Monday, May 20, 2013
Upcoming changes in Tucker and Student of the Year.
On Monday, May 20, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Tucker First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall- Tonight is the May TCA membership meeting at Tucker First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 2367 Main Street. Guest speaker Honey Van de Kreke will present an overview of some exciting changes happening in Tucker including Phase Two of the Tucker Street Scape Project as well as the new Tucker Community Improvement District (CID). There will also be discussion of upcoming transportation and infrastructure upgrades and new businesses coming to town. The TCA Student of the Year Award will also be presented tonight. ************************************************************** Tucker Together meetings have been scheduled for May 21, June 11, and June 23. …
Friday, May 17, 2013
A CID is a self-taxing district that uses additional property tax dollars to make transportation and infrastructure improvements.
After working several months on the project, volunteers with the Tucker Community Improvement District (CID) Formation Committee cheered when the DeKalb Board of Commissioners unanimously approved DeKalb’s third CID in the Tucker area. “I can’t express how pleased I am with all of the people who came together to make this possible,” said Honey Van De Kreke, co-manager of the Main Street Tucker Alliance and the Tucker CID Formation Committee. “This is the third CID in DeKalb and to my knowledge the only one formed totally by volunteers.” “After the success of the Tucker LCI and the Tucker Overlay District, there is now a funding mechanism that can improve the area such as accelerating transportation and infrastructure improvement projects…
Monday, March 4, 2013
Papers have been signed and the process is underway.
The official kick-off for the Tucker Community Improvement District (CID) got underway Wednesday, Feb. 27, at The Bank of North Georgia in Tucker as several prominent business owners signed the necessary papers to begin the process of establishing a CID. “We have had three previous meetings with some of our largest commercial property owners and so far the response has been overwhelming to launch a CID in Tucker,” said Honey Van de Kreke, Vice President of Elrep Sales in Tucker and one of the first business owners to sign the consent forms. “This will give us the funding source needed to change our area into a thriving activity center that provides positive economic development and supports the lifelong community that is Tucker.” Public …
Monday, February 25, 2013
A Community Improvement District is being established for the Tucker area.
A coalition of Tucker business and property owners are kicking off the Tucker Community Improvement District (CID) on Wednesday, Feb. 27. The Bank of North Georgia, at 5100 LaVista Road in Tucker, will host the event at 10:30 a.m. as several prominent business owners sign the necessary papers to begin the process of establishing a CID. “A CID would give us the funding source needed to change our area into a thriving activity center that provides positive economic development and supports the lifelong community that is Tucker,” said Honey Van de Kreke, Vice President of Elrep Sales in Tucker. “It costs the residential taxpayers nothing, and it is the best alternative to forming a city.” Forming the Tucker CID will enhance the economic …
Lars
9:56 am on Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Bill is right about the school issue holding Tucker back in terms of growth. It may even be part of the crime problem as half the students in DeKalb drop out before they graduate. There will be two opportunities to address the new Superintendent of Schools, Michael Thurmond, about these concerns. I have also heard people say that the cities under consideration could be planning to start their own… more ›