Sunday, May 5, 2013
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 …
Monday, March 25, 2013
The road will receive funding through the state's Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant program.
A Bartow County contract for a 1.6-mile road to connect the LakePoint Sporting Community and Town Center is expected to pave the way for economic development and job creation, according to the Ga. Department of Transporation (GDOT). The section of road will connect the center to the Georgia and U.S. highway system near Emerson. “I am proud that through our working relationship with local and state officials that we can support Bartow County’s efforts for job creation and economic development and help it meet its growing transportation needs,” Georgia DOT Commissioner Keith Golden said. While contract preparation has begun, construction on this new road project cannot begin until the contract has been signed and a work order issued. The …
Saturday, December 29, 2012
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.
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
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 …
Monday, December 24, 2012
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.
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Monday, December 24, 2012
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.
Friday, December 7, 2012
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.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
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…
Friday, November 2, 2012
LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center in Emerson is set to be "the premier sports tournament vacation destination" in the U.S. surrounded by hotels, restaurants and entertainment venues, developers say.
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Friday, November 2, 2012
One of the largest construction projects in the country, LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center broke ground on what developers say will be "the premier sports tournament vacation destination in the United States." The more than 1,200-acre development just outside Cartersville in Emerson will feature state-of-the-art venues for more than 20 of America’s favorite sports and a mixed-use development consisting of commercial, retail and entertainment options. LakePoint is set to stimulate the economy through job creation and tourism dollars, and with the help of some of the biggest names in professional sports, including former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox, current Braves manager Fredi González and Kansas City Royals manage Ned Yost. …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Eric de Groot had the idea for a miniature educational theme park 10 years ago, and now envisions it at LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center near Cartersville in Bartow County.
Eric de Groot can be called many things, a humanitarian, visionary, even dreamer. All of those attributes seem to fit as one of his dreams moved closer to reality with LakePoint's groundbreaking. His plans are for Mini America, a miniature educational theme park at LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center just outside Cartersville in Emerson, which is expected to be the "biggest thing Bartow [County] has ever seen." de Groot, 54, a longtime Georgia resident and native of Amsterdam, Holland, was inspired by a miniature theme park in the Netherlands called Madurodam, a little walkable city of Holland history. "If America didn't exist the world would be totally different," he said. The Mini America concept was officially commended by the …
Monday, October 29, 2012
One of the largest construction projects in Georgia, developers say LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center in Bartow County will create up to 26,000 jobs when complete.
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Monday, October 29, 2012
A groundbreaking ceremony for "the biggest thing Bartow has ever seen" and one of Georgia's largest construction projects—LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center—is set for Thursday at the construction site outside Cartersville in Emerson. LakePoint Development partners—Atlanta Braves former manager Bobby Cox and current manager Fredi González and Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost—are set to join Gov. Nathan Deal to announce "one of the world’s largest and most unique amateur sports complexes," according to the press release. The more than 1,200-acre development will feature state-of-the-art venues for more than 20 of America’s favorite sports, and 5 million square feet of mixed-use development consisting of commercial, retail and …
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Construction of Terminus Wake Park at LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center is set to begin this fall, and the opening is expected in the spring.
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Saturday, August 25, 2012
Wake Park Atlanta, which in January announced plans to open a cable wakeboard park at LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center in Bartow County, closed this week on almost 20 acres of land. Developers say the innovative, multi-lake design at Terminus Wake Park will accommodate wake boarders of all skill levels. "The park’s signature will be an elaborate series of rails and obstacles," Austin Singleton, one of the principals with Terminus, said in a press release. "Many of the obstacles at the park will not be available anywhere else in the United States and some of the custom obstacles will be the first of their kind in the world." Terminus will encompass more than 17 acres of the sports development just outside Cartersville. "Terminus …
Friday, June 1, 2012
For the second time, developers have delayed the opening date of the massive sports development in Emerson.
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Friday, June 1, 2012
The opening of "the biggest thing Bartow has seen" has been pushed back to 2014, according to a new LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center promotional video. The 1,200-acre development in Emerson—to include a 300-acre sports complex for baseball, lacrosse and soccer tournaments; business, retail and entertainment offerings; and recreation and other areas—was first scheduled to open this month. Last year, officials said the first pitch, kick and shot were slated for 2013. The new video says LakePoint will create 26,000 jobs, host 4 million visitors a year and include "an international-caliber track and field center" in addition to numerous other facilities, plans for which were announced earlier. For more on LakePoint, see Cartersville …
Momaof4
11:59 am on Thursday, March 14, 2013
There are already adult toy stores just north 3 exits in cartersville! They are only giving the people what they want! If you don't like it then get out and impact the community with morals and self respect attitudes. In this economy we desperately need something to bring money into this area. This will do it alright. The days of Mayberry have been dead for years. it wasn't growth that kill it it… more ›