Milton Celebrates 10 Years!

I hope you and your family are off to a wonderful start to 2017.

The end of 2016 was certainly an exciting time in Milton, as we officially celebrated our ten-year anniversary on Dec. 1, 2016. We believe 2017 will be equally exciting, as we celebrate this defining decade in Milton’s history with the grand opening of the new Milton City Hall, located in the downtown Crabapple district. Our community outreach and engagement department has many ten-year festivities planned throughout 2017. Visit our website for complete details on our calendar of events (CityOfMiltonGa.us/calendar).

While it’s still early in the 2017 calendar year, Milton’s fiscal year is well underway with several projects either in full-swing or gaining momentum. A few of those key initiatives include:

• Conservation Efforts — Our Greenspace Bond implementation is ongoing, with city staff members actively working with bond counsel to execute the sale of the bonds.
• Public Works — With the recently passed Comprehensive Transportation Plan update and passage of the Fulton County TSPLOST referendum, our public works department definitely has a busy year ahead of them.
•  Parks & Recreation – Milton’s parks and recreation staff are kicking off two community planning projects in 2017— an update to the overall parks and recreation Master Plan and a new Providence Park Master Plan, to help determine future needs.
•  Finance — Our finance team remains focused on ways to make it easy for you to do business in Milton and plans to explore online payment options for business licenses during 2017.
•  Community Development — Staff are reviewing and enhancing our existing tree ordinance to ensure that we can continue to protect and preserve our natural resources and maintain our rural look and feel.
•  Police — Milton’s new Police Chief George “Rich” Austin, Jr. officially joined us recently. We’re excited to have Chief Austin on board and hope you will continue to join us in welcoming him to Milton and the North Fulton community.
•  Fire — Taking an innovative approach to addressing Milton’s future medical emergency needs, Milton’s Fire Department has launched its first in-house paramedic training program.

In addition to these projects, our communications team plans to complete a community survey. We want to make sure we’re providing information to our residents in a variety of ways that meet their unique needs. In the meantime, we hope you’ll visit our website (CityOfMiltonGa.us), follow us on social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram), sign up for our monthly newsletter, or contact us via email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) to share your thoughts and suggestions.

Wishing you all the best in 2017!