Peachtree City’s Future – the Planning Continues July 26 

Georgia law sets up the requirements for updating Comprehensive Plans, and Peachtree City is providing an opportunity for as many residents as possible to express their opinions and concerns about the coming 20 years in the community.  The kick-off meeting will be held on Thursday, July 26, 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. 

City Planner David Rast said, “The first part of the community participation element included a general survey that we mailed out to residents of the community in July, 2006.  The second phase will solicit more localized input from residents within each of the villages on what might be an acceptable direction for future development or redevelopment not only within that village, but throughout the city.” 

The July 26 meeting will include a brief overview of the history and planning of the city and a presentation on issues and opportunities facing Peachtree City in the future.  Attendees will be able to visit stations dedicated to each of Peachtree City’s five villages and the Industrial Park that highlight challenges pertaining to that specific area of the City.  Citizens will also be able to participate in a Visual Preference Survey, which provides photo samples of varying types of structures and development, to help guide future development and redevelopment efforts in the City. 

After the kickoff meeting, City staff will conduct a series of smaller meetings in each village.  Residents from throughout the City can attend any of the meetings, but the follow-up sessions will focus on the challenges of the particular village. 

Rast said, “To a large degree, each of Peachtree City’s residential villages developed in different decades, so each have some unique challenges and opportunities as we move into the future.”   

Rast added that most of Aberdeen and Glenloch Villages were built in the 1960s and 1970s, so those areas are facing issues involving redevelopment.  Residents of Braelinn and Kedron Villages, which developed largely in the 1980s and 1990s, may have more concerns about maintaining property standards as the neighborhoods begin to age.  The “West Village” as the city’s newest village is still in the growth and development phase, which brings a different set of concerns to those living in that area. 

Rast concluded that he hoped this process would result in residents becoming more informed about the history and planning of the city as well as provide them with an opportunity to work with city staff in developing a plan that could be embraced by the community.  “It’s not often that a community is given the opportunity to come together and establish a vision for the future, and it’s important that we take this opportunity and create a plan that is exciting, proactive and achievable.” 

Information pertaining to the comprehensive plan update, as well as the visual preference survey, is available on the city’s website at www.peachtree-city.org .