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A Decade of
PROGRESS
2006-2015
Hard to believe that we’ve
been at it for a full decade now. It’s easy to forget what this community was like just 10 years ago, but in putting together materials for this annual report, I’m reminded just how far we’ve come. Our team has worked hard to help reshape a community that suffered from years of neglect and disinvestment into a viable, regionally signiicant center of commerce. It isn’t something that can be done overnight, but I’m pleased with the progress we’ve made so far.
2015 was a culmination of a lot of the work that went into our irst decade of progress. This
year we’ve achieved the lowest targeted crime rates the area has seen since the CID’s inception, wrapped up the largest, most impactful construction project
to date (the Jimmy Carter Blvd./I-85 diverging diamond interchange) and led the largest community-wide conversation on transportation ever undertaken in Gwinnett (the Gr8 Exchange).
When looking at the accomplishments we’ve achieved so far, I think we’ve succeeded
in creating a new normal for
the area. Our benchmarks can no longer be based off the community we started with. As we head into our second decade, we can set our sights a bit higher with the understanding that this area is already on the upswing, and all we need to do is accelerate its ascent and help direct it. We have built fantastic
partnerships and will need them as much as ever as we work to write the next chapter for The Village.
Our team has worked hard
to help reshape a community that suffered from years of neglect and disinvestment int a viable, regionally signiicant center of commerce.
Engaging the Community in an Important Conversation about Transportation
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Executive Director, Chuck Warbington, PE
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