Suburban Spotlight – Woodstock

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This new series will explore some of the suburbs that are getting (at least some) things right! First up, Woodstock. The small city is located roughly 30 miles North of Atlanta and is home to some of the most hellacious commute times in the Atlanta metro. Outside of an Express Bus and pricey express lanes, the car is king and your only option if you need to commute.

This doesn’t stop them from having one of the best suburban town centers around. Years of thoughtful infill around their historic core has led to a vibrant mix of shops, varied housing types, restaurants, parks, trails and more.

I recently took some time on a quiet weekday morning to explore the scenery. There is a really good mix and variation of building scales and types which makes it feel like a much larger place. One initial drawback I noticed were the sheer amount of “Private Property” signs on seemingly accessible greenspace.

Stay tuned next time as we explore Trilith.

FURTHER READING

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Phil Veasley is a Professional Engineer working to design safer multimodal infrastructure in cities throughout the US.

My goal is to create cities that are safe and effective for all people to move about outside of cars. To achieve that we have to focus on creating equitable, dense, and vibrant cities full of walkable neighborhoods with a various mix of housing choices, schools, restaurants, and services. We cannot have safe multimodal infrastructure without the density to support it and we cannot have equitable density without safe multimodal infrastructure. Outside of designing safe streets, my passions are sketching ideas for infill neighborhoods, floor plans, urban photography, and exploring our cities on foot or bike. Please check out the menus above for all of my ideas and also check out my YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter accounts.

Opinions and insights are my own and are not representative of my employer or any organization.