What's Happening in Fayetteville, GA…

Recently, third-grade students in Fayetteville's Spring Hill Elementary School were asked to think about how to build a ‘good community’.

Their project ended up in a workshop at the Media Center, where they spent over two hours using ordinary household materials to show the basic parts of the communities they would like to see.

Jeff Eller, a media specialist at Spring Hill, started the workshop by showing the students Fayetteville's website. When they saw the page for Ray Gibson, the city manager, they said Eller should call him. He did, and Gibson arrived a half-hour later. The excited students got ready to present their ideas.

One group used packing materials and cardboard Boxes to build a school. Others built a house, a farm-to-table restaurant, a hospital, a water park, and transportation infrastructure. The students also discussed other features such as walking trails, entertainment venues, a water and sewer plant, and farms, among others.

Gibson told the students everything they talked about was important in developing a community, going on to say that a good community is inclusive, adding that is why there are different houses, businesses, and modes of transportation.

Gibson also showed the students a Downtown Redevelopment Plan map, showing them some ideas that have been proposed for enhancing Historic Downtown Fayetteville. They asked questions about the plan, and Gibson later called the kids ‘amazing’.

In order to follow up a meeting like this, officials could work with a flyer printing company on a periodic update letter for residents.


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