🌱 Johns Creek Rec. & Parks Draft + Macedonia Cemetery Meeting

Morning, friends! It's me, Rose Mendez, your host of the Johns Creek Daily. Keep reading to find out everything you need to know about what's happening in town.

But first, today's weather:

Abundant sunshine. High: 44 Low: 25.

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Here are the top three stories today in Johns Creek:

1. At the Johns Creek City Council work session on Jan. 10, Brian Trusty, principal at Pros Consulting, presented a draft of the city's Recreation and Parks Master Plan. The plan anticipates spending more than $110 million to fund recreation and parks projects over the next 10 years. The draft has five strategic initiatives including Cauley Creek Park, Creekside
   Park, trails, programming enhancements, and updates to existing parks. According to community feedback, trails were the highest priority. Multiple trail projects are in the draft, including the 5K perimeter loop trail at Cauley Creek Park and the trail connection from the park through Abbotts Bridge Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area to Abbotts Bridge Road. (Appen Media)
2. At a Jan. 9 meeting, upcoming work to the Macedonia Cemetery on Medlock Bridge Road in Johns Creek was discussed. For the first time, family members of those buried at the cemetery were included in the meeting. Johns Creek Historical Society member Kirk Canaday believes the first and earliest graves are near the original church, which burned down. Canaday urged Johns Creek City Manager Ed Densmore to remove all the trees and use ground-penetrating radar to find additional graves. According to engineering consultant Eric Nelson and geophysicist Rauf Hussein, the tree clearing and ground penetrating radar would cost about $100,000, and the graves at Macedonia, most of which do not have caskets, are the most complicated to detect. (Appen Media)
3. Georgia had 4,646 players on college rosters in 2022, according to Steve Slay, a researcher with the Georgia High School Football Historians Association. In the 15 years Slay has been researching, Georgia's numbers have increased more than 40 percent. Johns Creek was listed as first in Class 6A, with the most players at 39 players. (Subscription: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Today in and around Johns Creek:

• Winter Farmers Market At Town Center Park, Suwanee (9:00 AM)
• Exhibition - In This Place At Hudgens Center For The Arts, Duluth (10:00 AM)
• Bulgarian Folk Dances At Northeast/Spruill Oaks Branch (10:30 AM)

From my notebook:

• The Johns Creek Police Department released its "Weekly Stats" for Jan. 1 to Jan. 7. There were 29 arrests, 40 alarms, 707 Residential/Business Checks, and 1,515 incidents. (Johns Creek PD via Twitter)
• If you missed the Recreation & Parks Strategic Plan update meetings recently, there is still an opportunity to provide your input on the plan website! Click here to learn about the plan and provide input! (City of Johns Creek, Georgia - Government via Facebook)
• The City of Johns Creek's new ordinance to allow personal transportation vehicles (PTVs, golf carts) to be used on designated streets only in neighborhood areas went into effect on Jan. 1. Click here for details on the new ordinance, definitions, PTV equipment, operation requirements, enforcement, and violation penalties. (JCPD via Instagram)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Saturday! I'll be in your inbox Monday with your next update.

— Rose Mendez

About me: Rose Mendez is a freelance writer. She is studying English Literature at Hunter College. She loves reading, walking around the city, and coffee!