Smart Land Use

Replace Horse on Milton’s Logo with a Bulldozer?

Posted on by Milton Coalition in Smart Land Use

Milton Logo with Bulldozer

May 30, 2017

The latest rezoning of 3 parcels on Hopewell Road has outraged citizens.  In just the last seven days, our blog has received over 300 hits and 60 citizens have signed the Milton Coalition Petition For Smart Development and Good Governance.  The number of Milton citizens that have signed this petition has now surpassed 1,850; 639 have left comments.  One comment about replacing the horse on Milton’s logo with a bulldozer especially resonated with us.  Following are some of the recent comments made to us by citizens.

  • We will make sure these council members hear us loud & clear in their next election.
  • Milton is being bulldozed quickly by the developers & their friends on the city council. Cluster homes only benefit developers. Soon Milton will look no different than John’s Creek or Alpaharetta; completely over developed with no large tracts of land left. Take the horse off the city signs and replace it with a bulldozer.
  • Please please please do not make living in Milton any more of a nightmare. We have lived here more than 25 years and seen the destruction of a beautiful place firsthand.
  • Milton needs to preserve the rural environment that made it so desirable vs. compromising the community to further the tax base
  • Preserve Milton! This rezoning is unacceptable.
  • We’re already experiencing reduced property values as the result of high density housing in the Crabapple area. Enough!
  • Please control and limit more development. There is already far more housing developments than needed. Use what we have and keep Milton beautiful.
  • Feeling pinched enough to consider relocating away even though I moved here only 4 years ago from NJ. There are days that in the time it takes to commute here locally (7-8 mi), I could have traveled 4 times further in NJ.
  • If I wanted to live in Johns creek or Cumming, I would have moved there. We moved to Milton because of the rural feel, non-congested roads, and great schools. Adding high density properties will lower values because this will become just like all of the other areas that are much cheaper to live.
  • This is totally against why we voted for the city of Milton. Very disappointing.
  • Keep and respect Milton’s original zoning vision to ensure that it’s rural history, charm and the safe transportation of its residents are perpetuated.
  • I moved here due to the charm of Milton with the estate lots – not cluster homes!
  • I oppose cluster housing and specifically live here because it is not allowed!

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Council, please listen to your citizens ( . . . and staff . . . and the Planning Commission) and deny these reckless rezonings that violate the original vision of Milton and Milton’s own Comprehensive Land Use Plan!