Manget-Marietta

Manget's Phase I in Marietta was recently completed off of Manget St. in Marietta. It's near Fairground St. off of the South 12o Loop near the Marietta square. The community is planned by the award-winning Hedgewood homes, and will eventually be four phases. The units range from the $300s-$700s and are a combination of single-family homes, townhomes and stacked flats. The website boasts that "timeless architecture blends seamlessly with the existing small town charm and tree-lined streets of Marietta."This isn't quite true if you are familiar with the area at all. In fact, I would argue that this community actually stands out like a sore thumb compared to the surrounding older (and much smaller and less expensive) houses. The develepors did a good job though with the landscaping in keeping older trees and adding natural looking plants to at least attempt to blend the development into the surrounding environment. It looks like, from the site plans on the website, that the other three phases are actually going to take over these existing houses. I'm not sure if they are planning on buying these people out, or if I just read the plans wrong. The lots are very small, but there is a garden and will be eventual walking trails and a pool with a cabana. What I thought was really funny about the website was that it advertises that Manget is in walking distance to downtown Marietta. Well, as of right now, distance wise yeah it's not that far, but there are no easy access trails or pathways to get there. Maybe there will be once the other phases are built. But, as of right now, you wouldn't want to walk to the square through that area. The houses are very pretty and different from each other, and the landscaping is very picturesque and looks natural. Even though they did attempt to blend the development into the surrounding areas, it still sticks out to me.
This is a project of the Marietta Redevelopment Corporation who's mission is "to strengthen the economic and residential base of the City by revitalizing neighborhoods, commercial areas and other distressed properties. The role of the MRC is to make strategic real estate investments in blighted areas, assemble properties for redevelopment where needed, and partner with the private sector to invest in our community." If they continue to do projects like these, they might succeed at this mission. You can see different new communities popping up in bad or "blighted" areas around town-so they are working hard to accomplish this. Whether they will succeed is yet to be seen.
The blogger isn't letting me post pictures for some reason right now, so I'll try to post them later.