Comments on: Beacon Municipal Center Groundbreaking Next Tuesday

By: Cubalibre

Cubalibre — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:07:38 +0000

TESTIFY, sista!

By: DHer

DHer — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:52:42 +0000

I think it is a missed opportunity for two things that Decatur is short – tax revenue and density near the square. This is not a good location for retail and these municipal uses can easily become ground floor uses in multi-story buildings. A private developer could get financing based upon the permancy of the government leases, while the City could obtain tax revenues for apartments/condos in the upper floors. This project should have been taller since it is near the square (more rooftops for retail makes “the donuts fresher” according to Andres Duane) and the Marta station. This site is probably the biggest block of municipal property and we just put short buildings on it?

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:38:32 +0000

Yep. The police station constitutes the “overnight” portion of the 24 hours, though I expect the recreation areas and green to have varying degrees of evening and weekend use when the school offices are closed. So, all around, a fair amount going on, which is really the point in terms of street activation.

By: J_T

J_T — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:26:16 +0000

I guess I’m also a dummy because I don’t understand how you can refer to this as “single-use” either. But if it could somehow be defined as single-use, it seems like a damn fine single-use project to me. And if the location is the problem, where exactly would you prefer to see it?

By: Bobby

Bobby — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:22:13 +0000

Certainly not (I did read the post), and it appears you know what I meant by single-use.

Are you counting 24 hours of activity because of the police station?