The Peachtree

City Council has committed to pay for half of a projected $25,000 study

to create design standards for the commercial areas along Ga. Highway

54 West.

City officials

hope the other half will come from the Atlanta Regional Commission through

its Liveable Centers Initiative program, which the city participates in.

City Planner

David Rast said the grant would be an offshoot of the work currently being

done by the city's overlay district committee. The goal is to create design

standards for the area and enhance the landscaping in the area, he added.

The overlay

district committee is working with RAM Development, the major landowner

in the area, on developing plans for how the buildings will fit into the

area, which includes the under-construction Wal-Mart Supercenter and Home

Depot along with more residential development coming in the future with

the 350-home Centennial subdivision off MacDuff Parkway.

Road improvements

are underway in the area to offset the expected traffic increase due to

Home Depot and Wal-Mart. RAM is also involved with those projects and

is therefore paying for the road improvements.

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