SMYRNA, Ga. — The city of Smyrna unveiled an ambitious downtown redevelopment plan this week that, if fully realized, would add 350 new homes to the area as well as a hotel, small food hall, greatly expanded mixed-use space and a bike/foot path.

It is a nearly-finalized plan that would primarily transform two large parcels of land next to the existing downtown footprint.

In its current state, the parcels include the Smyrna First Baptist Church complex and its parking lot, west of Atlanta Road, and a further plot across King Street that includes another parking lot and ball fields. The city purchased the land from the church earlier this year for just shy of $16 million, and the church will move to a new location sometime in the next 2-3 years, the same time development would be slate

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