Roswell to resume activities

Roswell will soon resume some activities halted by the pandemic. City meetings the public can attend will take place at City Hall in April, and special event permits will be issued again starting next month, according to a statement by Mayor Lori Henry.

Henry suspended the permits last year citing the public health emergency.

Last week, Roswell Farmers and Artisans Market manager Sherri Schreiner said the market was looking for a new venue because its usual home on City Hall grounds required a special event permit, which was not being issued.

Schreiner didn’t return calls Tuesday to The Atlanta Journal-constitution inquiring if the farmers market will try to return to City Hall after all.

When in-person city meetings resume in April, attendees will be required to wear masks and have temperatures checked, the statement said, adding that social distancing will also be enforced. During the pandemic, the meetings have been held via teleconference and streamed online.

Henry said lower numbers of new cases of COVID-19 reported by the Fulton County Health Department led to her decision.

New cases in Roswell have decreased nearly 50% since January, according to a county epidemiology report.

“While I am heartened by the decrease in COVID cases and all the numbers we are seeing now, it is still important to have (recommended Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) public health and safety guidelines in place to protect our residents, visitors and staff,” Henry said.

Students from Georgia Tech are among the four teams that have been selected as the finalists for the 19th annual Uli/gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition, an event that challenges graduate students to devise a comprehensive design and development plan for a real site in an urban area.

This year’s competition asked students for proposals to create a thriving mixed-use, mixed-income area in the East Village neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, according to a press release. The challenge brief asked the students to address housing affordability, equity, transportation, mobility, sustainability, and resilience in their proposals. The four teams advance to the final round of the competition in April, where they will com

for a $50,000 prize. Cattlyst from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Contestants Erin Heidelberger, Akhilesh Dhurkunde, Huangzhe Zhao, Robin Cornel, and Alex Sovchen). Cattlyst celebrates Kansas City’s agricultural roots while launching

city into the future of food. The development leverages partnerships with existing companies, startups, and universities, as well as its location in the Central Business District, to capitalize on the growing biotech workforce by establishing itself as an innovation corridor anchored by a diverse neighborhood.

The finalists were chosen from 105 entries by a jury of 16 leading ULI members representing a broad variety of real estate and related disciplines.

Information: americas.uli.org