NORTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — It was one giant leap for Alpharetta June 29 when officials opened the city’s last leg of the Big Creek Greenway.
After nearly six years of delays, the Greenway now runs uninterrupted from Roswell’s Big Creek Park north to the Fulton-Forsyth County line at Union Hill Park — a 10 mile paved and wooden path 12 feet wide.
The last part, the 2.8 miles from Marconi Drive north, was the biggest challenge, pitting the city in countless negotiations for strips of parkland to bypass the Golf Club of Georgia, tunnel under Windward Parkway and angle north to Union Hill Park. It wasn’t cheap, about $10.9 million, but parks officials say the Greenway consistently ranks as the most popular amenity in Alpharetta.
Speaking to a group of about two dozen people at the opening…. [read more]
