With all the negative economic news with which we are bombarded on a daily basis, any optimistic development is cause for celebration.
The city of Cumming’s steady advancement toward a variety of projects along Pilgrim Mill Road near Ga. 400 offers just such an opportunity.
Last week the city selected a firm to oversee work on the Cumming Aquatic Center, which is expected to open before the end of next year.
Competitive swimming has become increasingly popular in recent years throughout the metro Atlanta area, and quality venues are scarce.
While the county’s high schools have swim teams, none of them have a pool. Having such a facility in Cumming not only will provide local swimmers with a modern venue for both practice and competition, but also will bring visitors — and their consumer dollars — into the area.
An aquatic center has been a priority for the city for years, and now is moving toward reality.
Given the city’s track record in designing and managing other venues, such as the fairgrounds and the Cumming Play-house, we expect the aquatic center to be a top quality facility of which the city and county can be proud.
But the aquatic center is not the only project proposed for the area near Exit 16.
The city last week also voted to build in that area a Department of Driver Services facility which will then be leased back to the state to operate. Also planned for the same area are a satellite campus of North Georgia College & State University and a new National Guard Armory.
The firm hired by the city to oversee construction of the aquatic center will also coordinate the other projects, so that there will be a continuity of planning and consistency in execution.
The end result will be a “neighborhood” of publicly owned, community service oriented facilities which will spawn ripples of positive growth and development in that part of the city and surrounding unincorporated areas.
Each of the new projects will, in some way, either add to local amenities or make certain government interactions easier for local residents.
In times of economic turmoil for so many governments, it’s nice to see the city with the resources and the resolve to move forward with some very positive plans for the future.
The city of Cumming’s steady advancement toward a variety of projects along Pilgrim Mill Road near Ga. 400 offers just such an opportunity.
Last week the city selected a firm to oversee work on the Cumming Aquatic Center, which is expected to open before the end of next year.
Competitive swimming has become increasingly popular in recent years throughout the metro Atlanta area, and quality venues are scarce.
While the county’s high schools have swim teams, none of them have a pool. Having such a facility in Cumming not only will provide local swimmers with a modern venue for both practice and competition, but also will bring visitors — and their consumer dollars — into the area.
An aquatic center has been a priority for the city for years, and now is moving toward reality.
Given the city’s track record in designing and managing other venues, such as the fairgrounds and the Cumming Play-house, we expect the aquatic center to be a top quality facility of which the city and county can be proud.
But the aquatic center is not the only project proposed for the area near Exit 16.
The city last week also voted to build in that area a Department of Driver Services facility which will then be leased back to the state to operate. Also planned for the same area are a satellite campus of North Georgia College & State University and a new National Guard Armory.
The firm hired by the city to oversee construction of the aquatic center will also coordinate the other projects, so that there will be a continuity of planning and consistency in execution.
The end result will be a “neighborhood” of publicly owned, community service oriented facilities which will spawn ripples of positive growth and development in that part of the city and surrounding unincorporated areas.
Each of the new projects will, in some way, either add to local amenities or make certain government interactions easier for local residents.
In times of economic turmoil for so many governments, it’s nice to see the city with the resources and the resolve to move forward with some very positive plans for the future.