Warehouses! Monday, July 20 voting meeting

The Douglasville City Council voted against the rezoning application at their Monday, June 15, 6:00pm meeting. NOW! A Special Land Use Permit (SLUP) application has been submitted for  N. River Rd. behind Gordon Food Service. The 132.8-acre area outlined in green has a true Light Industrial zoning. They can build warehouses there without going before the Planning Commission or CityContinue reading “Warehouses! Monday, July 20 voting meeting”

Want another warehouse on Riverside?

Upcoming City Council Rezoning Vote for Riverside Parkway Acreage.  The Douglasville City Council will be voting on a rezoning application at their Monday, June 15, 6:00pm meeting. If approved, a 95-acre parcel on Riverside Pkwy at Roberts Rd currently zoned for residential would be rezoned to light industrial for the purposes of constructing two distributionContinue reading “Want another warehouse on Riverside?”

Impact of a Data Center on the local economy

“The impacts of data center development are real and long lasting. A state/community should be equally (if not more) motivated to recruit data center developments as it would any other typical economic development project. Incentivizing a 1,700-job corporate headquarters would have the same impact has incentivizing a $1 billion data center.  Data centers also haveContinue reading “Impact of a Data Center on the local economy”

Douglas County Transportation Plan

• Widening Lee Road-South Sweetwater Road to four lanes with upgrades that include curb-and-gutter drainage, urban shoulders, a raised median, and a multi-use trail. Construction is set for a first phase in fiscal 2022, with a second phase to begin by 2030.  • Continued federal funding for the new Douglas County transit system, through fiscalContinue reading “Douglas County Transportation Plan”