How would new retail stores impact the current downtown merchants?
It is imperative to create a plan that does not cannibalize the existing business success of downtown Newnan. You will note that in the process described above part of the process is to identify how to promote additional opportunities without allowing degradation of current businesses. One of the reasons this will be possible is that the plan will promote the development of projects that bring new and different economic influences to the downtown districts. Appropriately adding more retail stores to our area will enhance the consumer shopping experience. There is a positive result when retail inventory is added to a community because it broadens the variety of products and services, attracts new customers and increases the traffic by current customers.
