Preserve Johns Creek Founder To Run For City Council

JOHNS CREEK, GA -- A small business owner and community activist has announced plans to run for the Johns Creek City Council.

John Bradberry, the founder of Preserve Johns Creek, is running for the Post 3 seat on the Council, which is held by incumbent Cori Davenport.

Bradberry said he's running on a campaign that seeks to protect Johns Creek's quality of life.

"Our community is at a critical juncture," he said. "It is vital that we return to our original vision for Johns Creek. We are a high-end residential community with great schools, low crime and a high quality of life. As long as we continue to be the best at that, then there will always be high-demand for our product. It sets us apart and makes us unique. We love it and call it home."

The candidate also said he is focused on restoring trust in local government, providing traffic relief, halting high-density development and billboards and road widening projects that "create cut-through highways" and implementing term limits for local elected officials (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app).

Even when he bought his first home in 1999, Bradberry said he was concerned about community development issues. He and wife, Christy, married in 2003 and moved into their current home in Kingston Crossing where Bradberry eventually served as HOA president. It was during that tenure when Bradberry became "increasingly concerned" about the changes taking shape in Johns Creek. That led him to begin attending City Council meetings and getting involved in the Johns Creek Community Association.

He later started Preserve Johns Creek, an organization that works to protect the city's residential character and quality of life.

Preserve Johns Creek is known for its work in drawing attention to the plight of the Macedonia African Methodist Church Cemetery, which the city recently added to its schedule of routine maintenance; stopping high-density townhouses along Parsons Road; reducing the number of billboards going up around the city; and convincing the city to investigate options other than the widening S.R. 141 that could improve traffic without sacrificing homes.

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"Whether it is zoning or road improvement projects, every decision made by the city of Johns Creek should ask, "How will this affect our residents' quality of life?," the candidate added.

Bradberry is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a BBA in management information systems. He worked for Oracle and independently as an IT consultant. With a passion for the outdoors and his community, Bradberry later started and built a successful landscape design and contract business for residential and commercial customers. He continues to manage this business while also maintaining business interests in real estate and educational finance.

Bradberry is a member of the Johns Creek Veterans Association. The Bradberries, along with their daughter, Gracie, attend Northpoint Community Church. To learn more about John Bradberry and his campaign, please visit www.JohnBradberry.com.

Qualifying for the city's elections will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21 through Wednesday, Aug. 23. Along with the Post 3 seat, the office of mayor and the Post 1 and Post 5 seats are all up for re-election.

Candidates can qualify in the office of the city clerk at Johns Creek City Hall, which is at 12000 Findley Road Suite 400. The qualifying fee is $450 for each council seat and $750 for the mayoral seat, which is 3 percent of the total gross salary for the preceding year.

Image via John Bradberry