Like north OTP brethren Alpharetta and Suwanee before it, Johns Creek is adding a sweeping multi-use trail as part of a growing slate of centralized attractions designed to help establish identity.
As city officials relayed this week, the new elevated trail weaves for nearly a mile along a creek and through woods before linking with The Boardwalk at Town Center, a key feature of the Fulton County city’s planned 20-acre city center.
The trail also links with the large-scale (and growing) Medley development, which is scheduled to deliver its first mixed-use phase in October. A connection to the city’s existing Johns Creek Greenway is also coming.
The mile-long trail as it heads north toward The Boardwalk at Town Center and the under-construction Medley development. City of Johns Creek
The trail-connected boardwalk's proximity to Johns Creek City Hall, with its amphitheater and terraced seating. City of Johns Creek
The trail spans from the Medlock Bridge Pedestrian Crossing and Tunnel project (on pace to open this summer) north to East Johns Crossing.
The new Boardwalk at Town Center, meanwhile, features a 15-foot-wide elevated trail, bandshell and amphitheater, pond overlooks, pedestrian plazas, and terraced seating at the doorstep of Johns Creek City Hall.
The boundaries of 20-acre Johns Creek Town Center. City of Johns Creek
All of the above is now open, but a grand opening is planned at Johns Creek’s first summer concert of the season the evening of May 8, where Chicago-based tribute show Boy Band Review is scheduled to perform smash hits by the likes of Jonas Brothers, Backstreet Boys, and New Kids on the Block. (Oh oh oh oooooh-oh, oh oh, oh ohhhh.)
In the gallery above, find a closer look and quick tour of the new northern-suburbs amenity.
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