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Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry delivers the State of the City Address March 6 at Northview High School. The annual event serves as an update to the community on city projects.
Johns Creek mayor lists big strides in annual State of the City Address By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek Mayor John Bradberry delivered his third State of the City Address March 6, centering on the city’s new strategic priorities. The City Council, at its planning retreat in January, took the long view and identified five key issues of most concern: recreation and parks, transportation/connectivity, economic development, public safety, and arts and culture.
During his address at Northview High School, Bradberry covered milestones for each, like the city successfully attracting 14 major business projects in the past few years forecasted to bring about 1,300 jobs and more than half a billion dollars in new investment. A project “on the hush-hush” that has opened is a multimillion-dollar technology and security center for a “very large company,” whose name could not be confirmed at press time. “For a while, Johns Creek had a reputation that we were not business friendly, that we were not very excited
about a new business opening,” Bradberry said. “We have been hard at work to try to change that, and I think that our efforts are paying dividends.” But, in his opening remarks to the crowd of more than 100, Bradberry explained the city’s reasons for conducting its own municipal election in 2025. The State of the City Address drew dozens of business and civic leaders and elected officials, including Roswell Mayor Kurt Wilson, Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin and Fulton County Commissioner Bridget Thorne.
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