Legacy Park is closing for the summer

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Legacy Park is closing for the summer. At its June 1 meeting, the City Council signed off on a construction contract with Summit Construction and Development to overhaul the eight-and-a-half-acre turf complex off Cox Road near Arnold Mill Road — and the city isn't wasting time. (As far back as a May Parks & Recreation Advisory Board meeting, staff said the wheels were already in motion to get started quickly.) Once crews begin later in June, the entire complex closes — no way in or out, for safety — with a target to reopen by September 2026.

The overhaul centers on the parking lot — reconfigured for easier navigation and roughly double the spaces — plus new stormwater improvements, a full replacement of the park's septic system, lighting upgrades, and some grading work between the fields.

Who feels it? Legacy's two full-size turf fields are lined for football, soccer, lacrosse, baseball, and softball, and they're home to a roster of local programs — Hopewell Youth Association baseball, North Georgia Rec and Eagle Stix lacrosse, and NAFL football among them. Spring baseball and lacrosse are wrapping up, so the bigger squeeze falls on the fall programs — football and soccer — whose preseasons ramp up in the dog days of summer, right when the gates are locked. If your family's evenings run on Legacy Park, now's the time to line up a Plan B.

Sources: City of Milton — Legacy Park closing in June for parking and other improvements · Legacy Park facility page

Council Watch

The Legacy Park contract (above) topped a busy June 1 agenda. On the consent agenda — the single up-or-down vote that covers the Council's routine business — members also signed off on a few items worth a Milton resident's notice:

→New fencing for Lakhapani Preserve. A service agreement with Spectrum Fence will replace aging fencing and add new runs around the City's 106-acre greenspace off Lackey Road — partly to discourage unauthorized ATV and dirt-bike access.
→A lot-line redraw on Hopewell Road. A minor plat reconfigures two parcels totaling 6.65 acres near the Francis/Cogburn/Hopewell roundabout into two lots of at least three acres each — no new lots, no change in total size.
→Housekeeping. The Council approved the City's February financial report and renamed an engineering contract from BM&K to LJA Engineering, the firm that acquired it — at no added cost.

In the no-vote presentations that followed, the Council proclaimed Georgia Municipal Court Clerks Week, saluting Milton's court team, Brooke Lappin and Wendy Lee.

Source: City of Milton — June 1 City Council agenda

Crabapple Corner

If you haven't wandered into Hyde Brewing yet, put it on the summer list. Tucked into Market District Crabapple on Heritage Walk, this brewpub carries a real pedigree: brewmaster Josh Rachel opened it in 2024 with his wife, Mikka Orrick, and partner Thiago Depaula after years as the brewmaster of Alpharetta's Jekyll Brewing. He left Jekyll in 2021 and waited out a two-year non-compete before pouring his first Milton pint. (Jekyll itself closed for good in 2025, which makes Hyde something of a torch-carrier.)

The twist: the kitchen is Ceviche Taqueria & Margarita Bar, Orrick and Depaula's Mexican concept — so house-brewed lagers and IPAs share a table with ceviche, fajitas, and a deep tequila list. Our picks: the traditional enchiladas, the shrimp poblano soup, the chorizo queso dip, and — of course — the ceviche. This week there's a daily happy hour ($3 street tacos, $3 house lagers, $6 margaritas), plus Wednesday trivia night and half-off oysters on Sunday — the full rotating slate is on their specials page.

Source: Appen Media · Hyde Brewing. More patio and summer picks in our Milton Summer Guide.

Calendar

A few things for the warm-weather to-do list:

→Tomorrow — School's Out, Summer's In on The Green. Crabapple Market's free family party is back Wednesday, June 3, 4–8 p.m. at The Green: a pop-up mini-golf course, a DJ, lawn games, Chick-fil-A, a hula-hoop and dance contest, and Furkids pet adoptions. Bring chairs or a blanket.
→The City Pool is open. The pool at Milton City Park & Preserve is back for the season — $5 day pass per resident, or grab a membership at miltonga.gov/Pool. New this year: a permanent pavilion by the Community Center for shade and a place to wait out the rain.
→Fall sign-ups are open. Registration for fall and winter programs opened June 1 — athletics, arts, and outdoor rec for every age. See what's posted for fall in our activities directory — narrow by age, day, or cost, and it links you straight to the City to register.

New: an easier way to find things to do

All those camps, classes, and pool days are easy to mention and maddening to actually find — the City's catalog tends to bury them behind a wall of filters. So we built something better. Our new Things to Do hub gathers every Milton camp, class, and program — plus our community events — on one clean page you can filter by date, day of the week, age, and cost. Hunting for a camp the week of July 6? Two clicks. Want to see only the free options? One.

It refreshes daily, and every listing links out so you register at the source. Browse it at readroundabout.com/things-to-do — and if you run a Milton camp, class, or program, you can list it free.

One More Thing

Milton Fire-Rescue wants to teach you how to save a life. The department — the same one that recently earned a national Heart Safe Community Award — has launched an official Red Cross CPR certification class open to anyone 12 and up: four hours online plus two in person with a Milton firefighter, $45 including the certificate. Immediate CPR can double or even triple someone's chance of surviving cardiac arrest, so it's a couple of hours well spent.

Details and sign-up are on Milton Fire's CPR page, or call Fire CARES at 770-686-0948.

Source: City of Milton — new Red Cross CPR certification program