DOOLY COUNTY 

Byromville ♦ Lilly ♦ Pinehurst ♦ Unadilla ♦ Vienna ♦ Dooling

Transportation: Dooly County is crisscrossed by 780 miles of public roads, 49% of

which are paved.  The county road department provides maintenance on all but the

city streets of Vienna and the state routes, and thus maintains eighty percent of

the public roadway in the county.

 

Recreation: The county has a strong recreation department and offers a variety of

athletic programs.

 

Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities:  State Bicycle Route 15 follows US Highway 41

through the county.  Walking trails are located at Jewel Bowen Park in Unadilla, just south of downtown Vienna, and at Vienna Elementary School.  Walking and nature trails are planned  for Vienna’s proposed Pennahatchee Creek park.

 

Natural Resources:  The Flint River and Lake Blackshear make up a portion of the county’s western boundary.

Education: The Dooly County School System has a K-8 facility near Pinehurst, and the county high school is located in Vienna.  Fullington Academy, a private school located in Pinehurst, serves grades K-12.

Land Use: Agriculture is by far the predominant land use in Dooly County. With an abundance of prime farmland the county has maintained a strong agricultural base.

Residential development is dispersed throughout the county, with the greatest number of dwellings located in the eastern half of the jurisdiction.

Commercial land uses within the unincorporated county have developed in a random manner without an organized center.

The majority of public/semi-public land uses are churches and cemeteries. Other semi-public land uses include the Dooly Campground, five firehouses, the county road department, and sanitary landfill.

Limited industrial acreage is found in the unincorporated areas. A single tract owned by Georgia Pacific on the outskirts of Vienna constitutes the largest tract of such acreage.

TOWN OF BYROMVILLE

Transportation: There are seven miles of streets in Byromville. State Route 90 is an east-west corridor and State Route 230 runs generally in a north-south direction. State roadways are maintained by the Georgia Department of Transportation while Dooly County maintains all other roadways.

Recreation: Byromville does not offer any recreation programs.

Education: There are no schools operating in the Town of Byromville. School age children attend schools operated by the Dooly County Board of Education or the private school in Pinehurst.

CITY OF LILLY

Transportation: Lilly has 4.24 miles of streets, 90% of which are paved. The county maintains all but State Route 90 through the city.

Recreation: The city does not have any recreation facilities or programs.

Cultural Resources:  A large portion of the city has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Lilly Historic District.  The city is undertaking a phased restoration of the old Lilly Schoolhouse; which is occasionally utilized as a theater and arts center.

Education: There are no schools located within Lilly. The school age population attends county-operated facilities in Vienna or private Fullington Academy located in Pinehurst.

Land Use:  Public/semi-public is the smallest of the developed land uses.  Structures include four churches, a cemetery, an abandoned school building and several city buildings.  The only areas devoted to transportation use in Lilly are the street and railroad rights-of-way.  There is no recreational land use in the community.

CITY OF PINEHURST

Transportation: Pinehurst has a 6.8 mile network of streets.  The county maintains all but US Highway 41/State Route 7 running north-south through the city.

Recreation: Pinehurst does not offer any recreation programs. There are no programs or facilities within the city.

Education: Fullington Academy, a private school, offers grades K through 12. Facilities include five structures located on six acres of land.   The county public school system operates a K-8 facility on the outskirts of Pinehurst.

Land Use:  Agricultural is the predominant land use in the city, accounting for 65% of the total area, and is followed by Public/Semi-public (12%) and Residential (11%).  Public/Semi-public land area is composed of a private school, the cemetery, various city buildings, and all public right-of-way.  The only areas devoted to transportation land use in Pinehurst are the street and railroad rights-of-way..

CITY  OF UNADILLA

Transportation: There are thirty miles of local streets and interstate in the City of Unadilla; all but ten percent of this amount has been paved.   Maintenance of this network is shared by Dooly County and the Georgia Department of Transportation. Two interchanges connect I-75 to the local road system.

Recreation: Although the city does not provide a recreation program, facilities are available for public use. The city maintains two parks, one in the Tybee Neighborhood and Jewel Bowen Park along US Highway 41 North, as well as a lighted baseball field.  Walking trails are located at Jewel Bowen Park.

Education:  No public or private educational facilities are located in the city.

Land Use:  Agricultural is the predominant land use in the city, accounting for 69% of the total area, and is followed by Public/Semi-public (17%) and Residential (10%).  The only portion devoted to transportation is the public and railroad right-of-way.  Recreational land use consists of two neighborhood parks and a baseball field.

CITY OF VIENNA

Transportation: Ninety-five percent of Vienna’s 30 miles of public roadway is paved.  The state maintains 20% of the total mileage while the city maintains all other public roadways in the jurisdiction.

Recreation: Although the city does not offer an organized recreation program, existing facilities include four neighborhood parks. The city maintains a little league ballfield near the eastern boundary of the city. Walking trails are just south of downtown and at Vienna Elementary School.  Walking and nature trails are planned  for the proposed Pennahatchee Creek park.

Cultural Resources:  The Dooly County Courthouse is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.  A National Register nomination for a historic district, including the city square and adjacent historic neighborhoods, is pending.  The Georgia State Cotton Museum and the Walter F. George Law Museum are located in Vienna.

Education: Dooly County High School and a church-sponsored Christian school are located in Vienna.

Land Use:  Agriculture is by far the predominant land use in the city.  The second largest land use is open space, consisting of vacant lots amidst other land uses and areas on the periphery of farmland but not in agricultural production.  Residential land use is distributed throughout the community with the single largest concentration around the geographic center of the city.  Public/semi-public land use accounts for thirteen percent of the total area.  Transportation land use is confined to the public right-of-way.  Recreational land uses consist of four neighborhood parks distributed throughout the community. 

Related Projects:  Vienna has received Transportation Enhancement (DOT) funding to make streetscape and sidewalk improvements in the downtown area, and to improve and/or construct sidewalks between downtown and  neighborhoods beyond the city’s central business district.

TOWN OF DOOLING

Transportation: There are 3.8 miles of public roadway in Dooling, less than a mile of which is not paved.  The small community is located on County Road 321, 0.6 miles northeast of  State Route 90.

Recreation: Dooling does not offer any recreation programs, and there are no recreational facilities.

Education: There are no schools in Dooling. The school age population attends a county operated facility in Vienna, or the private school in Pinehurst.

The Middle Flint Region is characterized by rural, agricultural counties with relatively small, compact community centers.  The region is crisscrossed by a network of federal, state, and local highways and roadways that provide access to the area’s various communities and cultural and natural resources, and good inter- and intra-regional access.  The region has an abundance of cultural resources; the Flint River and Lake Blackshear provide the area’s primary natural resource attractions.  Schools are variously located in towns or in less accessible rural locations.  Because of acreage needs, recreational facilities also tend to be developed in less accessible locations.  Existing facilities generally do not incorporate pedestrian elements.

As an agricultural region with a relatively small population base, the Middle Flint area does not suffer from traffic congestion and, therefore, pedestrian and bicycling activity are, and are likely to remain, primarily recreational and fitness activities.  Nonetheless, cycling and walking should be encouraged and developed as viable transportation alternatives for those who desire additional mobility choices.  For example, cycling and walking are sometimes the only transportation modes available to the young, the elderly, and the poor.  Beyond providing a cheap and efficient means of getting around, these transportation alternatives also provide significant health benefits.  As obesity rates continue to increase nationally and represent mounting future public health costs, cycling and walking, whether for transit or pleasure, provides important exercise activity for communities. Promoting cycling and walking will require education programs that explain both the benefits of those activities as well as safety concerns for its participants and the general public.

As much of the cycling and pedestrian activity is likely to be recreational in nature, regional partners should also encourage tourism development for riders from outside the area.  The region’s abundant cultural and natural resources provide a unique opportunity to connect a large number of resources within a relatively small area.

Generally, the region lacks significant bicycle and pedestrian programs or facilities.  The development, promotion, and implementation of any programs and projects will represent significant progress toward the meaningful inclusion of cycling and pedestrian interests in area transportation planning, recreational enhancement, and economic development.