environmental Health 770-963-5132 [more information] |
Septic System Monitoring |
| Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center | The Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center will teach visitors about Gwinnett County and Georgia’s environmental heritage. The center is located on the grounds of a new high-tech water treatment facility, and thus it focuses especially on water issues. Construction began in 2005. The building and site incorporate several low impact development techniques, such as a green roof, pervious paving, bio-swales and constructed wetlands. The building has many other environmentally friendly features as well, including natural lighting where possible, and is expected to attain LEED silver-level certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. | [more information] |
Green Buildings Low Impact Development (LID) Pervious Paving |
| Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District | The Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District (CID) was formed in 2005. It includes 191 parcels around Gwinnett Place Mall, an area which has deteriorated as many retailers abandoned it. The CID aims to improve landscaping and walkability, but its largest goal is the transformation of a former Target store into a mixed-use project. | Dave Rosselle Executive Director 770-813-0882 [more information] |
Adaptive Use Big Box Redevelopment Community Improvement District (CID) |
| Highway 78 Community Improvement District | The Highway 78 Community Improvement District (CID) works to improve a 7-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 78 in Gwinnett County. Their efforts include transportation improvements, additional landscaping, and bettering the overall image of the corridor. The CID was created in 2003, amid concerns of how a median would be properly created (replacing "suicide lanes") for Highway 78. Most CID's are focused on a nodal area such as an edge city or old downtown; the Highway 78 CID is rather unusual in concentrating on a commercial corridor. | Brett Harrell Executive Director 770-979-5800 [more information] |
Community Improvement District (CID) Right-of-Way Improvements Rural/Suburban Arterial Corridor Overlays |
| Live, Work, Play - Snellville | A live, work, play revitalization project proposed of mixed uses near Snellville. The project will include 120 town homes, 33 small lots homes, 17 live work units and 168,400 square feet of office and commercial space. | Mixed-Use Zoning Planned Unit Developments | |
| Phoenix High School | In Gwinnett County, a former strip mall shopping center was converted into the Phoenix High School. The warehouse-style facilities occupied by the previous anchor tenant, as well as the smaller retail spaces, were refurbished into a 95,000 s.f. facility for 1,000 students, with room to expand. The rehabilitation of an existing site not only saved time (new construction would have taken an additional two years), but also saved the public $2 million in additional costs that would have been required to build a new school from the ground up. | Adaptive Use Big Box Redevelopment Reuse of Vacant Structures for Schools | |
| Rivermoore Park | 353-acre development where 20 to 25 percent of the land will be devoted to natural areas, including numerous parks and recreation areas. In addition to approx 550 home lots, plans for the community include features such as an 80-acre meadow, sidewalks, a 30-foot-tall dove cote, over 200 birdhouses, street trees, landscaping with native plants, and nature trails. | [more information] |
Cluster Development Conservation Subdivisions Flexible Subdivision Regulations Riparian Buffers |
| Suwanee Attempts Growth on a Human Scale | "Suwanee 2020," a citywide comprehensive plan and town master plan, will serve as one of the primary tools for managing growth into the 21st century. Suwanee has grown 182% from 1990 to 1998. Two of the most innovative aspects of the comprehensive plan are the implementation of mixed use zoning categories and the creation of six character areas within the city. Each character area has distinct characteristics and design guidelines. The six areas are: Suwanee Junction, Old Town, Chattahoochee Crossing, Suwanee Station, Suwanee Creek, and Mainstreet-Lakeside. | Marty Allen City Planner City of Suwanee 770-945-8896 |
Mixed-Use Zoning Traditional Neighborhood Development - Site Specific Requirements |
| Watershed Assessment/Watershed Protection Plan-Gwinnett County | Gwinnett County conducted a Watershed Assessment to determine not only the condition of local streams but what factors were contributing to their impaired conditions. The primary stressors on the streams in the county were determined to be from stormwater runoff from developed and historically agricultural lands and from the clearing of riparian zones and stream bank vegetation. To address these stressors, and to minimize the problems they caused, a watershed protection plan was developed to address changes in hydrology, alterations of riparian corridors, and reduced water quality. | Environmental Impact Study Landscaping and Buffer Requirements Riparian Buffers Tree Protection |