City of Lawrenceville Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee

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e achieved to help meet the demand for new units in theplanning horizon.Example of stacked flats.Example of senior housing –attached villas.Encourage “academicfriendly” housing alternativesin the College Corridor AreaThe City should review the Zoning Ordinance andDevelopment Standards to find alternative housingopportunities that will meet the anticipated demand for offcampushousing for students and for college professors andstaff. These opportunities should have accessibility toseveral modes of transportation and should be mixed use innature to promote walkability and to help create the “senseof place” that defines so many college communities.Promote the High Rise CorridorThe City has developed a high rise corridor along SR 316that will accommodate developments up to 35 stories insome locations. The development of properties within thiscorridor at the densities afforded by multi-story buildingswill help provide the additional housing units, together withinfill development, needed to satisfy the housing unitdemand over the next twenty-plus years.Monitor Market for Opportunity to Encourage HighEnd and Senior HousingAs the Georgia Gwinnett College continues to grow and withthe growth of the Gwinnett Medical Center areas, as well asother higher-end professional jobs in the area, there will bea resulting need for higher-end housing in Lawrenceville.The City should monitor trends and work with developersand these employment generators to find out what types ofhousing opportunities are appealing to these professionalsand how can they be developed within the City Limits.Also as the baby boomer population ages, opportunities forsenior-oriented and senior-friendly housing should beconsidered. Lawrenceville should effectively plan infilldevelopments that provide convenient, centrally locatedservices for seniors, especially with access or in closerproximity to the Gwinnett Medical Center.City of Lawrenceville 3 - 4Comprehensive Plan 2030Adopted VersionCommunity Agenda 6 October 2008
3.4 Economic Development3.4.1 Economic Development IssuesUnderutilization of downtownFor many years, the downtown area of Lawrenceville acted asthe cultural, economic and social hub of the community. Withthe explosive growth of the City and the County in the 1980’sforward, most of the new retail growth occurred outside of thedowntown area. This left government, service and officefunctions as the main economic activities downtown. Many ofthe buildings were allowed to decay due to absentee landlordsor disinterest from the community. Although the last severalyears have seen an increase in activities in the Courthousesquare area, many adjacent blocks of the downtown area arestill underutilized for entertainment, cultural and small retailactivities.No cohesive economic development policyThe City lacks a comprehensive economic development plan.The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and theLawrenceville Tourism and Trade Association (LTTA)contribute to planning, downtown development and businessleadership, but there remains a need for a formal economicdevelopment plan that is regularly updated.“No one to sell Lawrenceville”Together with the lack of a cohesive economic developmentpolicy, there is no one employed by the City or by the DDAor LTTA to expressly “sell” Lawrenceville as a place to dobusiness. The Chamber of Commerce looks over theinterests of the entire County, and, (as admitted by the Cityleaders and several business owners themselves),Lawrenceville cut themselves off from the County in manyways over the last twenty years, leading many economicdevelopment efforts to focus elsewhere, such as Sugarloaf,Duluth, Suwanee and the Hamilton Mill areas.The City has determined that now is the time to hire a fulltimeEconomic Development Officer that will be responsiblefor developing policy and for “selling” or marketingLawrenceville to the general public. This EconomicDevelopment Officer will not only be responsible for theexpansion of business and job opportunities inLawrenceville, but will also liaison or partner with CityOfficials, the DDA, LTTA, education leaders, healthcareCity of Lawrenceville 3 - 5Comprehensive Plan 2030Adopted VersionCommunity Agenda 6 October 2008
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