[SOURCE: Times-Georgian.com]
The seven commissioners of the city’s Urban Redevelopment Agency were sworn in Wednesday and, after preliminary introductions, went straight to work. The agency is tasked with overseeing redevelopment activities within several targeted areas in the city. Gilbert led discussion on opportunity zones, identifying five distinct areas: the Highway 78/Bright Star Road area, which includes among others Gurley and S. Flat Rock roads; Municipal Parkway, including the flea market and property on the old Atlanta Concrete site; industrial properties on Odessa Place; the Thornton Road area, including 380,000 square feet of space soon to be vacated by Nioxin; and redevelopment of a residential tract on Ga. Highway 92 into a business park between Malone and Maroney Mill roads. Commissioners also discussed downtown initiatives, an opportunity zone and Community Development Block Grant applications, Brownfield funding and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs’ “Hardest Hit Fund,” a grant to help some homeowners avoid foreclosure.
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