Going the extra 'Blue Mile'

Statesboro team heads to Durham with Americas Best hopes

Looking north from the vicinity of Gnat's Landing, this envisioning, by an architect, of the Blue Mile after redevelopment shows a series of archways. The first, lettered "South Main Street" would be an early part of the installation, but the rest could be several years away. - photo by Special Illustration

Blue Mile Main Web — Looking north from the vicinity of Gnat's Landing, this envisioning, by an architect, of the Blue Mile after redevelopment shows a series of archways. The first, lettered "South Main Street" would be an early part of the installation, but the rest could be several years away. - photo by Special Illustration

Three enthusiastic spokes-folks travel to the America’s Best Communities Summit in Durham, N.C., this week with Stateboro’s plan to create a Blue Mile with archways and park spaces, no visible power lines, a Statesboro Stars Walk and a permanent home for the Main Street Farmers Market. Statesboro is in the running for up to $3.1 million to make a start building out the plan for a revitalized South Main Street neighborhood. When selected as one of 50 America’s Best Communities, or ABC, quarterfinalists last April, Statesboro received $65,000 to develop the plan.

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