Business View Civil and Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 10

75 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 10 athletically. The high schools even took on an award-winning workforce employment training initiative from the city’s economic development department. Within 15 miles of the city there are also two colleges, Georgia Gwinnett College and Gwinnett Tech, which just broke ground on a $40 million building. The city is also close to Georgia State University in Atlanta. Snellville maintains its own police department, parks and recreation department, economic development department, and planning department. Water and wastewater are done through Gwinnett County, who are currently putting in a new connector sewer line which will enable phase two of the Grove to develop. The county is also putting in new water infrastructure in a neighborhood close to the town center, and the county and city just finished a redevelopment of their major intersection at Highway 78 and Highway 124. They installed a displaced left turn lane intersection. Sanders says it’s one of only three in the country, “It just moves traffic quicker, and more of it.” The community offers many trails and is adding more every year to connect the green spaces, like a 10-mile Greenway with more than 3.5 miles to add in Brisco Park this year. Sanders says, “We’re trying to promote green space and cleaner, fresher air. We feel like that’s a big plus for people looking for amenities and good quality of life.” In the future, Sanders believes the city will continue to improve itself for residents and businesses with a planned two-phased development to compliment the downtown development on an 8.5 acre parcel of land. He states, “We think this will attract, it already has attracted, a lot of interest and calls for other adjacent property. Kind of like a halo effect, attracting a lot more private investment. We’re starting out very strong. It looks like phase one SNELLV I LLE , GEORGI A