It is hard to believe that Milton was incorporated only 13 years ago. In just over a decade, we’ve established our community as one of the best places to live in Georgia, and it’s an honor to help lead the growth and direction of our beautiful and unique city. We’re working to preserve our rural heritage while updating the parts of Milton that will lead to our best future.As someone who grew up just a few miles from Milton and is now a father raising three active children here, one of the things I’m most excited about is the future of our parks and trails program. The beautiful design and beginning implementations of Mayfield Park; the passive park space created jointly with Alpharetta; and the continued improvements at the former Milton Country Club with the first phase of trail placements, new restrooms and resurfacing of tennis courts are incredible additions to our community. And, the recently approved purchase of an existing sports complex at the corner of Arnold Mill Road and Cox Road will greatly reduce our need to “pay to play” on athletic fields that do not belong to our city.
Our citizens told us that they want to preserve much of our beautiful undeveloped land, and we listened. Through our $25 million Greenspace Bond, we acquired more than 378 acres. This land will be preserved forever and, eventually, will add to our passive trail network. With all these new acquisitions, in addition to our current active and passive parks, I believe we are setting up our community to be the best in the Southeast.
Parks are not our only focus. We are also working to improve traffic, particularly at intersections. Newly built traffic circles at Hopewell and Bethany, Hopewell and Thompson, Hopewell and Hamby, and Providence and Bethany should help make commutes safer for everyone. And we aren’t done yet. Be on the lookout for more of these projects to begin in the next year.
If you’ve driven down Highway 9 recently, you’ve probably seen that we broke ground on our new public safety complex. This will house our municipal court, police station, new fire station, and our fire administration. This new complex will take the place of our rented police and court facility on Deerfield and will eventually replace the facility our firefighters share with Alpharetta once the new Station 42 is completed.
As you can see, Milton is continually and strategically improving in order to be the best place to live. It is my hope that everyone is proud of the city we have become, and that all residents and future generations will enjoy.
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