Woodstock is undergoing major construction recently. Attached are photos looking at how the city is changing.
Kennesaw & Woodstock Construction
The Georgia cities Kennesaw and Woodstock are undergoing major changes to their respective cities. Have it been major construction sites, new buildings, or parking decks, everything is expanding at a rapid rate that there are companies that could or will go out of business. This paper will talk about how the local construction going on in these cities is possibly putting businesses out of the job, and how the cities want to maintain a family feel, and have people feel welcome. Recent observations show new construction sites for new businesses, parking decks, and neighborhoods all being built in the great city of Woodstock. With all the construction going on, it is hard not to notice that some companies are being affected by the amount of construction. With construction, legacy businesses are now having to renovate to keep up with the changes going on within the city. 2026 is a big construction year for the city of Woodstock with new parking decks going up, new neighborhoods, and businesses as well taking over.
The state of Georgia, as everyone has noticed, has become one of the most popular states in the country. It has some of the most desirable places to live. Just to name a few popular places to live in the state, Alpharetta, Marietta, Kennesaw, Woodstock, and Johns Creek. However, the city of Woodstock is one of the fastest growing suburban cities in metro Atlanta, becoming a very desirable place to live, work, and start a family. With major population growth, there are a few demands from the locals which are more parking, sidewalks for people to walk around downtown, and a high demand for more retail in the area.
Stacy Brown, Marketing and Communications Manager at City of Woodstock, states, “We do maintain a community feel, a particular character. It is popular and it is growing and we want to maintain that feeling with community events like concerts and the July 4th spectacular.”
Neighborhoods are on the rise in Woodstock, where there is a giant neighborhood that is being built around this one lone house that refused to sell. With people knocking on doors willing to buy your property, to make new current houses, your property goes up in price. This affects anyone who is looking to buy a house in the area. The citizens who have lived in Woodstock for all their lives are now seeing million-dollar homes and apartments go up right next door.
There are two perspectives on how all the construction and expanding is a great addition to the local Woodstock community and how it can have a negative impact. The negative side is how this would affect the long-term local businesses, and they must renovate to keep up with the city. Just to name a few, there are a couple of businesses located on Towne Lake Pkwy which are State Farm, Maxwell’s Cigar Bar, and Blue Ghost Arcade.
Jeff Moon, City Manager at City of Woodstock, commented, “As far as the city knows, the current businesses will still be there when the renovations finish - but that is between them and their landlord and whatever leases they have. The city is not involved in the renovations.”
There is a newly constructed roundabout with a new construction site right next door to these companies. Observations showed that traffic was piled up next to these businesses where people could not get into these parking lots. Some of these businesses require a left-hand turn to get into their parking lot, which is impossible with the amount of traffic that was in the area. These companies are going to get out of business due to the lack of customers caused by the amount of heavy traffic in the surrounding area while construction is ongoing.
Melissa Sigmund, Director of Community Development, stated, “Traffic can increase during construction when lanes may be temporarily shut down or otherwise slowed to allow access to portions of the roadway. I would anticipate that current traffic volumes in this area are simply due to temporary construction delays.”
Portrayed in these photos show what construction has been going on throughout the city and how this impacts local communities, businesses, neighborhoods, and traffic around the new area. Showing how companies are struggling with the new Woodstock, a place where everyone flocks to as the new place to live.
A new 6 level parking deck with over 600 parking spots where an old business used to be.
Traffic with the new roundabout and the construction going on right next to it.
Companies that are having to renovate.
New roundabout next to the construction site.
This picture shows how close the construction is to these last standing legacy businesses in this area. Showing it is impossible to make a left hand turn into these businesses.
A giant neighborhood is being constructed right next to locals.
This last photo shows a lone house that did not want to sell their land, and they are having a giant neighborhood built around them. (Think of the movie “Up.”)