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Alpharetta outlines major Wills Park renovations, warns 50 trees will be removed
Summary
City parks director presented plans to replace the Wacky World playground, expand restrooms and parking, and renovate the equestrian center; staff said 50 trees in the playground footprint will be removed with a commitment to replant at least as many and attempt to relocate memorial trees.
Reginald Rogers, Alpharetta’s parks director, told the City Council on Sept. 22 that the Wills Park playground known as "Wacky World" will be replaced with a larger, more accessible play area and that construction is slated to be substantial through spring 2026.
Rogers said the new playground will have poured-in-place rubber surfacing to improve accessibility, improved sight-line fencing, additional shade structures, and a larger restroom building that will expand restroom capacity by about 150 percent. He also described a proposed 72-space parking lot on what is now grass to ease peak-period parking…
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