SPOTLIGHT ON HOGANSVILLE
Housing in Hogansville: Find Your Home Here
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n a shift away from gated golfcourse communities, ungated developments are designed to create a strong sense of place, with neighbors, a coffee shop and the town dentist all within walking distance (Wall Street Journal).” Fortunately, Hogansville has all of this to offer and more, appealing to homebuyers’ shifting thoughts about relocating to a rural community and the desire for a strong sense of place. With the recent grand openings of Station Coffee, the Grand Hotel, Georgia Wholesale and more, Hogansville is both experiencing growth and preparing for it. In addition to filling vacant storefronts, Hogansville completed an $8.7 million upgrade to the city’s wastewater treatment plant last year. With new businesses, its prime location nestled between larger cities and metropolitan areas, and a significantly increased capacity for water and sewage treatment, Hogansville is well-suited for growth. Along with growth comes the need for additional housing,
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and Hogansville has multiple plans and approvals for new subdivisions and housing developments. At a city council meeting in early July 2021, the preliminary plats were approved for Huntcliff Phase II, adding 83 single family homes to the existing subdivision, and Shallow Creek Phases 2 and 2a, adding 38 single family homes to the current subdivision. Additionally, in March 2021, the Hogansville City Council approved the preliminary plat for Williams Street Townhomes, a proposed 169-lot townhome development, and Jones Crossing Subdivision with 178 single family homes off Main Street. With new residents comes the need for new amenities, and Hogansville has something to offer for everyone. They are currently working on a project to renovate the amphitheater, completed Phase V of the Tower Trail that connects to the historic downtown, and have made significant sidewalk improvements. In addition to these projects, improvements have been made to Lake Jimmy Jackson
by remodeling the beach area, adding pavilions, a dock for kayaks and canoes, with additional renovations still pending such as a playground and volleyball court. Construction began in July 2021 on Isaiah Lofton Park, commemorating the former Hogansville postmaster who survived an attempted assassination in 1897, and more projects are sure to follow. Hogansville continues to improve its infrastructure and services to facilitate even more compatible economic and residential development without loss of its unique charm and character that enhances the strong sense of place homebuyers are looking for.
