Holly Springs Selected For Downtown Renaissance Fellowship

HOLLY SPRINGS, GA -- The Holly Springs Main Street Program is collaborating with a University of Georgia landscape architecture student on municipal improvement projects this summer through the university’s Downtown Renaissance Fellowship.

Selected from a competitive group of applicants, Holly Springs will receive technical and design assistance for revitalization projects through the 12-week Downtown Renaissance Fellowship. The initiative is a partnership between the university's Carl Vinson Institute of Government, UGA's College of Environment and Design and the Georgia Municipal Association.

As a Downtown Renaissance Fellow, UGA landscape architecture graduate student Arianne Wolfe was selected to work with Holly Springs Main Street Director Erin Honea to provide technical expertise for a series of revitalization and beautification projects.

“It is a true honor to be selected to participate in this program,” Honea said. “By the end of this process, we are hoping to have ideas for blending and preserving the older parts of our city with the redevelopment of our Town Center.”

Wolfe will be developing corridor enhancements along Holly Springs Parkway, including proposed streetscape plantings, recommending facade and parking improvements for selected downtown businesses, and creating concept designs for wayfinding signage throughout the Main Street District.

Downtown Renaissance Fellows, drawn from the College of Environment and Design’s landscape architecture program, complete specific projects for selected Georgia cities during their fellowship. Holly Springs is participating in the fifth annual fellowship program, which is supported by GMA and the Georgia Cities Foundation.

“These students gain practical experience, and the cities receive valuable technical and design services they can use to help keep their downtowns healthy and vibrant,” said Danny Bivins, a downtown development specialist and faculty member of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government.

The renderings sketched by Wolfe will be available for viewing at the end of the summer.

Photo 1: Holly Springs Main Street Director Erin Honea, left, with Arianne Wolfe.
Photo 2: Arianne Wolfe works on the project involving the city of Holly Springs.
Photo credits: city of Holly Springs