A state

grant may prove to be the missing piece that helps more

visitors find Senoia and be able to walk the city when

they get there.

During

Monday night's City Council meeting, Senoia mayor Joan

Trammell said the city would be sending in the paperwork

next week to try and snag a grant to help pay for new

signs directing people to the quaint town, along with

adding more sidewalks to the city.

For years,

business leaders and city officials have been determined

to improve the signs leading people into the city. After

much discussion, the city's Downtown Development

Authority agreed on a design that features a wooden sign

with a historic feel to it.

Since one

of the signs will be placed at the intersection of Ga.

Highway 74 and Rockaway Road, city officials met with

Peachtree City officials last week to get their opinion

of the sign.

The

Peachtree City Council passed the sign with flying colors

and Development Authority Chairman Frank Hollberg told

the Senoia City Council that the city needed to go ahead

and start work on placing the sign.

While

Trammell is hopeful the grant will pay the nearly $10,000

for four signs, she agreed with Hollberg and said there's

money in the budget to go ahead and erect the sign on

Rockaway Road, while the city waits to hear on its grant

application.

The council

voted unanimously to go ahead with the one sign purchase

and also gave Trammell the go-ahead to apply for the

grant. The grant would also help pay for sidewalks that

would start at the new bridge on Rockaway Road and

connect with existing sidewalks on Main Street.

At the end

of Main Street, the sidewalks would lead down Broad

Street to Ga. Highway 16 and provide pedestrians an

alternative to walking in the streets, Trammell said.

The city

should receive word on the grant in May, she added.