Legacy Park is closing for the summer

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