Alpharetta is a special place, and this fact has never been more obvious than over the last 12 months. Our community offers a unique blend of the perfect environment for building successful businesses along with a friendly, hospitable atmosphere to live and raise a family. Such a combination inspires people from all over the world to call Alpharetta home. As great as this city is now, the future is even brighter.The much-anticipated City Center project, approved by voters in 2011, finally opened last year. The restaurants, shops, and special events now accessible in our downtown attract countless families, neighbors, and shoppers to share in the exceptional sense of community Alpharetta has to offer. With new shops and restaurants opening all over downtown every week, more is still to come. Thankfully, the new west side parking deck on Milton Avenue will soon provide additional parking spaces for those who visit downtown every day.
Also, Alpharetta’s progress is not limited to downtown revitalization efforts. Our professional staff members are working closely with the owners of North Point Mall and neighboring properties to help write the next chapter. Plans for an exciting new district where people will be able to live, work, play, and shop have been recently approved. The new development will be another highly walkable environment in Alpharetta where asphalt parking lots give way to public green spaces and walking trails. The evolvement in and around the North Point Mall area brings Alpharetta a renewed sense of energy, thus continuing to attract people and businesses looking for the ideal combination of technology and green space.
As all these exciting projects start to take shape, the City is making tremendous progress on the transportation plans needed to support them. Improvements for Rucker, Mayfield, and Morris Roads are already underway. We are working closely with the Georgia Department of Transportation to relieve congestion on GA 400 with four new flex lanes that will assist in enhancing the flow of traffic and give transit a chance to improve mobility throughout our region. Lastly, collaboration with the State and neighboring communities is in process to increase capacity on our major east and west corridors such as Old Milton Parkway, McGinnis Ferry Road, and Haynes Bridge Road.
Yes, the last 12 months have been amazing. The future of Alpharetta is very bright, and we look forward to another extraordinary year.
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