Business View Civil and Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 10

72 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 10 Creating custom designs that bring your vision to life... 3469 Lawrenceville Hwy., Suite 204, Tucker, GA 30084 | (404) 895-2253 | www.RootDStudio.com We are a boutique landscape architecture firm located in Atlanta, GA. We serve a diverse clientele in both the public and private sectors. Providing a full range of services from master planning through construction administration, we have the expertise to deliver high quality site development solutions. Integrity • Qual ity • Service the creation of a downtown core “Grove at Town Center” in Snellville because it has never had one. Retail and commercial operations sprung up throughout the city, but ever since the area (then called New London) was settled in 1879 by Thomas Snell and James Sawyer, it didn’t have a dedicated downtown. Sanders says the conversation that began 20 years ago was focused on what residents wanted to see the city turn into and what would continue to attract new residents. He explains, “As the residential group and the commercial group grew, the city started to provide really nice amenities through a very large park, Brisco Park, and started thinking about building a downtown, building a town center where we could provide an even greater quality of life. A mixed-use area for people to come to and enjoy and that’s how the concept of the Towne Center got started.” Sanders is proud of the direction the project