Look: Plans for New LakePoint Roads Emerge

To accommodate LakePoint Sporting Commuity & Town Center near Cartersville, Bartow County will build two new roads—LakePoint Parkway and Bass Pro Parkway—and reconstruct a half mile of Highway 293 or Old Allatoona Road.

With funding from a Georgia Department of Transportation grant program that allows local governments to decide on projects, Bartow County is set to build two new roads to accommodate LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center. LakePoint Parkway and Bass Pro Parkway will intersect a portion of the massive sports complex under way in Emerson near Cartersville, according to preliminary plans released by the Bartow County Road Department, attached. Set for the development's South Campus, the north-south LakePoint Parkway, at two-thirds of a mile, will intersect Allatoona Road near Interstate 75, while the east-west Bass Pro Parkway, at nearly a half a mile, will lead to a new Bass Pro Shops store from Highway 41, according to LakePoint's …

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LakePoint Starts Construction Process in Emerson, Bartow

LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center will convert more than 1,200 acres of rocky terrain and rolling hills just outside Cartersville into a state-of-the-art, premier tournament vacation destination.

More than three years of planning and design, LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center has started the construction process to convert more than 1,200 acres of rocky terrain and rolling hills in Bartow County into a state-of-the-art, premier tournament vacation destination. "When you set out to build the world’s largest and most unique sporting venue, it requires the efforts of many individuals, companies and government agencies to work together around a single vision," LakePoint Sports Development Partner Judy Sparks said in a release. "We have been blessed to have the cooperation and support of the city of Emerson, Bartow County and the local citizens who see the big picture and understand the positive economic impact this development …

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North Georgia Residents Asked to Participate in LakePoint Health Survey

Bartow County Public Health and Shorter University School of Nursing are asking residents of north Georgia to take the 5-minute Health Impact Assessment survey on potential impacts of LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center.

LakePoint Best in Atlanta Real Estate, Says 'Atlanta Business Chronicle'

Bartow County's LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center won Mixed Use/Special Use Deal of the Year in the mag's 2012 Best in Atlanta Real Estate Awards.

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Taylor: LakePoint Road, More Jobs Bright Spots as Budget Woes Continue

Bartow County Commissioner Steve Taylor during his first 'State of the County' speech addressed the plan to put on hold a new combined fire and EMS headquarters in Cartersville.

Bartow County Commissioner Steve Taylor gave his first State of the County address during a Bartow GOP meeting Saturday, indicating a lag in tax collections due to the economic downturn continues. He said a hiring freeze on full-time employees as well as worker furloughs and short-term borrowing with tax-anticipation notes would continue and indicated changes to save money on the county's pension plan are in the works. Taylor also addressed officials' decision to postpone, for a second time, the construction of a $5 million public safety headquarters that would combine and locate Fire Station 1, EMS and EMA operations at the proposed site off Felton Road between Tennessee Street and Highway 41. Approved by voters in 2007, the project to …

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Bass Pro Shops, Leading LakePoint Anchor, to Open in 2014

An initial 200 jobs will result and an additional 300 adjacent acres will be developed as a nature park at the huge Emerson sports complex near Cartersville in Bartow County.

Bass Pro Shops is coming to Bartow County with a 100,000-square-foot store slated to open in 2014. The Bass Pro Shops Outpost store in Emerson will be the leading anchor of LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center, according to the retailer. The Bartow County Development Authority approved Thursday a memorandum of understanding outlining details of the agreement, which includes the relocation of the intersection at GA Highway 293 and Old Allatoona Road, The Daily Tribune News reported. "The memorandum provides that Bass Pro is purchasing property and LakePoint is making some committents in terms of infrastructure that has to be put in place,” County Attorney Boyd Pettit told the newspaper. "[Commissioner Clarence Brown] along with …

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Report: Coca-Cola Lab Set for LakePoint

Coke comes to Bartow County in a big way with its Powerade Sports Safety Hydration Lab, which is set for LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center just outside Cartersville.

The Coca-Cola Company is coming to Bartow County in a big way, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports. Coke's Powerade Sports Safety Hydration Lab, set for LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center just outside Cartersville, will work to prevent concussions and dehydration in athletes. See ABC's full report attached. Tell us what you think in the comments, share your photos and videos, and don’t miss any of the local news you care about—subscribe to Cartersville Patch's newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. For more on LakePoint, see Cartersville Patch's special section dedicated to the development: LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center.

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Arts and Entertainment

Plans Take Shape for Mini America Park at LakePoint

The miniature replica theme park would consist of American landmarks constructed on a 1:25 scale and be included in the massive LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center development near Cartersville.

Eric de Groot's plans for a miniature theme park at LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center outside Cartersville in Emerson call for miniature replicas of familiar landmarks across the country. Sites to be considered for The Mini American Park include several natural phenomena and tourist attractions—from Alaska's glaciers to Utah's Mormom Temple to Florida's Disney World. Georgia sites on the table include Atlanta's Martin Luther King Jr. Center, the Georgia Aquarium and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and the antebellum houses of Savannah. de Groot was inspired by Madurodam in The Netherlands—home to a range of 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch places—that's seen about 50 million visitors since 1952, according…

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What Are They Saying About LakePoint?

We've gathered all the reports on LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center just outside Cartersville in Emerson and Bartow County.

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