Georgia Quality Growth Partnership
The Corridor Study tool includes step-by-step guides for implementation, considerations about costs, administrative requirements, and example ordinances or similar materials that may be used for putting approaches into practice.
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Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC)
The ARC Community Choices Toolkit offers customized solutions for communities. The Retrofitting Corridors tool includes a detailed description about the practical uses and comes with a model ordinance that could be used immediately.
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Baltimore County, Maryland – Office of Planning
The Hanover Pike is a primary state road experiencing growth pressures. This study focuses on: protecting the rural landscape of the corridor; addresses safety and traffic issues along the corridor; and explores the possibility of increasing employment and recreational opportunities along the route.
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Chatham County, GA - Heavy commercial traffic and development pressure has transformed Port Wentworth’s main street into a major transportation corridor. While traffic has increased, more and more adjacent land has become vacant. To redevelop the town center, the community created a Master Plan using building type zoning with ten street classifications, ranging from lane to boulevard to frontage street. Building type must be compatible with street type, but the building use is largely up to the owner.

Dawson County, GA - The Dawson County Chamber of Commerce is leading an effort to promote responsible growth while making concentrated efforts to maintain the community assets that are attracting growth. The newly adopted Economic Development Plan is putting a priority on existing businesses and industries and aims to encourage commercial, retail, and industrial development in a way that maintains a high standard for quality of life. Prior to developing the plan, the Chamber conducted a comprehensive survey of citizens’ impressions and ideas for improving their community. Many of the concerns and comments of the citizens were related to growth in the county especially along the GA-400 corridor. In 2001 Dawson County joined with Forsyth and Lumpkin counties to host the Georgia Quality Growth Partnership Resource Team. The team examined the GA-400 corridor and provided recommendations on traffic management, safety considerations, visual appearance, land use patterns, design of new development, natural and historic resources, development regulations and policies.

Fayette County, GA - Through Livable Center Initiatives (LCI), 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. Peachtree City will develop a study for the State Route 54 highway corridor at the intersection of State Route 74 west of the city. The study will determine how to meet the LCI goals in a corridor that is experiencing highway oriented growth and integrate with the existing town center area.

Floyd County, GA - A Georgia Quality Growth Partnership Resource Team visited the city in March 2002 and developed several recommendations for implementing smart growth principles in the city’s South Rome Neighborhood. The city is currently in the process of implementing recommendations resulting from the Resource Team visit, including infill housing development and revitalizing an older strip commercial corridor.

Forsyth County, GA - Forsyth County has created a United Development Code. The code represents a comprehensive revision of the county's zoning and subdivision regulations to address growth and development issues. Some of the plans in the code include: conservation and subdivision design provision for mixed use development in commercial categories, parking minimums and maximums, newly added shopping district, urban, commercial and industrial corridors to enhance the visual qualities of development protection and conservation of the County's natural features and historic resources.

Fulton County, GA - In 1992 the City of Roswell enacted a Parkway Village Design District overlay up to 1000 feet in depth along the Crossville to Woodstock Road Corridor with the purpose of capturing and preserving the authentic rural landscape and 19th century local building tradition before it was undermined by development pressure. The goal is to recognize the effects of the Highway 92 road widening spanning six miles from Holcomb Bridge Road west to the Cobb County line. Parkway Village was established to provide property owners along Highway 92 with an opportunity to develop their property, while simultaneously providing large buffers and setbacks for those abutting the properties along the roadway. This cohesive development plan is intended to discourage piecemeal zoning. The overlay district allows mixed uses and provides an overlay of design requirements with optional bonus incentives. The illustrated guidelines also provide for retrofit and in-fill. The Planning and Zoning Administrator may approve bonuses in order to recognize exceptional design features.

Fulton County, GA - Georgia State University intends to make Decatur Street into its "Main Street." This initiative will make downtown Atlanta a more enjoyable place to walk around, and will offer transportation alternatives, especially for bicyclists. The overall goal is to bring order to the campus and improve the movement and safety of both pedestrians and vehicles on a busy downtown campus.

Gwinnett County, GA - 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.

Habersham County, GA - Clarkesville is concerned about the impact of commercial development along the main corridor. The city adopted an amendment to their zoning ordinance creating a preservation corridor to include the main corridor from the intersection on 44/197/17 through town to the square. The corridor has a strict sign ordinance. tree protection, and ordinances designed to retain the rural character of the town. An overlay district was created with five character areas, each with specific guidelines: downtown commercial area, regular commercial area, greenspace area, redevelopment area and residential area.

Houston County, GA - A Georgia Quality Growth Partnership Resource Team visited the city in March 2002 and developed several recommendations for implementing smart growth principles in Warner Robins. The city is currently in the process of implementing recommendations resulting from the Resource Team visit, including creating a new town center, a traditional neighborhood development (TND), and retrofitting of some of their strip commercial corridors.

Laurens County, GA - A Georgia Quality Growth Partnership Resource Team visited the city in July 2001 and developed several recommendations for implementing smart growth principles in Dublin. The city is currently in the process of implementing recommendations resulting from the Resource Team visit, including revitalization of downtown and intown neighborhoods.

Liberty County, GA - A Georgia Quality Growth Partnership Resource Team visited the city in November 2000 and developed several recommendations for implementing smart growth principles in Hinesville. The city is currently in the process of implementing recommendations resulting from the Resource Team visit, including downtown revitalization, infill housing development, and retrofitting of some of their strip commercial corridors.

Multi- County, GA - The Darien Downtown Development Authority sponsored an application to the Georgia Department of Transportation for a Georgia Scenic Byway. The Altamaha Historic Scenic Byway was designated by the GDOT in May 2002. The route is 17.5 miles long and is a regional project involving McIntosh County, the City of Darien, and Glynn County. The required corridor management plan inventories the cultural, recreational, scenic, historic and archeological assets along the route. This is the only Georgia Scenic Byway in south Georgia and the first that GDOT processed since taking over the program several years ago. The Byway can be marketed in many ways, but the intent is to offer protection to the assets along the route in an area of the state that is under growth pressure.

Multi- County, GA - Whitfield County and Murray County have partnered and applied for Georgia Scenic Byway status for the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway. There will be three trailheads; one located at the Cohutta Fish Hatchery, one at historic Prater's Mill and one close to the entrance of Fort Mountain State Park. This particular route contains all six of the Intrinsic Qualities necessary to be designated a Georgia Scenic Byway. The Georgia Department of Transportation has approved the route chosen. As part of the Byway process, both Whitfield and Murray Counties will put a Corridor Management Plan in place. A Corridor Management Steering Committee met for the first time on October 18, 2002. The Steering Committee addressed the digital inventory and specific points along the route were identified for buffering recommendations and other various zoning compliance issues. The Steering Committee also adopted a vision and goals. Property owners along the route were notified of the scenic byway designation and invited to a public hearing in Whitfield County on March 4th and in Murray County on February 25th. Whitfield and Murray Counties received $20,000 from a joint Local Development Fund Grant to fund Master Plans for all three trailheads. Currently, consultants are overlaying conceptual designs on the GIS maps provided by both counties. This project is scheduled for completion by August 1, 2003.

Multi- County, GA - A Georgia Quality Growth Partnership Resource Team visited the corridor in November 2001 and developed several recommendations for implementing smart growth principles to guide future development along the corridor. The local governments along the corridor are currently in the process of implementing recommendations resulting from the Resource Team visit, including partnering to manage water resources in the area.

Pike County, GA - A Georgia Quality Growth Partnership Resource Team visited the county in November 2002 and developed several recommendations for implementing smart growth principles in Pike County. The county is currently studying implementation of many of the recommendations resulting from the Resource Team visit, including creating a new organization to promote downtown revitalization in the county's five cities, revisions to their development regulations, and retrofitting of some of their strip commercial corridors.

Thomas County, GA - A Georgia Quality Growth Partnership Resource Team visited the city in December 2002 and developed several recommendations for implementing smart growth principles in Boston. The city is currently in the process of implementing many of the recommendations resulting from the Resource Team visit, including creating a new town center, a traditional neighborhood development (TND), and retrofitting of some of their strip commercial corridors.

Walker County, GA - In State Fiscal Year 2002, Walker County received a grant from DCA’s Quality Growth Grant Program to modify existing land use regulations to promote smarter growth, commercial greenspace design and preservation of green space. The project included eight public meetings facilitated by nationally known smart growth advocate Randall Arendt and regional architect Richard Rothmann. As part of the current quality growth grant, the county will soon adopt ordinances specifically for conservation subdivisions. In addition, building codes and a countywide building inspection program have been implemented. Fourteen organized subcommittees and a core group are currently working on Joint Walker County Comprehensive Plan. A work group is also advising the Sole Commissioner on historic preservation and development controls along a new bypass near the Chickamauga-Chattanooga Battlefield Park. Preliminary activities have also been initiated to develop and implement a master tourism plan. The county is establishing a Historic Preservation Commission and participates in the state’s greenspace program.

Whitfield County, GA - The City of Dalton is investigating a community-wide signage system that will involve designed information for the travelways within the geographic perimeter of the City’s streetscape grid. It will include the following: city limit, gateway access, informational, orientation and destination routing, destination locators, route selection, parking access and exit information. As part of this process, the city will undergo a series of branding exercises to determine the appropriate identity to place on these signs. The selected consultant analyzed existing signage, traffic patterns, photographic inventory and intersections. Whitfield County is also interested in this type of system and plans to participate as soon as feasible. The City anticipates that the branding portion of this process will be completed some time in the spring.

Whitfield County, GA - Using funds received from a Georgia Department of Community Affairs Quality Growth Grant, the City of Dalton and Whitfield County hired a consultant to conduct an Urban Redevelopment Plan and a Multi-Modal Transportation Structural Study. The focus area for the Multi-Modal Transportation is within the city limits identifying and expanding the connections to the county, including a public transportation component. The proposed Urban Redevelopment Plan and the results of the Multi-modal Transportation Study and transportation analysis were presented at a public hearing held on January 14th at the Whitfield County Courthouse. The Georgia Department of Transportation will conduct a transportation study for Whitfield County to complement the one being conducted within the city limits. This Multi-modal Transportation Study will guide the implementation of transportation improvements in Whitfield County including highways, airport access, bike and pedestrian facilities, railroads and transit to the year 2025. It will develop a multi-modal transportation plan addressing existing transportation needs and a framework to deal with future growth and changing transportation needs and demands. As part of this plan, Joann Lewis Park, located within the Urban Redevelopment Plan boundaries was targeted for upgrade and expansion. A Design Assistance Team from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs visited Dalton on October 10th & 11th to meet with area residents and to plan the new design. Joann Lewis Park is located at the terminus of Fourth Avenue and a Streetscape design for that street will be part of the overall plan. Prior to the team visit, area Latino businesses received a survey composed in Spanish concerning current park usage and desired amenities. The City has since received the design for the park and the streetscape plan for 4th Avenue.

Whitfield County, GA - The City of Dalton is currently constructing the first phase of the Downtown Streetscape Master Plan. During the construction process, Dalton Utilities is inspecting all utilities and making any necessary upgrades and/or repairs. All exposed electrical lines are being placed under ground. They hope to be finished with Hamilton Street (the Main Street) by April of 2003.

North Carolina - As a busy urban corridor going through a campus, with students walking to and from classes, Spring Garden Street in Greensboro (North Carolina) needed retrofitting. Planning included site inventory and developing traffic calming alternatives. By eliminating on-street parking through about half the corridor and adding about 20 feet of right-of-way in the other half, the street corridor was reinvented. The 3,000-foot street was renovated to better serve pedestrians and those using bicycles, automobiles, and mass transit. The project was directed by a collaborative team with civil and traffic engineers, landscape architects, and an urban forester. The final project design featured a reconstructed road, widened walkways, a bicycle lane, ornamental street lighting, ornamental pedestrian lighting, a landscaped median, extensive landscaping, the preservation of numerous old hedgerows and trees, the relocation or burial of utilities, renovated stormwater collection and drainage, water and sewer systems, reconstructed intersections with ornamental mast-arm or strain poles and pedestrian signals including audible signals for blind pedestrians, ornamental pavement/sidewalk treatments, and gateway treatments.

Metro – Portland, Oregon
The Powell-Foster corridor study includes the history of the project, Phase One, and the corridor improvement recommendations.
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The Delaware Department of Transportation Workbook for Innovative Corridor Capacity Preservation Pilot Program
“The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) has embarked on an innovative and pro-active path through its Corridor Capacity Preservation Program (CCPP). By encouraging development in existing communities, employing access management techniques, and preserving open spaces along critical highway corridors, DelDOT's CCPP is reducing costly investments in capacity expansion and improving quality of life.”
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