Urban Redevelopment Plan proposed

Dacula City Council is holding a public hearing on April 4, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. to consider the adoption of an Urban Redevelopment Plan (URP). The Plan would serve as a tool to assist in the rehabilitation, conservation, and/or revitalization of the Urban Redevelopment Area as designated in the Plan.

The Plan provides a comprehensive approach to successful redevelopment within the Urban Redevelopment Area that conforms with the City’s Comprehensive Plan.  The Plan also provides a framework to proactively identify and implement private and public opportunities for revitalization.  Proposed redevelopment projects listed within the Urban Redevelopment Plan are in direct response to public input received from various workshops, surveys, and interviews from community members during the Dacula 2050 Comprehensive Plan process. The need for a community gathering space and redevelopment within the city center and historic downtown area was echoed throughout the received community feedback. As such, the general scope of the urban redevelopment project set forth in the Plan includes a variety of public and private improvements, including, but not limited to, municipal, public, streetscape, recreational, commercial, and other improvements, the acquisition, construction, and development of a new Municipal Complex, an outdoor amphitheater and multifunctional green space, public parking facilities, and other projects.