Massive 974-acre Dawsonville Project Moves Forward (Atlanta, Alpharetta: hotel, homes, employment)

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https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/..._news_headline

*338,000 square feet of retail/service space. "This area will be designed with an Avalon-Urban Village Life-Style, incorporating Residential Living on the 2nd & 3rd Story above the Retail Area."

*243,200 square feet of Class A office space with a building height up to 10 stories.

*A convention and performing arts center

*A historic Chinese cultural center providing public awareness of Chinese arts, gardens, herbal medicine, and lifestyle. This area will provide an additional 199,000 square feet of retail space, restaurants, and retail service including a four-story hotel.

*800 units of multi-family living

*101 units of single-family attached homes

*A 350-unit continuing care retirement community with both independent and assisted living

*604 single-family detached homes divided within three separate neighborhoods

*273 acres preserved for parks and greenspace

*A 40-acre public park on the Etowah River with canoe launch

*A winery and vineyard.

[AnsleyPark]

Wow. Good for the area!

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Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

Wow. Good for the area!

Yep, that area is going to absolutely explode over the next decade as land in Forsyth County is increasingly at a premium.

I wouldn't be surprised if Dawson County hits 100,000 people by 2030.

[Gulch]

Sprawl baby, sprawl!!!!

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by Gulch

Sprawl baby, sprawl!!!!

That area is far enough away from the city that I'm not sure it is classifiable as sprawl. Places are going to grow, ya know. Further, this will be a huge amount of amenities to this area, an area which is currently lacking.

[arjay57]

Holy cow!! It seems like everybody is jumping on the Avalon bandwagon.

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Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

That area is far enough away from the city that I'm not sure it is classifiable as sprawl. Places are going to grow, ya know. Further, this will be a huge amount of amenities to this area, an area which is currently lacking.

Dawson County is a part of Metro Atlanta. With Forsyth County building out rapidly (it was completely covered in blue dots on an ARC image showing the number of new single family housing permits), the growth is simply spreading further outward.

Plus, Dawson County has no employment base of its own. It's nothing more than a bedroom community and tourist destination for Alpharetta.

By every definition, it's definitely sprawl.

[WanderingImport]

It seems like a fairly responsible development which has a lot of density for such a far flung area from Atlanta. I would still classify it as a bedroom community to Atlanta, an exurb if you will.

Atlanta’s gonna Atlanta. At least until it hits elevation.

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Originally Posted by WanderingImport

It seems like a fairly responsible development which has a lot of density for such a far flung area from Atlanta. I would still classify it as a bedroom community to Atlanta, an exurb if you will.

Atlanta’s gonna Atlanta. At least until it hits elevation.

At this point, it's definitely looking like TN/NC border or bust, never mind elevation.

[AnsleyPark]

Lord, the word "sprawl" is used so often on these boards and in such a derogatory way. Hard to believe that folks want close-by amenities in the areas they can afford to live...