Welcome to the Loganville Week, your go-to source for local news, community updates, and market insights right here in Loganville. Here’s what’s making headlines in our area this week.
Loganville Approves Highway 78 Safety Redesign Near Publix
Loganville City Council voted 5-1 this month to move forward on a Georgia DOT safety redesign of Highway 78 between Logan Drive and C.S. Floyd Road. The plan adds a raised median that removes some left turns, puts in new turn lanes, and adds a traffic light at the Publix shopping center. Police Chief Dick Lowry told the council fewer left turns mean fewer accidents, and that lines up with what most drivers already feel on that stretch of road. The full project is still a couple of years from construction, but it is the kind of change that affects daily life more than almost anything a city does. When I talk with buyers about a neighborhood near a busy corridor like this, projects like this one are exactly what I point them to. It tells you the city is paying attention to the roads people actually use every day.
New O’Kelly Memorial Library Opens Its Doors on Main Street
Loganville’s new O’Kelly Memorial Library celebrated its grand opening on September 19 at its new home on Main Street. The 5.7 million dollar building replaces the old branch on Conyers Road and gives the city a real anchor right in the middle of downtown. The opening weekend included a ribbon cutting, a magic show for kids, and a new Fall Garden Talk series starting this week with the Walton County Master Gardeners. A library move like this says more about a town than people realize. It is a sign that the city is investing in the center of town, not just the edges, and that matters to anyone comparing Loganville to towns that have let their downtown sit empty. I always tell clients to look at what a city is building, not just what it already has.
Loganville Home Prices Climb as Sales Pick Up
The numbers out of Loganville this month tell a clear story. The median home price in August was 429,900 dollars, and 761 homes sold, up from 677 the same month last year. That is more sales moving at a higher price, which is not something every suburb around Atlanta can say right now. Homes are taking a little longer to sell, 63 days on average compared to 56 last year, but with 700 active listings and only 53 new ones added, there is not a flood of new inventory pushing prices down. If you are thinking about selling in Loganville, this is a market that still rewards a well priced, well presented home. If you are buying, it means being ready to move when the right one comes up.
As always, if you have questions about the Loganville real estate market or are thinking about buying or selling, I’m just a call or email away.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Robbins
Century 21 Connect Realty
404.491.0432
jon.r@c21connectrealty.com