Kennesaw Comprehensive Plan Update 2022

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What are the three (3) strongest assets in Kennesaw?
Parks, breweries, open container district
Reply35 Agree3 years ago
Low crime rate
Small town feel.
Activities and museum
Reply24 Agree3 years ago
Law enforcement has a great reputation.
Reply11 Agree3 years ago
Green spaces, diverse businesses, city events
Reply9 Agree3 years ago
Location; proximity to Kennesaw State University; family oriented city
Reply5 Agree3 years ago
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What are the three (3) primary challenges facing Kennesaw?
Wild man’s place downtown, not enough “local” restaurants, being business friendly (ease of opening a business)
Reply39 Agree3 years ago
Downtown Kennesaw looks really great in some spots but looks really bad in more. What in the world is the butterfly house and how is that up to code? Spray painted house and broken windows? What about the burnt out buildings by the gas station they just look unappealing on that side. The run down buildings and very dated looking buildings between bernies and big shanty barbershop. Don’t get people started on the eye sore of all Kennesaw wildmans.
Reply21 Agree3 years ago
Too much affordable housing, down town Kennesaw is unattractive to visit, traffic
Reply15 Agree3 years ago
Traffic at certain times of day.
Student housing like West 22 that receives more police calls than when the mobile home park was there.
Reply13 Agree3 years ago
Open racism in the Kennesaw downtown. It's embarrassing to bring people from out of town here.
Traffic.
Racial equity in business opportunities
Reply12 Agree3 years ago
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Quality of life is defined as the standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group. How would you rate the quality of life that you experience in Kennesaw?
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Are there any historically or culturally significant buildings or sites in Kennesaw that you feel are in danger of being lost or altered? And what role should the city play in helping to preserve and protect these?
Turn the old library into something….where local artists can display work, some sort of event space…something useful
Reply15 Agree3 years ago
The Lazy Labrador did a wonderful job restoring that building! It would be nice to see something similar done to the Painted Butterfly, the old library, antique store on Main Street, the hair salon next to it, etc. Any of these buildings would make such a unique artist co-op which would help attract more people to downtown Kennesaw.
Reply12 Agree3 years ago
There are a number of homes in and around the historic district that appear neglected and abandoned. Give these homes life by encouraging existing owners to sell them to buyers that will maintain them. Either to people that will live in them or to businesses to open shop inside.
Reply10 Agree3 years ago
The three story brick building on Main should be preserved and looks to be in fairly good condition except for the front where the Civil War “museum” is housed. That should be cleaned out and cleaned up.
Reply8 Agree3 years ago
Nope. You should especially tear down the racist store in downtown Kennesaw. What you're doing downtown is atrocious with the huge mixed-used development and not charming AT ALL.
Reply3 Agree3 years ago
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Which culturally or historically significant buildings or sites do you feel are most important to the community?
I wish we would turn the old library into a great venue for local artists to display (possibly sell) their art. The tunnel could have some beautiful murals painted in it. The end of the building where Wildman’s (ugh, can we get rid of that place already?) is, is a beautiful and unused space.
Reply11 Agree3 years ago
Many of the Civil War monuments' pro-slavery and anti-federalist stances are embarrassing to bring out-of-towners around
Reply6 Agree3 years ago
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park; The Southern Museum (with The General); various less prominent Civil War sites throughout the City.
Reply5 Agree3 years ago
The houses on Main Street. The museum and the original buildings downtown.
Reply1 Agree3 years ago
None of the racist sites are of interest to anyone except other racists. They can all be demolished and id prefer shops or parks for the kids.
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What are the most significant natural and environmental resources in the area?
What role should the City play in helping to preserve and protect these? Natural and environmental resources can include bodies of water, wildlife and wildlife habitat, forests, undeveloped land, etc.

QUIT MASS CLEARING ACRES UPON ACRES OF LAND TO BUILD UGLY APARTMENT BUILDINGS!!!!!!!-WE ARE ALREADY SEEING WILDLIFE SCURRYING TO FIND HOMES AND DEALING WITH FLOODING ISSUES!!!
Reply15 Agree3 years ago
The increase in utilitarian high density housing is really ruining the aesthetic of the community. It is losing its beauty and being replaced by massive buildings that all look the same and destroying lots of land in the process.
Reply8 Agree3 years ago
The increase in utilitarian high density housing is really ruining the aesthetic of the community. I
Reply2 Agree3 years ago
Stop clearing wildlife when there are plenty of places in the downtown and surrounding area to knock down old buildings/houses and put something new.
Reply2 Agree3 years ago
Stop demolishing/clear cutting trees for condos/apartments.
Reply2 Agree3 years ago
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