Business View Magazine | December 2020

312 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2020 122 N Chalkville Road, Trussville AL 35173 205-655-2128 | info@bestinsgrp.com www.bestinsgrp.com BUSINESS • LIFE • HOME • AUTO INSURANCE “Your best policy is a great agent ” pavilion in the middle that will be surrounded by two more restaurants. The development will also include retail and commercial use, as well as some condominium opportunities. When complete, it will be a tremendous economic boost for the city, and a destination point for people who live outside Trussville. The downtown redevelopment is being overseen by TURNERBATSON Architects, an architectural and interior design firm out of Birmingham. “We have worked with Dave Reece (President of TURNERBATSON) and his team for years,” Choat shares. “They are also doing other work for some new businesses coming to town. We’ve got a new church that is being built that they did the design for. We’ve got new businesses, new office spaces, and we are just really excited with our relationship with TURNERBATSON.” In addition to the downtown redevelopment, the City of Trussville has also engaged in two major infrastructure projects that will allow citizens to bypass US Highway 11, which runs through the middle of the city and is often the source of traffic woes. Drivers will have options to avoid the main congested areas, thanks to a Loop Road Project that is being planned to come from the north side of Trussville into downtown. Two roads will be built within the next two years that will hopefully alleviate some of the traffic congestion in the core area. Detours caused by the downtown redevelopment project had the added benefit of giving Trussville citizens an idea of how the new loop roads would help with traffic flow around the area. “The citizens really could understand the difference it will make as far as the congestion,” says Choat. “And they bought into it. I think there is a lot of excitement for us to get this project done.” Birmingham’s leading construction company, Dunn Construction was hired for the paving on the project. The company has been a fixture in Trussville’s construction projects for years. The Mayor reports, “We have a wonderful relationship with Dunn. We have kept them