Transcript CIDs Legislative Luncheon

Retrofitting Suburbia
CIDs as a Partner in Progress
April 9, 2009
Brett Harrell, Executive Director
Evermore Community Improvement District
2463 Heritage Village, Suite 106
Snellville, GA 30078
(770) 979-5800
[email protected]
www.evermorecid.org
A Vibrant Corridor, but . . .
Traditional Development
Strip Centers, Traffic, Decline, No Sense of Place
Public Investment
Underutilized Retail to Community Identity
Recaptured gray field, vacant
big box, environmental spill,
mortgage in default, required a
land swap, and non-debt
financing
$10 million public investment
launches $100 million in
private development
CIDs encourage
Private Investment
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Towne Centre – office development $10m
First Global – multi-story office buildings $30m
Morsberger Group – mixed-use development $40m
Solid Rock Development – medical complex $60m
Combined value of smaller developments – $50m
Key Accomplishments
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Hwy 78 (now Evermore) CID formed April 2003 – 390 commercial property
owners; $380 (now $525) million in property value; 1,200+ businesses;
$1 billion in annual sales; 15,800 jobs
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Evermore CID provides ongoing, weekly landscape maintenance and litter
removal at an investment of $110,000 per year
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Recognized by Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful in January 2006 as their
Business and Industry of the Year
Support Gwinnett County Operation Fixing Broken Windows and
City of Snellville Property Maintenance Initiatives
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Evermore CID provides additional public safety patrols along the corridor on
average an additional 2,500 hours a year
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The nearly $5 million investment made by CID taxpayers over the past five
years has resulted in an additional $130 million investment by federal, state,
and local partners to provide an approximate 26:1 return on investment
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Adopted a Short Term Work Program in December 2005 describing 82 ongoing
and potential projects with a combined investment exceeding $165 million
Evermore CID Projects
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Parallel Circulator Routes and Inter-Parcel Access
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Intersection Improvements
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Over 14 miles of new sidewalk (under construction)
Pedestrian Bridge crossing the Yellow River (let June ‘09) Pedestrian Bridge crossing the Yellow River
Technology Enhancements
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McGee Road at U.S. 78 (approved concept report)
Highpoint Road at U.S. 78 (completed)
U.S. 78 at S.R. 124 (in design)
Walton Court at U.S. 78 (waiting NTP)
Pedestrian Safety
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Paxton Lane Extension (under construction)
Rockbridge Road to Davis Road (in design)
Parkwood Road to Britt Road (in design)
Hewatt Road to Parkwood Road (in design)
ITS / ATMS, signal synchronization, real-time traffic data, video and radar detection (complete)
Mast Arm signal supports and illuminated street signs (under construction)
Landscape and Streetscape Beautification
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Landscaped medians and enhanced plantings at five key nodes (under construction)
Street furniture and wayfinding signage (under construction and design)
Landscape Enhancements
Medians and Key Nodes
Streetscape enhancements include
landscaping, sidewalks, planted medians,
wayfinding signage, street furniture, and
decorative mast arms
Parallel Access Roads
Paxton Lane Extension
Paxton Lane Extension – connects two signalized intersections with two
median openings, provides for dedication of a private street to public
use, and removes 5 curb cuts on US 78 improving safety and reducing
congestion. Improvement supports recently announced redevelopment
plan valued at $60 million over 10 years.
$60 Million Medical Campus
Evermore Urgent Care
A $60 million medical campus being mapped out for Stone Mountain could
include a first in the Southeast — a freestanding, acute care hospital
focused on emergency medicine.
Plans for the campus call for a 50,000-square-foot hospital, an assistedliving center and three medical office buildings that would house specialty
practices, including gastroenterology, neurology and cardiology.
A Corridor in Transformation
From a confusing and cluttered corridor with
overhead directional signage to a clean, safe
corridor with 14 miles of new sidewalks,
pedestrian crossings, decorative mast arms,
and illuminated street signs
Attracting Reinvestment
Town Centre Office Park
Brookwood
Village at
Evermore
Townhomes
Premiere Dermatology Center
CID sidewalk package includes
pedestrian crossing signals, street
furniture, and sign toppers.
Corporate relocations
provide day-time
employment
CIDs – Power of Partnership
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Federal, State, and Local Governments
Departments of Transportation
MPO’s
Private Investment