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THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE HAS RECOGNIZED
PAULDING COUNTY WITH THE 2007 AWARD
“EXCELLENCE FOR INNOVATION IN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT”
THIS RECOGNIZES THEIR EFFORT TO CREATE A
“GREEN” SELF SUSTAINABLE
AND TECHNOLOGICALLY
ADVANCED SATELLITE CITY, WITHIN METROPOLITAN
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. |
The Paulding initiative utilizes a new model as a
stand alone technically advanced solution
which does not require its inhabitants to commute to
the city while working and living in an
ecofriendly environment.The Master Plan which covers over 20,000 acres
located approx-
imately
30 miles west of
downtown Atlanta, maintains over 50% of the land as
a wildlife
conservation
area. This
incorporates the Paulding Forest together with a
number of inte-
grated development
clusters
focused on:
- A General Aviation and VLJ
(Very Light Jet) airport and airport park,
enabling the
use of
the air taxi as a means to travel to other urban
centers without using major
hub airports
-
Village Centers, which create a multilevel mixed
use living, working and recreation
environment utilizing New Urbanism concepts
- Office, Research and Technology parks, which
capitalize on convergent (voice, video,
data) applications utilizing the Fiber to the
Premises infrastructure
- Active Adult Living areas which adjoin lakes,
streams and a golf course, and facilitate
work from home by the use of a broadband
Community Network
-
Hotel – Resort, Healthcare and Education focused
areas as part of a self sufficient
living – working – recreation environment.
The new model both minimizes the need for daily long
distance commutes, while providing a
network of pedestrian, cycling and equestrian trails
connecting the individual clusters within
the development.
The venture which is endorsed by “The Nature
Conservancy” will bring balance between
advanced technology and a green initiative as an
internationally competitive solution.
Further information available
from:
August 15th, 2007
Patricia Crook, Paulding County Administrator - Tel:
(770) 505 1352
Franco Eleuteri, Specialist Consultant – Tel: (214)
361 9969 (francoe@att.net) |