The Tucker Pepsico bottling plant, located at 1644 Rock Mountain Boulevard, is planning a massive $260 million expansion that will add 136 jobs to our district.

The facility, which is expected to be complete by 2024, will expand by more than 260,000 square feet making it one of Pepsi’s largest manufacturing plants. By 2025, Pepsi estimates the Tucker plant’s production will quintuple due to its expansion.

As a 24-year Tucker resident, longtime volunteer and public servant, Cara Schroeder played an instrumental role in the founding of the City. Her next natural next step was to run for the Tucker City Council District 2, Post 1 seat. Councilwoman Schroeder feels that the City of Tucker has made huge progress in its first six years and is passionate about contributing towards its future growth.

Council member Schroeder was an active member of Tucker’s Planning Commission, steering committee for the City’s parks and master plan, and has served on the Tucker Community Council from 2016-2020, so she is very familiar with CIDs and TSCID’s relationship with the City of Tucker, DeKalb County and Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). In addition, she is impressed with the CID’s list of accomplishments and has become familiar with many of the business owners in the district.

Tucker Manufacturing Day is one of the events she most looks forward to because it showcases a variety of the successful businesses in the community and demonstrates the economic growth potential to prospective business owners and commercial real estate professionals. Council member Schroeder believes the Lawrenceville Highway corridor is especially ripe for attracting more businesses, among other places within the district.

While her passions lie with expanding and maintaining the City’s greenspace and trails, the councilperson has been most impressed by the CID’s progress in traffic calming along the Mountain Industrial Corridor, public safety efforts and curb updates and repairs. Her number one priority is collaborating with TSCID on public safety and keeping Tucker’s citizens and visitors safe.

Council member Schroeder is dedicated to implementing and improving the Tucker Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan with input from the community and business owners. She appreciates being welcomed by the TSCID members and looks forward to building a better, greater Tucker in collaboration with them.

DeKalb County District 4 Commissioner Steve Bradshaw is heavily involved in the revitalization of East Memorial Drive. He recently attended an event at The Atrium Event Center in Stone Mountain for a community Meet & Greet where he answered questions about the Memorial Drive Revitalization Plan and the plan for beautification, attracting vibrant businesses and employment opportunities. Learn more on the Commissioner’s website.

By 1968, there were approximately 30 buildings constructed within the Stone Mountain Industrial Park Historic District and during this time period Mountain Industrial Boulevard was widened from two to four lanes and extended north of the Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railroad (GCAN RR) mainline.

Tucker Summit CID is proud to sponsor the 2022 FODAC Run, Walk ‘N’ Roll 5K on May 7 to support our largest philanthropic member and help raise funds for its Home Medical Equipment (HME) Program.

We encourage our members and affiliates to sponsor and support this worthy cause! Sponsorship levels range from Bronze at $1,000; Silver at $2,500; Gold at $5,000; Platinum at $10,000; Presenting at $20,000.

Contact Stephen Barwick for more details for each sponsorship package.

In addition to Publix, Piedmont Urgent Care and Buffalo Wild Wings Go are now open in the Hugh Howell Marketplace development off of Hugh Howell Road and Mountain Industrial Boulevard.

More of the tenants, like ATI Physical Therapy, will be opening their doors in the next few weeks. We’re so excited to welcome these incredible businesses to our district! Stay tuned for more updates.

View the Publix ribbon-cutting here.

We are very fortunate to have such a wonderful relationship with the neighboring Smoke Rise Community. The Smoke Rise Country Club has been supportive of our beautification and infrastructure improvement efforts throughout the years.

Please visit their website to view their incredible fitness, dining and event venue amenities.

Residents and business owners may see a 6% raise in water and sewer rates across DeKalb County after officials proposed the hike earlier this month.

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond stated that he previously declined the rate hike until services provided were improved. However, the County needs more than $1 billion in revenue for repairs and upgrades currently underway.

Learn more about the County’s water and sewer issues and how it will affect TSCID members in this Atlanta Journal-Constitution article.

Make sure your planned signage and architectural structures are within regulations! Review the Tucker Overlay District Regulations on our website.