Downtown study begins online Thursday

The Downtown Austell Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) study begins online at 5:45 p.m. Thursday for the public kickoff meeting.

Participants will be introduced to the consultants, the process and the online workshop that can be viewed until April 1.

Austell has hired a consultant team to put together recommendations for the downtown area: ■ TSW (land use and design) ■ Keck & Wood (transportation) ■ Perez Planning + Design (trails and connectivity)

■ KB Advisory Group (market study)

Register and view on Zoom: tinyurl.com/austell-kickoff

View on Facebook Live at facebook.com/cityofaustell

Information: austellga.gov/ Citynews.aspx?cnid=5202

Midway down the engagement page at tsw.mysocialpinpoint.com/ downtown-austell-lci is a mapping activity to show your vision for the Austell downtown’s redevelopment through April 1.

The Atlanta Regional Commission’s Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) is a grant program that incentivizes local jurisdictions to re-envision their communities as vibrant, walkable places that offer increased mobility options, encourage healthy lifestyles and provide improved access to jobs

and services, according to an ARC statement.

Since 2000, the LCI program

has invested $254 million in more than 120 communities throughout the Atlanta region, helping pay for planning studies and the construction of transportation projects, such as sidewalks and intersection improvements, to bring those visions to life, the statement said.

The ARC board has allocated $345 million through 2050 to pay for transportation projects result

ing from completed LCI studies, the statement added.

Information: Project Manager Laura Richter at lrichter@tsw-design.com or the city’s Director of Public Affairs Darrell Weaver at darrell@austellga.gov