Florence City Council's business development committee is in the beginning stages of developing plans for a Lucas Street/U.S. 52 corridor that extends from the I-95 interchange to one block past the intersection of Irby and Lucas Streets. It's one of four main corridors identified in the city's master plan and could present the biggest challenges and rewards. The corridor design will have to consider restrictions of a federal highway and a railroad. It's an interchange that is home to 5,000 hotel rooms — said to be the most of any other interchange on I-95. The corridor also serves as a gateway for those that live in Florence traveling to and from work and for those that visiting businesses in the area. "When you think about that, you've got a captive audience. We just got to have them a reason to come this way," said George Jebaily who serves on the business development committee that met June 27, at the Florence City Center. Councilwoman Lethonia "Peaches" Barnes, who also serves on the committee, attended. The committee is working with Stantec, a firm that helped the city redevelop land that was being used as a junkyard into the property where HopeHealth now thrives on Irby Street. "The planning effort we're doing now is an EPA Brownfield assessment grant. It has three areas of focus: community outreach, environmental assessments, clean up and redevelopment planning," said David Sykes, Project Manager with Stantec. For more details on SCNOW click here : https://lnkd.in/e-fgSViK
Much needed 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 thank you Florence City Council for prioritizing this !
Post-Industrial Coordinator at Polyquest Inc
3dGreat news! Take out the trash and make Florence beautiful again!