Alpharetta Downtown Master Plan Wins Award

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The Georgia Planning Association has recognized Alpharetta’s Downtown Master Plan with its Outstanding Planning Document Award.

The recognition was announced during the association’s annual conference, which was held Sept. 9-11 in Savannah.

Each year, the association rewards local communities and regional commissions for their work to make Georgia a better place to live.

To receive recognition, plans and projects must demonstrate innovation, transfer-ability, quality, effectiveness of implementation, comprehensiveness, public participation, technology, equity, sustainability and collaboration.

Alpharetta’s award-winning plan was created through a highly collaborative approach that engaged citizens and business-owners over several months.

The document divides downtown Alpharetta into four distinct subareas and provides land use plans, design guidelines, and implementation recommendations for each. It also provides for a new zoning code and stormwater toolkit to guide and support positive development activity that promotes greater connectivity between major activity centers while fostering increased economic sustainability.

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