Phase 1 of Forest Park’s LCI Main Street Downtown Streetscape Project is complete. The second phase, which ends at Highway 54 (Jonesboro Road), is in the engineering stage. The SPLOST funded project’s estimated budget is around $5 million.

Features include brick paver handicap accessible sidewalks, landscaping, bicycle racks, trash receptacles, benches, and decorative pedestrian lighting on Main Street. The new town center is located in the realignment of College/Ash/Main Street and has a water fountain and town clock.

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Ja’Quon Stembridge, shown here in July at the Henry County Republican Party monthly meeting, recently stepped from his position with the Georgia GOP. (Jenni Girtman for the AJC)

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