Progress and Accomplishments of the Last Eight Years
1. The Memorial Center donated the Lakes and the John Ross House to the City.
2. The City Council enacted by an unanimous vote an Adult Entertainment ordinance.
3. Cherokee Landing subdivision. 96 new homes. Over 100 new homes to be built or will be built since
2004 throughout the entire city.
4. City enforces Georgia State Law forcing the removal of adult materials from a downtown business.
5. City adds the first full time detective to the police force.
6. Junior Building Supplies locates on Maple Street.
7. Centennial Celebration.
8. New Dollar General Store opens on McFarland Avenue.
9. New roof is placed on the John Ross House.
10. Head Start (North Georgia Family Resources) locates offices in Rossville
Business Center employing 30+ people.
11. New Sonic on Chickamauga Avenue.
12. The walking track is extended.
13. Addition to the maintenance barn. Purchase of a new dump truck, sewer washer, sewer camera, street
sweeper, and boon truck with SPLOST funds.
14. Several Private Projects under consideration and in the planning stages.
15. Street Scape on Chickamauga Avenue. Funded by a GDOT transportation grant.
16. Over 100 new jobs created in the city in the last six years. More than anytime since the early '80's
17. New Mega Star convenience store at Chickamauga Avenue and Hogan Road.
18. A City Web Site. I designed and currently maintain the site at no cost to the city.
19. The Rossville Downtown Development Authority continues to move forward with ideas and plans for a
better downtown.
20. The City and County entered a partnership over management of the former Rossville High School Gym
and football field. The Gym Complex will now be known as the Rossville Athletic Center. The Rossville
High School Alumni Association has renovated Alumni Hall which is inside the Athletic Center. Alumni Hall
now will be available as a place for reunions and the meeting place for RDDA.
21. New Five Star Flooring Business opens on McFarland Avenue.
22. McFarland Avenue paved.
23. Potter Enterprises buys "Roy's Grill" and renovates the entire building.
24. A dilapidated building is removed from downtown by the Downtown Development Authority and
replaced by a parking lot to serve downtown businesses.
25. Gateway Park Project unveiled.
26. The city has deeded the Lakes and the John Ross has over the Rossville Downtown Development
Authority. The DDA is in the planning stages of revitalizing the lake and John Ross House area. Currently
the historic John Ross House is not accessible to the public. The goal of the DDA is to make the John
Ross House more accessible and user friendly.
27. Wachovia Building sold and becomes the corporate headquarters of Western Electric.
28. A project yet to be announced that Walker county and the RDDA have been working on for over a year.
1. The Memorial Center donated the Lakes and the John Ross House to the City.
2. The City Council enacted by an unanimous vote an Adult Entertainment ordinance.
3. Cherokee Landing subdivision. 96 new homes. Over 100 new homes to be built or will be built since
2004 throughout the entire city.
4. City enforces Georgia State Law forcing the removal of adult materials from a downtown business.
5. City adds the first full time detective to the police force.
6. Junior Building Supplies locates on Maple Street.
7. Centennial Celebration.
8. New Dollar General Store opens on McFarland Avenue.
9. New roof is placed on the John Ross House.
10. Head Start (North Georgia Family Resources) locates offices in Rossville
Business Center employing 30+ people.
11. New Sonic on Chickamauga Avenue.
12. The walking track is extended.
13. Addition to the maintenance barn. Purchase of a new dump truck, sewer washer, sewer camera, street
sweeper, and boon truck with SPLOST funds.
14. Several Private Projects under consideration and in the planning stages.
15. Street Scape on Chickamauga Avenue. Funded by a GDOT transportation grant.
16. Over 100 new jobs created in the city in the last six years. More than anytime since the early '80's
17. New Mega Star convenience store at Chickamauga Avenue and Hogan Road.
18. A City Web Site. I designed and currently maintain the site at no cost to the city.
19. The Rossville Downtown Development Authority continues to move forward with ideas and plans for a
better downtown.
20. The City and County entered a partnership over management of the former Rossville High School Gym
and football field. The Gym Complex will now be known as the Rossville Athletic Center. The Rossville
High School Alumni Association has renovated Alumni Hall which is inside the Athletic Center. Alumni Hall
now will be available as a place for reunions and the meeting place for RDDA.
21. New Five Star Flooring Business opens on McFarland Avenue.
22. McFarland Avenue paved.
23. Potter Enterprises buys "Roy's Grill" and renovates the entire building.
24. A dilapidated building is removed from downtown by the Downtown Development Authority and
replaced by a parking lot to serve downtown businesses.
25. Gateway Park Project unveiled.
26. The city has deeded the Lakes and the John Ross has over the Rossville Downtown Development
Authority. The DDA is in the planning stages of revitalizing the lake and John Ross House area. Currently
the historic John Ross House is not accessible to the public. The goal of the DDA is to make the John
Ross House more accessible and user friendly.
27. Wachovia Building sold and becomes the corporate headquarters of Western Electric.
28. A project yet to be announced that Walker county and the RDDA have been working on for over a year.
The Future / Moving Forward
The communities south of Rossville are now experiencing growth. This growth pattern presents us with an unique
opportunity. Our city is a city that commuters pass through. We can capitalize on the nearly 45,000 cars passing
through our City. To do this we must apply the East Brainard model to our situation. Chattanooga is the center of
our metro area, with suburbs surrounding the central city. The last twenty years of suburban growth has been to the
east of Chattanooga, with the majority of residential growth east of East Brainard and the Hamilton Place area.
Downtown workers shop, meet and eat in East Brainard / Hamilton Place area before traveling east home. This is
Chattanooga's shop, meet and eat spot on the east. A similar spot has developed north of Chattanooga in Hixson.
No such spot exists south of Chattanooga.
The population growth pattern is now moving south. Catoosa County has already experienced this shift, with
disastrous results due to lack of planning and vision. A trip down Battlefield Parkway confirms the lack of vision and
the results of unregulated sprawl. Traffic light after traffic light on the parkway makes it a true parking lot. An expert
on downtown development said that Battlefield parkway is one of best examples of poor vision and unregulated
growth. Walker County has taken note of this unchecked growth in Catoosa County, and has taken steps to
regulate growth to maximize quality growth. The City of Chickamuaga and Walker County enacted a Historic Overlay
District with strict zoning requirements. The type of zoning that Chickamauga and Walker County enacted will slow
growth but ensure that what growth in the affected area will be quality growth. Chickamauga is positioning itself as
a tourist destination emphasizing its historic and small town character. Chickamuaga has the potential of
becoming the Gettysburg of the south. They are doing all the right things to achieve this goal with quality growth.
How does our city fit in to all of this? To the north is Chattanooga; to the east is Fort Oglethorpe with it's congestion
and unchecked sprawl; to the southeast is the National Military Park; to the south is Chickamauga, and to the
southwest Chattanooga Valley with it's residential growth. Being in the middle offers all kinds of opportunities. All of
the surrounding area residents drive through our city to get to Chattanooga. Tourists from Chattanooga who visit
the National Military Park and Chickamauga also pass through our city. Rossville can be the shop, meet and eat
destination south of Chattanooga. Demographics are already trending in this direction.
We must begin thinking about planning and putting the right policies in place to position ourselves for this future
growth. Part of this process is electing those who are pro-active, forward thinking and have a vision for the 21st
century.
Lets keep moving forward, Vote Teddy Harris for Mayor on November 8th 2011.
Colossians 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
The communities south of Rossville are now experiencing growth. This growth pattern presents us with an unique
opportunity. Our city is a city that commuters pass through. We can capitalize on the nearly 45,000 cars passing
through our City. To do this we must apply the East Brainard model to our situation. Chattanooga is the center of
our metro area, with suburbs surrounding the central city. The last twenty years of suburban growth has been to the
east of Chattanooga, with the majority of residential growth east of East Brainard and the Hamilton Place area.
Downtown workers shop, meet and eat in East Brainard / Hamilton Place area before traveling east home. This is
Chattanooga's shop, meet and eat spot on the east. A similar spot has developed north of Chattanooga in Hixson.
No such spot exists south of Chattanooga.
The population growth pattern is now moving south. Catoosa County has already experienced this shift, with
disastrous results due to lack of planning and vision. A trip down Battlefield Parkway confirms the lack of vision and
the results of unregulated sprawl. Traffic light after traffic light on the parkway makes it a true parking lot. An expert
on downtown development said that Battlefield parkway is one of best examples of poor vision and unregulated
growth. Walker County has taken note of this unchecked growth in Catoosa County, and has taken steps to
regulate growth to maximize quality growth. The City of Chickamuaga and Walker County enacted a Historic Overlay
District with strict zoning requirements. The type of zoning that Chickamauga and Walker County enacted will slow
growth but ensure that what growth in the affected area will be quality growth. Chickamauga is positioning itself as
a tourist destination emphasizing its historic and small town character. Chickamuaga has the potential of
becoming the Gettysburg of the south. They are doing all the right things to achieve this goal with quality growth.
How does our city fit in to all of this? To the north is Chattanooga; to the east is Fort Oglethorpe with it's congestion
and unchecked sprawl; to the southeast is the National Military Park; to the south is Chickamauga, and to the
southwest Chattanooga Valley with it's residential growth. Being in the middle offers all kinds of opportunities. All of
the surrounding area residents drive through our city to get to Chattanooga. Tourists from Chattanooga who visit
the National Military Park and Chickamauga also pass through our city. Rossville can be the shop, meet and eat
destination south of Chattanooga. Demographics are already trending in this direction.
We must begin thinking about planning and putting the right policies in place to position ourselves for this future
growth. Part of this process is electing those who are pro-active, forward thinking and have a vision for the 21st
century.
Lets keep moving forward, Vote Teddy Harris for Mayor on November 8th 2011.
Colossians 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
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