We fortunately have had very little opposition to what we're doing in the city. Two high-profile commercial projects, RiverStone and The Bluffs of Technology Park, could be the signature projects that put Canton on the map and bring jobs to town. In addition, the proposed Northern Arc highway will run right by Canton. Not that Pruett is counting on it to spur development. The Northern Arc isn't even part of what's happening.
All roads already lead to Canton.
He's got a point, said Matt Sasser of Bright-Sasser Canton LLC, the master developer of RiverStone. Sasser's project is near the intersection of Georgia 20 and Interstate 575. Ga. 20 is one of the better east-west roads in the north metro area, Sasser said. So far, Sasser has developed approximately 600,000 square feet of retail space at RiverStone for tenants including The Home Depot, Belk and Publix. The land for RiverStone originally was assembled by the late Scott Hudgens, who had his hands full with the Mall of Georgia when he sold the land to Bright-Sasser in 1996.