It’s hard to keep such a wonderful secret when you can’t help but want to show it off. Before the creation of Sandy Springs, Johns Creek or Milton, there was another small city named Mountain Park. It began as a summer retreat for Atlanta’s wealthy residents who wished to escape to an environment of lakeside leisure. When Mountain Park incorporated in July 1927, a total of three families lived in the town year round, with one business, and a store called the Stand. Today, it is a thriving community with less than 300 homes. Because of its natural beauty, the environment has always been an important concern of the residents.
In 1989, Mountain Park became the first municipality in Georgia to begin a mandatory recycling program. It is also an officially designated wildlife refuge. Mountain Park is deeply committed to the preservation and celebration of its natural environment. I am proud of our commitment to protect the original animal inhabitants of this part of Georgia and the ecosystem in which they live. As a city, just like our neighbors in the Atlanta area, we are required to adhere to all the state and federal regulations regarding NPDES and Storm Water Runoff. This can be a challenge for a small community of approximately 550 residents, but the citizens step up to make sure we are doing our part.
The activity of the civic organizations, Mountain Park Civic Club & Mountain Park Watershed Preservation Society, speaks volumes about the focus and values of this unique and caring community. Volunteers work together to create fund raising efforts and cleanup days to help maintain our streams and ditches, in order to minimize the siltation of our lakes. The city’s annual Craft Beer Festival and extremely popular Fourth of July fireworks show raises money each year, which is donated to projects such as the floating wetlands, which bio-remediate non-source point pollution from storm water runoff. We love our little piece of heaven and strive to keep it just like we found it almost 100 years ago.
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