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Real Leadership in Uncertain Times

 
 

We worked throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to deliver results for Roswell residents. Now it’s time to help our businesses come roaring back.

  • Maintained the high quality of city services residents have come to expect throughout the pandemic

  • Supported our police and continue a strong focus on public safety by strengthening leadership and improving compensation, recruiting, and training for officers

  • Worked with business leaders to help our local businesses come back strong

  • Coordinated with local nonprofits to assist individuals and families in need

  • Developed a citywide Roswell Strategic Master Plan to guide our city’s key initiatives

  • Adopted a comprehensive Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan to create infrastructure for recreation and mobility

  • Submitted community-driven 2040 Comprehensive Development Plan for State of Georgia review

Roswell HAS grown, and our roadways must IMPROVE to prevent gridlock. We need innovative, modern solutions to our traffic problems.

  • Continue collaboration on transformational improvement of the Holcomb Bridge Road/GA 400 interchange with Georgia Department of Transportation to improve east/east connectivity

  • Ensure the transportation projects funded by TSPLOST move forward in a timely manner, including the Historic Gateway @ US9 and the river and the Big Creek Parkway (north bridge over 400), while seeking practical solutions to traffic issues on neighborhood streets

  • Utilize technologies that will streamline traffic flow

  • Maintain local streets and fill-in sidewalk gaps

  • Plan for future transportation and mobility needs

Get Our Roads Moving

Preserve Roswell's History and Character 

Our city’s Southern CHARM and riverside location are who we are as a community. Let's celebrate what makes us special.  

  • Worked to adopt and implement a community-driven Historic District Master Plan to honor our historic assets, provide the guidelines that ensure their preservation, and preserve the character of each unique area.

  • Enhance our city’s nationally-recognized parks and recreation system and expand our green space

  • Seek funding to implement the Chattahoochee River Master Plan

  • Develop and implement a community-driven plan for Seven Branches property to link east Roswell neighborhoods to the river and to Big Creek Parkway

  • Respect our town center through appropriate redevelopment, infrastructure, streetscape, and amenities

Revitalize the Right Places

Our city’s commercial corridors — Along Holcomb bridge Road and Alpharetta Highway — are in need of revitalization. Directing economic development efforts to improve these areas is HIGH priority.

  • Involve members of our community, business leaders, and planning experts to identify and implement responsible redevelopment solutions where they are needed: east Roswell, Holcomb Bridge Road, Northwest Quadrant, Alpharetta Highway

  • Prioritize repurposing, renovation, revitalization of existing properties to better serve our neighborhoods

  • Explore and implement practical economic development initiatives to stimulate revitalization on Holcomb Bridge Road east of 400

  • Support our strong local business community, as well as efforts to attract new business through appropriate incentives, programs, and strategic partnerships

  • Encourage business expansion to balance the city’s tax base and sustain our high level of amenities and services without individual tax increases

  • Revamp our zoning code (UDC) to reflect a comprehensive, unified vision and provide clarity to our community and potential partners

Encourage a Strong Sense of Community

IT’S YOU, ALL THE RESIDENTS OF ROSWELL, WHO MAKE US GREAT. TOGETHER WE CAN MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE ALL LOVE.

  • Seek ways to bring the community together through public conversations about important topics, hosting and promoting special events, creating gathering spaces

  • Promote an inclusive environment that welcomes all voices and provides opportunities for involvement and enrichment

  • Foster a sense of collaboration and shared vision

  • Strengthen the arts as way to express our sense of place and encourage economic development

  • Support the many community non-profit organizations that strengthen Roswell

  • Support our local schools, their programs, and their leadership