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Concerts in the Park with Sarah Peacock
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milton e-roundup|July 2011 
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In This Issue

Support your local businesses
  
Concerts in the Park July 1
  
City Hall closed July 4
  
Leave fireworks to the pros July 4
  
July 4 parade in Crabapple
  
  Parks and Rec. opportunities for summer
  
Be a part of the 2011 Milton Roundup
  
  2nd Annual Community Kickoff July 31
  
Great American Clean Up a success
  
Milton awards 5 grants to local schools
  
Milton boasts 28 adopted road segments
  
Scout works on Crabapple Comm. Center
  
Monthly crime prevention tip: Neighborhood safety tips for parents
  
Monthly fitness tip:
Are you fit enough to get fit?  
  
2012 Model Year Roll Out and Gala Aug. 25
  
July Calendar
July 1 -
Concerts in the Park: Boogie Down at Birmingham sponsored by Doctors Express
6:30 -8:30 p.m.
  
July 4 -
City Hall closed for Independence Day

 

July 6 -
City Council Meeting
6 p.m.
Agenda | Packet
  
Historic Preservation Commission Meeting
6 p.m.
Executive Conference Room

 

July 11 -
City Council Work Session
6 p.m. 
Agenda  
  
July 12 -  
Design Review Board Work Session
5:30 p.m.
  
Design Review Board Meeting
6 p.m.
  
July 13 -  
Milton Disability Awareness Committee Meeting
7 p.m.
Executive Conference Room  
  
July 18 - 
City Council Meeting
6 p.m.
  
July 19 - 
Board of Zoning Appeals Meeting
7 p.m.
  
July 21 -
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting
11:30 a.m.
Executive Conference Room
 
July 26 - 
Planning Commission Meeting
7 p.m.

 

July 27 -
Community Zoning Information Meeting
7 p.m.
  
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Support your local businesses

 

Mayor Lockwood

As a small business owner I can relate with the tough times a lot of our business owners are experiencing. 

 

We've heard on the news that the "Great Recession," as its being called, ended in June 2009 (even though I'm not in the room, I can almost hear your groan). But those are just numbers being crunched by the people who crunch them. Anyone who owns a business can tell you it's still going and the tough times are probably far from stopping completely. But there's certainly light at the end of the tunnel.


I know personally I've seen things pick up slightly, and I've heard from others in businesses across all sectors that it's slowly getting better. In Milton, we've responded by working even harder with our businesses toward success.

 

Read the entire message.

Concerts in the Park July 1 

Concerts in the park

 

The second event in Milton's first-ever summer concert series will kick-off Independence Day weekend with Nashville's Sarah Peacock, an Atlanta native. A true troubadour, the powerhouse vocalist averages more than 200 gigs a year, honing her blend of classic rock, country and pop.


She has shared the stage with Jessi Lynn, Barry Waldrep, Levi Lowrey and Clay Cook and appeared on Comcast, WGN, Me.TV, various FOX networks and radio stations across the country.


At the show, Peacock will have her first CD, "Straight for Your Heart," and a live album recorded at Decatur's Eddie's Attic for sale. To hear her music, visit www.sarahpeacockmusic.com.

City Hall closed July 4

 

Milton's City Hall will be closed Monday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. It will re-open on Tuesday, July 5.

 

To view the full city calendar, click here.

Leave fireworks to the pros July 4

Horses 

In Milton, using consumer fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday puts more than just people at risk, so please use the utmost caution and work with your neighbors to minimize the danger.

 

City of Milton Fire Chief Robert Edgar warns residents that every year thousands of people, most often children and teens, are injured while using consumer fireworks. Despite the dangers of fireworks, few people understand the associated risks - devastating burns, other injuries, fires and even death.

 

Click here for more information.

July 4 parade in Crabapple

 

The Crabapple Community Association, an non-profit organization of local businesses and residents, will hold a parade at 9:30 a.m. to celebrate Independence Day. 

 

Click here to download a pamphlet for the event.

 

Everyone of all ages and abilities is invited to participate -- bring your friends, children, dogs, bicycles, wheelchairs, wagons and strollers and join in. And make sure to dress patriotically and decorate whatever you bring, because there will be prizes for best bike, best vehicle, best pet and most enthusiastic.

 

Milton City Councilman Bill Lusk and his wife Janie will serve as the parade marshals. Organizers said participants should meet up at 9 a.m. at the Braeburn Commercial buildings on Birmingham Highway. Parking is available at Crabapple Baptist Church.

 

There will be free T-shirts, flags, water and freezer pops until supplies run out.

 

After the parade, a fire truck, police car and ambulance from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta will be available for children to explore.

 

For more information, call Sally Rich-Kolb at (770) 448-3860.

Parks and Rec. opportunities for summer

Flyer 

The City of Milton Parks and Recreation Department has a host of activities this summer, including day camps, a basketball league and skills camps, fitness camps for children and adults, a concert series and the 2nd Annual Community Kickoff at Milton High School.

 

For more information on the city of Milton's programs and activities, click here. For more information on the city's special events, click here.

Be a part of the 2011 Milton Roundup

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The 2011 Milton Roundup sponsorship/vendor packet is now available online at www.cityofmiltonga.us and includes everything potential sponsors and vendors need to help Milton throw its biggest birthday party yet.

 

To download the packet immediately, click here. Otherwise, visit www.cityofmiltonga.us, roll over the "For Residents" tab and choose "Milton Roundup." There you will find the packet, a letter from Mayor Joe Lockwood and a proposed event map. As vendors and sponsors come in, their names, logos and links to their Web sites will be added. 

 

There will also be links from the city's home page in the "News Briefs" section from now until the event.

 

Click here for more information.

2nd Annual Community Kickoff July 31

Community Kickoff 

The 2nd Annual Community Kickoff, presented by the City of Milton and the Milton High School Touchdown Club, will take place on July 31 at 5 p.m. at Milton High School's football stadium.

 

Like last year, the event will feature games, rides, music, food and much more. Details will be finalized as the event nears, so stay tuned.

 

For more information on all of the City of Milton's special events, click here.

Great American Clean Up a success
Ribbon Cutting
The renovation of the Bethwell Community Center, which recently held a ribbon cutting, was one of the many projects completed during the Great American Clean Up.

This spring, the City of Milton and Milton Grows Green accomplished a lot during Keep America Beautiful's "Great American Clean Up," held this year from March 1 to May 31. Residents and businesses helped beautify our city in the following ways:

  • Tree plantings at Bell Memorial Park and Bethwell Community Center
  • Renovation of Bethwell Community Center
  • Bulky Trash event in partnership with Alpharetta and Roswell
  • Milton Master gardeners-designed bioswales at Bell Memorial Park
  • Trail blazing and bridge construction at Birmingham Park
  • Recycling Rally at Verizon Wireless
  • Earth Day Festival hosted by the City of Milton and Milton Grows Green
  • School environmental grant program launch
  • Water pollution classes at Hopewell Middle School
  • Rain barrel workshop
  • Adopt a Road training, recognition and clean-up blitz

These activities resulted in 185 volunteers donating 550 hours of time and 975 people participating representing seven community groups.

 

Here's some more numbers:, 300 pounds of litter and 6,000 pounds of bulky trash were collected; a playground was installed; two miles of nature trails were cleaned; 7,200 pounds of electronics were recycled, and 225 students learned about non point source pollution. 

 

Thanks to the entire community's help in making such a difference in the beautification and conservation of Milton!

 

For more information or to volunteer for MGG, the city's environmental committee, please e-mail [email protected] or click here.

Milton awards 5 grants to local schools
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Northwestern Middle School Life Science Teacher Dr. John Bartlett, kneeling, collaborates on Permaculture Project he created with Andrew Butler, a recent graduate of Milton High, Jack Lindon, Chairman of Milton Grows Green and Julie Burroughs, Environmental Club sponsor of Centennial High. The City of Milton recently awarded Northwestern a $500 grant for the installation of phase 2 of the school's outdoor learning center.

Five Milton schools were the recipients of grants designed to enhance environmental education. 

 

The winning entries included: 

  • Milton High for a pollution awareness education week
  • Birmingham Falls Elementary for the establishment of an outdoor classroom
  • Crabapple Crossing Elementary for outdoor classroom grade-level gardens
  • Hopewell Middle for recycling bins to enhance their recycling program
  • Northwestern Middle for the development of phase 2 of their new "Permaculture" outdoor classroom

Funds were provided by Milton's storm water budget (NPDES) and will also include a storm water and water pollution/conservation component for the schools.

 

Additional grant applications can be submitted for those schools not already receiving grants, with a deadline of Sept. 15, 2011. Both public and private K-12 schools located within the city limits are eligible.

 

For more information, please e-mail Cindy Eade, Sustainability Coordinator at [email protected].

Milton boasts 28 adopted road segments

Adopt a Road 

Milton residents should be very proud to know they have surpassed other, much larger, cities in participation in the volunteer Adopt a Road clean-up program. 

 

Led by Julie Pinckney, Milton Grows Green's Adopt a Road volunteer coordinator, the program has grown to 28 roads adopted, which totals more than 28 miles of roads being cleaned.

Adopt a Road volunteer groups clean up our roadways about four times per year and help to keep the community looking great. Special thanks to our adopters: Crabapple Beds and Bones, oXYGen Financial, Stages Premier Realtors, The Foody Family, AccessMilton.com, Locum Leaders, Windward Law Group, Blue Ribbon Pet & Equine Services, Boy Scout Troop 3000, Re/Max Realtors, Milton Friends of CHOA, One of a Kind Homes, Inc., The Martin Family, Lusk Homestead, AlphaNova Group, D'Aversa Family & Milton Milers, Verizon Wireless Corporate Billing, Milton Business Alliance, Core Physique, Patti Silva in memory of The Walker Family, Hopewell Middle School, Sumrell & Associates, Olde Blind Dog, Crabapple Landscape Experts, Hunters Tree Farm, Young Men's Service League and Pattie Blohm.

 

For more information about Adopt a Road, please e-mail [email protected] or click here.

Scout works on Crabapple Comm. Center

Nate and Jim 

If you like the new look of the Crabapple Community Center, be sure to thank Nate Vernon, a rising Milton High School senior and Boy Scout with Troop 841 of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Crabapple. 


Vernon chose the long-closed community center on Broadwell Road as his Eagle Project, a community improvement endeavor required for him to attain the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest honor in Scouting. Currently, the building is used as a landmark for the Milton Market, a weekly summer farmer and merchant's bazaar.

 

For more information, click here.

Monthly crime prevention tip:
Neighborhood safety tips For parents

 

By Dennis Nelson 

Unfortunately no neighborhood is completely immune to crime. We all want to make certain our family members, especially our children, are safe in our neighborhoods. You can take the following steps to help keep your family and your neighborhood safe:

  • Know where your children are. Have them tell you or ask permission before leaving the house and give them a time to check in with you or be home. If they do not have a cell phone, have them leave a phone number of where they will be.
  • Help your children learn important phone numbers. Have them practice reciting their home phone telephone number and address, as well as your work and cell phone numbers. If they have trouble memorizing this information, write it down on a card and have them carry it at all times. Always let your children know where you will be and the best way to reach you.
  • Set limits on where your children can go in your neighborhood. Do you want them to cross a busy road? Playing in abandoned houses, construction areas or shopping centers? Are there certain homes in your neighborhood that you don't want your children to go to?
  • Get to know your children's friends. Meet their parents before allowing your children to go to their home and keep a list of their phone numbers. If you can't meet their parents, call and talk to them. Ask what your children might do at their house and if they will be supervised.
  • Choose a safe house in your neighborhood. Pick a neighbor's house where your children can go if they need help. Point out other places they can go for help, like nearby stores, libraries and, if close by, police and fire stations.
  • Teach your children to settle arguments with words, not fists. Role-play talking out problems, walking away from fist fights and what to do when confronted with bullies. Remind them that taunting and teasing can hurt friends and make enemies.
  • Work together with your neighbors. Watch out for suspicious and unusual behavior in your neighborhood and get to know your neighbors and their children so everyone can look out for each other.
  • And lastly, have your neighborhood join the Milton Police and Citizens Together (MPACT) program! Click the link below for more information.

Click here for information on becoming a part of the MPACT program.

Monthly fitness tip:
Are you fit enough to get fit?

 

By Kollen Riddick, Founder of CorePhysique 

The short answer to this question is yes!

 

You can't imagine how many times per week we hear these common reasons for not joining the Milton Fitness Camps: "I would love to do boot camp, but I need to get in shape first." "There is no way that I could keep up." "I'm so out of shape, I wouldn't last a day."

Au contraire, folks! Think about this ... the purpose of a fit camp is to get fit. You are never too out of shape to get started.

I am a firm believer that everyone can workout. For instance, those who initially are unable to do a full push-up start on their knees and move a small range of motion. After doing that three times a week for four weeks it is amazing to see how much stronger they get, and how many more push-ups they can do compared to when they started.

About eight months ago I met a woman at the Milton Mayor's Run who I could tell was interested in working out. She approached me very cautiously. In fact, the first thing out of her mouth was "I do not like working out and will never like it!" Eight months later she is still coming to our boot camps, always with a positive attitude and smile on her face. I am proud that it has become a part of her life.

Here is what she has to say...

"Last October I caught a glimpse of myself reflected in a Starbucks window and was struck by my really poor and aged-looking posture. I was hunched over; fit was the last adjective you would have used to describe me. The next day, I signed up for Kolleen Riddick's Milton Fitness Camp at Bell Memorial Park and lucked into the most outstanding core workout group in north Atlanta. Within six weeks, my profile actually shifted, my back was flat, and I was sitting and standing like my old, fabulous self again. Plus, I discovered that I do actually have a core and can do a respectable number of pushups. Have I transformed into a person who loves to work out? No, that would take an alien abduction. But I love the results."

So what's the takeaway? Try it; you can do anything for 45 minutes. You are never too out of shape to get started.

 

Click here for more information on the City of Milton/CorePhysique fitness camps.

2012 Model Year Roll Out and Gala Aug. 25

 

Milton Friends of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta will hold a 2012 Model Year Roll out and Gala benefiting Children's Healthcare of Atlanta on Thursday, Aug. 25 from 7 to 10 p.m. at RBM of Atlanta North, 345 McFarland Parkway in Alpharetta (click here for directions).

 

There will be food from local eateries, music, video games, a live and silent auction and a raffle drawing. Sponsorships are available.
 

For more information, please contact Amanda White at 404-217-4643 or [email protected].