Driving Tour Stakeholder Meeting at the Chattahoochee Nature Center

The Driving Tour Stakeholder Meeting took place on Tuesday, December 11, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Chattahoochee Nature Center. The goal of the meeting was to begin to engage with community members, local businesses, schools, agencies and institutions along the River and to hear individual concerns, issues, and opportunities for connectivity. The meeting was one of three invited stakeholder meetings held during the 100-Mile Windshield Driving Tour that kicked off the research phase of the Study. At the meeting, the attendees broke into two groups to 1) talk through priority issues, recommended research, and precedents and 2) locate greenway aspirations, obstacles, and assets for the themes of ecology, history and culture, and connections and access. See notes below:

MEETING AGENDA

Meet and Greet
Chattahoochee Nature Center Introduction
Design Team Presentation
Break-out sessions
- Group Discussion – Qualitative Assessment of priority issues, stakeholder involvement, recommended research, precedents and site visits
- Mapping Exercise with Model – locating greenway aspirations, obstacles and assets for themes of ecology, History & culture, and connections & Access
Report Back
Next Steps

SUMMARY OF IDENTIFIED ASPIRATIONS

Connectivity – between places, between parks, across the river, between access pts.
Connect parks!
“United” as driving theme
Capitalize on recent successes and newly acquired public property (e.g., in Johns Creek, Gwinnet Trail Plan, etc.)
Sustainability
Public Access
Pedestrian access across the river

SUMMARY OF IDENTIFIED OBSTACLES