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Alpharetta Coronavirus: Emergency Order Closes Parks Facilities

Trails, paths and the Big Creek Greenway remain open. Officials urge those using trails to practice social distancing.

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The City of Alpharetta has temporarily closed most of its parks facilities in an effort to prevent the further spread of the new coronavirus.
The City of Alpharetta has temporarily closed most of its parks facilities in an effort to prevent the further spread of the new coronavirus. (Photo: Google Maps Street View, captured November 2018, Copyright 2020, Google)

ALPHARETTA, GA — Alpharetta's parks facilities are temporarily closed starting Tuesday, the city announced in an emergency ordinance issued just before midnight Monday.

The closures affect the city's park facilities, buildings, offices, fields, courts, pavilions, playgrounds, restrooms and the Town Green, according to the ordinance.

City staff is working to place barricades closing off parking areas for most city parks.

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Trails, paths and the Big Creek Greenway are to remain open, but the ordinance mandates that anyone using trail facilities maintain at least six feet of social distance. People who live together in the same home are exempt from social distancing.

The ordinance also prohibits people from gathering in groups of 10 or more.

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More information about closures and cancellations across Alpharetta is available online.

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