Future Development Map
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Our Story. 1871 The Danville and Piedmont Air Line railroad (now Norfolk Southern) is built, inducing the founding of Norcross, Duluth, Suwanee, and Buford 1885 Historic Gwinnett County courthouse constructed 1818 Gwinnett County formed by an act of the Georgia General Assembly 1850 Population: 11,257 1891 The Georgia, Carolina, and Northern 1820 First U.S. Census 1861-1865 Railway (now CSX) is built including Gwinnett American County; Population: 4,589 Civil War 1900 Population: 25,585 2040 Population estimates range from 1.29 to 1.56 million 2018 Gwinnett County celebrates its bicentennial 2009 Gwinnett Stadium (now Coolray Field) opens 2003 Gwinnett Arena (now Infinite Energy Arena) opens 2001 Discovery Mills (now Sugarloaf Mills) opens 2001 Gwinnett County Transit begins operations 2017 Population: 920,260 2010 Population: 808,719 2007 First iPhone Released 1999 Mall of Georgia opens 2000 Population: 588,448 1996 Atlanta and Georgia host the Centennial Summer Olympics 1984 Gwinnett Place Mall opens 1988 Gwinnett Justice 1990 Population: 352,910 and Administration 1965 Section of I-85 between South Center opens Carolina and Suwanee completed 1956 The gates of 1986-1988 Gwinnett County is the Buford Dam are closed, fastest growing county in the United creating Lake Lanier States with a population over 100,000 1941 Pearl Harbor 1980 Population: 166,903 attacked, USA enters WWII 1970 Population: 72,349 1960 Population: 43,541 Who We Are. 3% Other 40% White, Non-Hispanic 11% Asian, Non-Hispanic 25% 21% Black or African- Hispanic, American, Non- All Races Hispanic 39% Top Countries of Birth US native, born for foreign-born residents of Gwinnett County outside of Georgia 1 Mexico 36% 2 Korea 3 India 25% born in Georgia foreign-born 4 Vietnam 5 China Source US Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates 2012-2016 Top Counties of Origin Within Georgia (1990-2016) 1 DeKalb 2 Fulton 3 Cobb 4 Hall 5 Barrow Top Counties of Origin Outside of Georgia (1990-2016) 1 Broward County, FL 2 Los Angeles County, CA 3 Queens County, NY 4 Cook County, IL 5 Miami-Dade County, FL Source US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division, Migration Data 1990-2016 Engaging the Community. Our extensive community engagement COH - Lilburn Activity Intercept Interviews - Best 2/1/2018 4/10/2018 program was designed to engage with Building Friend Park all members of Gwinnett’s very diverse COH - OneStop Centerville 2/12/2018 Intercept Interviews - Short community and included a combination 4/11/2018 Howell Park of traditional and other outreach Dinner and Dialogue 2/12/2018 methods to target specific communities Button Gwinnett Day 4/11/2018 Chairman's State of the and groups for their participation. 2/14/2018 County Multi-Cultural Festival 4/14/2018 Traditional Engagement Gwinnett Place CID 2/14/2018 Intercept Interviews - 4/17/2018 Activities Hearings, Lenora Park Community Open Houses, UVAC TET Festival 2/18/2018 Intercept Interviews - Planning Advisory Committee 4/19/2018 La Raza 102.3/100.1 FM 2/20/2018 Bethesda Park Bethesda Park Senior Non-Traditional Engagement 2/21/2018 Sugarloaf Rotary Club 4/19/2018 Center Speaking Activities Chamber of Commerce 4/21/2018 Engagements, Intercept COH - Bogan Park 2/22/2018 Family Festival Interviews, Pop-Up Events, VidaAtlanta 1010 AM 2/23/2018 Intercept Interviews - Little Radio Engagements 4/25/2018 Intercept Interviews - Santa Mulberry Park 3/4/2018 Public Hearing 1 12/19/2017 Fe Mall PAC Meeting 3 4/26/2018 Partnership Gwinnett 1/3/2018 PAC Meeting 2 3/8/2018 Kids Expo 4/28/2018 Planning Advisory Sugarloaf CID 3/8/2018 Intercept Interviews - 1/11/2018 4/29/2018 Committee (PAC) Meeting 1 Lilburn CID 3/13/2018 Harbins Park MLK Jr. Day Parade 1/15/2018 Plaza Las Americas 3/25/2018 COH - Dacula Park 4/30/2018 Community Open House Snellville Lions Club 5/3/2018 1/25/2018 Intercept Interviews - (COH) - Five Forks Library 4/3/2018 Rhodes Jordan Park COH - Lenora Park 5/7/2018 COH - Dacula Library 1/29/2018 Centerville Senior Center 4/4/2018 Hispanic Chamber of 5/8/2018 Lilburn Middle School Commerce 2/1/2018 Bogan Park 4/5/2018 Career Day COH - Rhodes Jordan Park 5/10/2018 COH - George Pierce Park 5/14/2018 COH - Lucky Shoals Park 5/17/2018 PAC Meeting 4 6/14/2018 Gwinnett Place CID 7/11/2018 Super H Mart (Pleasant Hill 7/14/2018 Road) 16,228 La Que Buena 101.9 FM 7/26/2018 online survey comments Partnership Gwinnett 8/1/2018 PAC Meeting 5 8/7/2018 1,165 online survey respondents Sugarloaf CID 8/8/2018 COH - George Pierce Park 8/13/2018 59 COH - OneStop Centerville 8/16/2018 intercept interviews around Gwinnett County COH - Five Forks Library 8/20/2018 Evermore CID 8/22/2018 20% of intercept interviews COH - Best Friend Park 8/23/2018 conducted in Spanish COH - Dacula Park 8/30/2018 Lilburn CID 9/14/2018 80+ community open houses, meetings, Planning Commission speaking events, intercept events, 10/2/2018 Hearing and other outreach opportunities Public Hearing 2 10/23/2018 ...and other engagement activities including surveys, living room chats, multiple committees and, one-on-one engagements with stakeholders and decision makers. The Five Themes. University Theme 1: Maintain Parkway (SR 316), REST Our Regional Activity Centers, if marketed as Gwinnett’s Economic HAVEN Community Mixed-Use Innovation District, Development and areas, Neighborhood Nodes, can take advantage of BUFORD BRASELTON Fiscal Health 985 and Vibrant Communities growing medical and post- designations are areas where secondary institutions. SUGAR activity and higher residential HILL 85 intensity opportunities exist, Employment 3 which are typically able to Centers identified provide greater value to the SUWANEE as places in the County county’s tax digest and fiscal focused on employment BERKELEY AUBURN health. opportunities and uses. LAKE DULUTH 1 N 6 DACULA Placement and timing of sewer extensions 316 and pump stations for Suburban Estate Living PEACHTREE 6 CORNERS LAWRENCEVILLE1 areas guide development appropriately in traditionally NORCROSS unsewered areas. 85 1 Gwinnett Medical Center Locations 2 Eastside Medical Center 5 GRAYSON LILBURN 2 Planned Water Innovation Center for Applied Research, 3 Education, Innovation, and Workforce Development Regional SNELLVILLE Planned Water Reclamation Facility/Environmental Activity LOGANVILLE 4 Campus to support population growth and economic Centers offer development the opportunity to 4 The County is evaluating mechanisms to encourage integrate office and 5 and assist property owners currently on septic to professional uses into the connect to sewer mixed-use and walkable environments that many Georgia Gwinnett College and Gwinnett Tech are a 6 young professionals desire. means to create a localized labor force. Livable Centers Community Mixed-Use areas offer Theme 2: Foster REST Initiative areas Redevelopment HAVEN encourage walkable, opportunities for integrated human-scaled development on our major BUFORD communities corridors and nodes. BRASELTON SUGAR 1 Regional Activity Neighborhood Nodes HILL can be used for small, 985 85 Centers offer the 1 opportunity to integrate mixed-use developments, 4 office and professional which can be accesed by SUWANEE AUBURN use and walkable nearby residents via walking environments that rather than driving for quick BERKELEY DULUTH many young trips. LAKE professionals desire. N PEACHTREE 6 Cou ax ocation 5 Oppor on CORNERS DACULA ADs) 316 1 Gateway 85 Gwinnett Place TAD 1 2 1 4 2 Gwinnett Place 3 6 LAWRENCEVILLE 2 Indian Trail TAD 85 3 Norcross NORCROSS 2 3 Jimmy Carter TAD Community 1 3 4 Lake Lucerne TAD 3 Improvement 5 GRAYSON 5 Park Place TAD LILBURN 3 1 Braselton erla 2 Evermore SNELLVILLE LOGANVILLE Hamilton Mill/Highway 124/ 4 1 2 3 Gateway85 Gwinnett Highway 324 4 Gwinnett Place 23 Centerville/Highway 124 5 2 3 Grayson/Highway 20 5 Lilburn 3 4 Mall of Georgia 6 Sugarloaf 56 Civic Center 6 Venture Drive REST Theme 3: Maintain HAVEN Mobility and BUFORD Accessibility 985 The Connect Gwinnett Transit Plan provides a frame- BRASELTON SUGAR work for future transit expansion and improvement in HILL Gwinnett County, including rail and bus services. 85 Major initiatives include: High Capacity Transit SUWANEE AUBURN 3 Enhanced Bus Service BERKELEY 2 LAKE The Gwinnett County Comprehensive Transportation DULUTH N Plan includes several major roadway improvements, DACULA among other projects, that enhance and preserve 316 PEACHTREE mobility throughout the County and to other parts of the CORNERS LAWRENCEVILLE region. Major Roadway and New Location Projects NORCROSS 4 4 1 85 1 Heavy rail transit expansion to Jimmy Carter 4 Boulevard and Gwinnett Place. GRAYSON LILBURN 2 Connected vehicle opportunities on Peachtree 4 Industrial Boulevard. Tolling options being explored to underwrite SNELLVILLE 3 LOGANVILLE contruction of Sugarloaf Parkway - Phase 3. 4 Transit connections into neighboring metro 4 communities. Theme 4: Provide REST More Housing Choices HAVEN BUFORD 985 BRASELTON The Vibrant Communities Character SUGAR Area allows for a broader mix of housing types HILL 85 and income levels and phases of life. These areas are also identified to surround the areas designated as Activity Centers in the plan to SUWANEE AUBURN maximize accessibility to commerce, jobs, and BERKELEY entertainment. LAKE DULUTH N The Established Neighborhood Character Area DACULA addresses areas that are largely single family 316 oriented neighborhoods that act as the backbone PEACHTREE for Gwinnett to continue to attract families LAWRENCEVILLE CORNERS seeking a traditionally suburban lifestyle. NORCROSS The Suburban Estate Living Character Area has 85 been designated to help with preservation of GRAYSON remaining low intensity development areas of LILBURN the county where infrastructure (i.e. road, sewer) is limited. SNELLVILLE LOGANVILLE Executive housing areas on and along Lake Lanier and the Chattahoochee River.