A state grant may prove to be the missing piece that helps more visitors find Senoia and be able to walk the city when they get there.

During Monday night's City Council meeting, Senoia mayor Joan Trammell said the city would be sending in the paperwork next week to try and snag a grant to help pay for new signs directing people to the quaint town, along with adding more sidewalks to the city.

For years, business leaders and city officials have been determined to improve the signs leading people into the city. After much discussion, the city's Downtown Development Authority agreed on a design that features a wooden sign with a historic feel to it.

Since one of the signs will be placed at the intersection of Ga. Highway 74 and Rockaway Road, city officials met with Peachtree City officials last week to get their opinion of the sign.

The Peachtree City Council passed the sign with flying colors and Development Authority Chairman Frank Hollberg told the Senoia City Council that the city needed to go ahead and start work on placing the sign.

While Trammell is hopeful the grant will pay the nearly $10,000 for four signs, she agreed with Hollberg and said there's money in the budget to go ahead and erect the sign on Rockaway Road, while the city waits to hear on its grant application.

The council voted unanimously to go ahead with the one sign purchase and also gave Trammell the go-ahead to apply for the grant. The grant would also help pay for sidewalks that would start at the new bridge on Rockaway Road and connect with existing sidewalks on Main Street.

At the end of Main Street, the sidewalks would lead down Broad Street to Ga. Highway 16 and provide pedestrians an alternative to walking in the streets, Trammell said.

The city should receive word on the grant in May, she added.

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