Business View Magazine | November 2019

291 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2019 Commercial Insurance Employee Benefits Auto and Home Gainesville, Georgia 770-536-0161 www.twsinsurance.com GA INESV I LLE , GEORGI A even before we have any infrastructure in place because there’s such a need for it.” Regarding amenities for its residents, Lackey says that the city is trying to accentuate its connection to Lake Lanier. The community’s trail system, called the Highlands to Islands Trail, runs from the shores of Lake Lanier, one of the major recreation sites in northeast Georgia. “It comes through downtown Gainesville,” he explains, “and right now, runs to the south of the city. But the countywide community has a plan to extend it all the way down to the Lake Lanier Islands Resort on the southern part of the community.” The city also started a new branding campaign that focuses on lakeside parks. “They’re parks that allow our community to have connectivity to the lake,” he adds. “There was a small, privately-run park called Lake Lanier Olympic Park that actually was the site of the rowing events at the ’96 Olympics in Atlanta. Our community has taken that on because we feel that it could be so much more. And we’re focusing on other smaller sites and parks in our community to Lake Lanier Olympic Park