Representatives from the City of Clarkesville toured Downtown Toccoa on Tuesday to see first hand Toccoa’s award winning and nationally recognized renovation efforts.
Clarkesville Better Hometown Board of Directors and City Commissioners are looking at ways to facilitate a successful downtown. Clarkesville is currently going through the application process to become a designated "Better Hometown" community.
The Georgia Better Hometown Program operates under the same four-point approach as the Georgia Main Street Program that Toccoa is a member of, but the Better Hometown Program represents cities with a population of less than 5,000.
Following a presentation on Toccoa’s Doyle Street re-opening project and façade renovation success, Clarkesville representatives ate lunch with Toccoa City Commissioners and DDA representatives at Cornerstone Restaurant.
The group then got a tour of Downtown Toccoa led by Vice Mayor Bob Troup, Community Planning and Downtown Development Director Connie Tabor, and Special Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby.
"Clarkesville’s Better Hometown Board of Directors is working diligently toward achieving the Georgia Main Street/Better Hometown designation," said Clarkesville Downtown Coordinator E. Lane Gresham. "We were thrilled to see the vibrancy in downtown Toccoa during our visit yesterday. We came back inspired and energized by the stories shared by Connie Tabor, Sharon Crosby and other community leaders."
Toccoa Main Street has facilitated a number of tours since Doyle Street has been opened to automobile traffic. Recently tours were provided to the some 150 attendees of the Georgia Initiative for Community Housing conference held at the Georgia Baptist Assembly.
"It is always a pleasure to share Main Street Toccoa’s story of revitalization and economic success," said Tabor. "I hope that we provided the information and inspiration that will assist our friends from Clarkesville in the implementation of their program."
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