03/02/2024
๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ: ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ?
๐พ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ 14 ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐ง๐จ
๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐บ
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (March 1, 2024) โ The City of Gainesville, Georgia seeks to gain guidance by inviting community stakeholders to share their ideas for the future of downtown Gainesville.
Downtown Gainesville has undergone growth like never before, which has contributed to an enhanced experience for residents, visitors and business owners alike. City leadership wishes to gain insight into what the public desires out of their town square, whether it be more restaurants, retail and services; green, recreational and open-air spaces; interactive elements such as water features or public art; framework supporting live entertainment and community events, etc. The City also wishes to hear what aspects of the historic square could be improved.
The City will host two public input meetings from ๐ฎ-๐ฐ ๐ฝ.๐บ. ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ-๐ณ ๐ฝ.๐บ. ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ, ๐ฎ๐ The Vault at The National, ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฆ๐. There, attendees will circulate around five interactive stations at their own pace to give feedback on the following discussion items:
โข ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ: Identify where people linger, where people sit and stay, where people and vehicles interact, how people flow around the square, plus unused areas
โข ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ: Identify park elements you most want to see in your town square
โข ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ: Identify the โpeople you typically seeโ (day-to-day users), along with โpeople you see for special occasionsโ (the occasional visitor at a festival or market) and โpeople you would like to seeโ (that you donโt currently see)
โข ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ: If given a blank postcard to send to a friend, what would an image of the historic square look like 10 years from now? Draw what you envision for downtown Gainesville, including elements and focal points you wish to see
โข ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ? ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐: Describe your needs and concerns for the historic Gainesville square
Before leaving, stakeholders will be asked to participate in a brief survey to tell organizers about themselves and/or their business(es).
City staff will also be on hand to engage in constructive discussion and answer questions.
