Tributary, Georgia Explained

Tributary is a community in the New Manchester area of east Douglas County, Georgia, within the Douglasville, Georgia United States, city limits, consisting of a 1475acres master-planned mixed-use development^[1] built along the principles of New Urbanism.^[2]

The community consists of three major sections:^[3]

• Residential area
• Mixed-use "Village Center" planned for up to 500000square feet of commercial space, 65acres, including a walkable "Main Street" lined with retail shops, an area that will accommodate a supermarket and a "big box" retailer, office space and approximately 400 residential units.
• Tributary Park of Commerce, where the American Red Cross has opened its new Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified regional headquarters, among what is eventually planned to be up to 1500000square feet of low- and mid-rise office buildings.

The community is planned with extensive space for parks and recreation, as well as pedestrian and cycling links, as part of the New Urbanist design.

Notes and References

1. http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2008/02/04/daily38.html "Orlando firm plans 150-acre mixed-use project near Atlanta"
2. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/realestate/07genx.html?_r=0 "Younger buyers want better, not bigger"
3. http://www.terrain.org/articles/21/mildner_canin.htm Rick Mildner and Brian Canin, "The suburbs: New Urbanism’s new frontier?"