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| Executive Director Update
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Wayfinding
In partnership with the City of Lilburn, we have designed a brand-new signage and banner program for the entire district with special emphasis on new signage in Old Town Lilburn. We are installing these signs now, which will have a positive impact on the visual appeal of the area. Let us know what you think!
Bryson Park, Hood Road and Lilburn School Road
In partnership with the State and County DOT, the Planning and Development Department, Gwinnett County Schools, State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) and City of Lilburn, the Lilburn CID has designed a new intersection at Bryson Park, Hood Road and Lilburn School Road. This project combines three dangerous intersections at Highway 29 into a single intersection with a new traffic light, vastly improving both safety and mobility for drivers in the area, and especially for school buses serving Lilburn Elementary School. Construction will start this year.
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The Intersection Quality Development Conference
Lilburn CID is a Silver sponsor of the Council for Quality Growth’s The Intersection Quality Development Conference on August 11. This event is the pinnacle of discussion surrounding the innovation of housing, workplaces, mobility and logistics in Georgia and how our area compares to other areas nationwide. The event features keynote addresses from industry leaders including Kia of Georgia, UPS, Zillow, Georgia Ports and more. We encourage everyone with an interest in our community's future development to attend.
Tad Leithead
Executive Director
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| Board Member Spotlight: Arturo Adonay
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Arturo Adonay, owner of Sara Real Estate and LCID’s newest board member, is on a mission to make business more accessible to local community members of all nationalities. His most recent project, Plaza Las Americas, is a case study for success.
“The inspiration is very simple. It is to share and showcase the Latin culture in a state with a fast-growing Latino or Hispanic population. It’s a place where Latinas can feel welcome, but also shows what this community has to offer the general public,” said Arturo.
The Latino community is one of Lilburn’s many multinational communities and accounts for approximately 40% of the city’s population.
“The pandemic has forced us to be more flexible and more proactive in finding ways to help our partners grow their business, especially since more people began using digital outlets for commerce.”
According to Arturo, the majority of his partners – as he refers to the tenants of Plaza Las Americas - actually expanded their business because the community maximized the opportunity that came with the pandemic’s disruption to the industry. Changes came and the community embraced them.
Arturo sees his involvement within LCID as an opportunity to bring similar success to other communities by finding prosperity through times of adversity.
“My goal was to support the city by contributing to the economy,” said Arturo. “We can incentivize more businesses and more activities in which more communities – not just in the Latina community, but every single community in Lilburn – can have their own business and be sustainable.”
Arturo, who is an immigrant himself, believes the biggest obstacle preventing community members from entering the local business world is a lack of understanding regarding how businesses in the United States are started and regulated. This includes a lack of understanding of local policy, but also confusion over where to start looking for this information.
Sometimes, this lack of understanding between local government entities and Lilburn’s multinational communities is often very literal: the language barrier. One of Arturo’s priorities within LCID is to make general information and regulations more accessible and digestible through community outreach and translated collateral.
“I look at real estate from a different perspective,” he said. “What I can offer LCID is a way to make it more amicable and easier to understand for business owners like me. How can we share the vision of the LCID with them and make them part of the vision?”
“It’s going to be a more vibrant and dynamic city,” said Arturo.
Arturo is also very excited by the prospect of increased walkability and transportation within the district through the efforts of LCID as it will positively impact the district’s physical infrastructure along with with the inter-community infrastructure.
To learn more about Arturo and the LCID Board of Directors, visit our website.
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| Livable Centers Initiative Study
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The CID received a grant of $120,000 from the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and $30,000 from Gwinnett County to create a 10-year vision for Old Town Lilburn and the US 29 corridor. This project is called an LCI or Livable Centers Initiative, which incentivizes local jurisdictions to re-envision their communities as vibrant, walkable places that offer increased mobility options and encourage healthy lifestyles.
Our goal is to create a vision that will include upscale shopping and restaurants, beautification and transportation improvements to encourage and support new residential and commercial growth. Once the study is approved by the City of Lilburn and accepted by the ARC, Lilburn will qualify for LCI-based funding to execute the recommendations.
Based on these projects, plus our ongoing efforts around beautification, landscaping, security and mobility initiatives, the Lilburn CID is excited to continue to make Lilburn a great place to live, work and play.
The results of this study will be released later this year. Visit the LCI website to engage with us online or learn of updates as they develop, and be on the lookout for more information about events where you can hear and see preliminary study findings!
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Connect With Us!
Please visit Lilburn Community Improvement District's website and LinkedIn. For more timely project updates and news, please visit the site and follow our Facebook page and Twitter.
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