The Feasibility Study and next phases of construction for the Town Branch Trail will be discussed at a final public meeting on December 6, 2010.   Urban Collage was a subconsultant for the Feasibility Study, which explored conceptual trail alignments and corresponding development opportunities in this historic, but challenging, corridor running west from Downtown Lexington.  Urban Collage has worked with Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, a local development entity, Lexington Distillery District, LLC, and a local non-profit, Town Branch Trail, to help define and implement comprehensive improvements along Town Branch Creek through innovative design that celebrates Lexington’s historic roots.

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The Downtown Valdosta Master Plan process is drawing to a close with the third and final public workshop held on Thursday, October 14.  Over 30 downtown stakeholders participated in the event at the historic Dosta Theater. Planners from Urban Collage, Bleakly Advisory Group and Hall Planning & Engineering were on hand to discuss recommendations for cost-effective, near-term actions to advance improvements in parks, streets, sidewalks, and cultural amenities.  The draft plan is the outcome of extensive community input which addressed downtown issues such as housing, traffic, parking, economic development and marketing.  The final plan will be presented to City Council in December.

For coverage from The Valdosta Daily Times, follow this link….

Atlanta leaders this week received news of its $47 million grant from the U.S. DOT for the “East-West Circulator” section of its Downtown Streetcar Project.  A critical segment of this groundbreaking transit effort, the “circulator” fills a critical mobility void for Downtown, connecting the culturally-rich and historic Sweet Auburn neighborhood to the east with the sports and tourism-centered district encircling Centennial Olympic Park to the west.  The segment was outgrowth of the Peachtree Corridor Vision Plan that Urban Collage helped lead in 2006-2007, which tapped the diverse talents of an incredible range of city leaders to create a design concept and financial strategy to transform the 14.5-mile Peachtree Corridor into one of the world’s “premier boulevards”.

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