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January 21, 2015 | miltonherald.com | 75,000 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 10, No. 4
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Milton Mayor Joe Lockwood gives the State of the City address Jan. 15 to members of the Milton Business Alliance.
Mayor: State of Milton OK City growing, developing
By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com JONATHAN COPSEY/STAFF
Cambridge High students and staff joined with Milton officials, staff and members of the MiltonWindward Rotary Club to make meals for the needy. They made 10,000 meals Jan. 9.
Rotary, students helping end hunger Milton-Windward makes meals with Stop Hunger Now By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. – The Earth produces more than four pounds of food per person. That should be plenty to feed everyone and eliminate hunger worldwide. Unfortunately, it does not. More than 25,000 people die each day from starvation. The people of Stop Hunger Now hope to end that problem. Joining with the Milton-Windward Rotary Club and students of Cambridge High School, the group held a meal packaging event Jan. 9 at
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HIGHER SCORES MEAN MORE COLLEGE OPTIONS.
MILTON, Ga. – In his firstever State of the City address Jan. 15, Milton Mayor Joe Lockwood gave his assessment of how far the fledgling city has come and where it is headed. The State of the City was hosted by the Milton Business Alliance at Milton City Hall, 13000 Deerfield Parkway. Lockwood is the city’s first and only mayor (so far). He said he is most proud of the sense of community that has occurred since the city was formed. “We are in Milton,” he said. “When we first started, no one knew what Milton was.” Residents and businesses kept their addresses as “Alpharetta” because that was what they knew.
“But now, everyone says ‘Milton,’” he said. “There is a sense of pride.” That pride comes from the city’s unique mixture of lowdensity housing and farming. “Milton is a little bit different than some of our surrounding cities,” Lockwood said. Eighty-five percent of the land is residential or agricultural. Fifteen percent is commercial. “We want to keep it that way, but take that 15 percent and maximize it,” said Lockwood. The city must find a “balance” he said. About 45 percent of the city’s population lives on 5 percent of the land – in the Deerfield Parkway area. Concerns have been raised since the recession ended about too much construction in the city’s more rural areas. Lockwood said the city has few options to restrict what property owners
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