Because Coweta has continued to grow in both sectors, it has helped in recruiting new companies and has encouraged existing companies to stay and grow. Expansion of CTCA’s facilities, the groundbreaking of HealthSouth and the opening Piedmont Healthcare Cancer Wellness are all testimonials to the confidence that Coweta County is becoming a premier destination for health care. “This is the type of growth that is desirable, bringing a higher caliber of citizenry and job development,” Boothby said. “Today’s reality is that, health care, great education, public safety and convenience reside in communities
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like ours.” The Thomas Crossroads area around the intersection of Highways 34 East and 154 experienced the spark of development with a new Verizon Wireless store locating in the old Blockbuster building while a Pep Boys was built in spring 2014 on an outparcel near Tractor Supply. A U-Haul rental facility and retail store along Highway 34 are also in the mix. The recent spark of restaurant openings in downtown Newnan such as Rednexican, Meat ‘N’ Greet, Garlic Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar, and the Leaf & Bean are drawing more activity to the Court Square district. Future plans of transforming
alleyways into outdoor dining spots was addressed in the city’s early 2014 Liveable Centers Initiative study along with concepts for the future of the old Caldwell Tanks facility at East Broad Street and Salbide Avenue in downtown Newnan and the vacant former PAPP Clinic location on Cavender Street. The old clinic is near the site of the University of West Georgia Hospital Redevelopment Project, transforming the former Newnan Hospital facilities into a Newnan satellite campus for the Carrollton-based university. Various proposals for the Caldwell Tanks site all contained commercial and residential development. One would turn the largest glass and steel building
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