The North Fulton Community Improvement District announces developer Penn Hodge as the newest member of the Board of Directors, replacing David Baer of UPS.  Baer served on the board since 2006 and was instrumental to the CID’s Blueprint North Fulton master plan. Hodge is president and CEO of Penn Hodge LLC, and invests in and develops a variety of retail, office, resort, lodging and leisure related real estate. Of his recent election, Hodge said, “I’m honored to join the North Fulton CID board and look forward to contributing to such a successful organization and working to make the North Fulton corridor an even better place to live, work and play.”  The CID also re-elected Mario Mireles of General Growth Properties and Tad Leithead of Cousins Properties Inc. to the Board.

CID Progresses with Blueprint North Fulton Priority Projects

At the June 2, 2009 board meeting, held at the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Alpharetta, the North Fulton CID Board listened as eleven shovel-ready projects that were approved in the February 2009 board meeting were discussed in detail. Taylor Wright of PBS&J--the engineering firm directing each separate project and project consultant—hosted and guided the Board and guests through each of the eleven projects, which have been grouped into three categories: Interchange Landscaping Projects; Streetscape Projects; and Roadway/Operational Improvements.

Projects are being closely coordinated the cities of Alpharetta, Milton and Roswell. Consulting firms involved in this preliminary phase include Arcadis; HGOR; Jordan, Jones & Goulding; Kimley Horn; Lowe Engineers; RS&H, among others. The CID Board will determine subsequently which of the eleven projects will move forward.

At the April 14 board meeting, the leaders and consultants of the North Fulton CID presented the audience with the 2008 annual report, a major accomplishment in the history of the CID. The report, which you can find here, highlights the milestones of 2008 while also reflecting upon what’s to come in 2009.

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State Transportation Board member Brandon Beach was unanimously re-elected to a full five-year term today by Georgia legislators from the state's Sixth Congressional District.

Beach, the president and chief executive officer of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, was first elected to the post last July to fill the unexpired term of former board member Garland Pinholster, who had resigned.

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Approved in December 2008, Blueprint North Fulton is a strategic land use and transportation plan. Designed to create a cohesive vision for future growth and development along the Georgia 400 corridor, the Blueprint plan is focused on the commercial district from Mansell to McGinnis Ferry roads.

Sponsored by the North Fulton Community Improvement District (CID), the plan was developed in cooperation with the cities of Alpharetta, Milton and Roswell. Its primary goal is to maintain and enhance the area’s quality of life by helping plan, fund and accelerate infrastructure improvements.

The Blueprint North Fulton plan fosters a collective vision for more sustainable development patterns in North Fulton. Careful studies of residential growth, traffic flow, pedestrian access and area attitudes have created a common direction for future development.

With its success along Westside Parkway the CID has gained valuable insights into how development needs to more connected, allowing the CID to implement Blueprint North Fulton’s shared vision for the future.

The vision of Blueprint North Fulton includes transportation improvements, as well as mixed-use development strategies, allowing people to walk, bike or ride public transportation.

Download the full Blueprint North Fulton Executive Summary