We SCORED!
Looking back at four years in office - We SCORED!
Improved Safety, Commercial, Operational, Residential/Recreational, Education, and Development.
In August 2021, our campaign launched with the idea that Braselton can always be an attractive destination and domicile. In the last four years, Braselton SCORED under this administration.
IMPROVED SAFETY
Our campaign promised improved safety.
- Delivered a plan for implementing license plate readers, which deter crime and enhance criminal investigations.
- Delivered more police officers for more on-duty patrol.
- Delivered improvements to dangerous driving conditions at Hwy 53 & Chardonnay Trace.
- Delivered a stable relationship with GDOT to ensure timely improvements to Hwy 211.
IMPROVED COMMERCIAL
Our campaign promised Planned Growth with improved commercial.
- Prohibited additional drive-thru restaurants in the Hwy 211 Overlay.
- Delivered: Chicken Salad Chick, Chipotle, Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Outback Steakhouse.
- Delivered a new Development Code with: (i) higher standards for aesthetics, signage and lighting; (ii) higher scrutiny on gas stations, car washes, automotive businesses & drive-thru restaurants; (iii) higher standards on defining user groups; and (iv) higher standards for creating or amending Planned Unit Developments.
IMPROVED OPERATIONAL
Our campaign promised sustainability.
- Delivered an annual balanced budget.
- Delivered fiscal transparency with monthly financial reports (e.g., June 2025) available for Mayor, Council and you to review.
- Delivered a June 2025 financial position with approximately $2M in reserves on a $10.9M budget, while continuing Braselton's scheme of collecting no property tax. Braselton Finances
- Delivered an economic development plan and organization with BraseltonTech.
- Delivered a stable business climate with predictability in land use and consumers.
IMPROVED RESIDENTIAL & RECREATIONAL
Our campaign promised Planned Growth that valued home ownership and created recreational areas.
- Never approved Build-to-Rent communities.
- Never approved Townhomes below Braselton standards.
- Delivered a new Development Code: (i) only allowing townhomes as a special use; (ii) for lots under 20,000 sf / half acre, only allowing homes built of brick or stone with 35 foot driveways from the ROW; (iii) only allowing 9' (single) or 18' (double) garage doors; (iv) for lots under 10,000 sf, the community must include 1-acre recreational areas within walking distance of every home; (v) eliminated an often-used loophole to avoid codified residential zoning.
- Delivered less than 1,000 residential units from zoning approvals with each unit being closely scrutinized to match or exceed codified Braselton standards.
- Delivered access control and CESM access protocols for any road or golf-cart-path accessing Chateau Elan.
- Avoided over-population and over-saturation of housing and amenities at Del Webb Chateau Elan.
- Delivered an improved nature-trail destination with the Mulberry Riverwalk.
- Delivered a Mixed-Use zoning approval destination for Retail and Restaurant to surround a 20,000 sf turf recreational area, including a rooftop bar & restaurant.
- Evaluating a renovation to Braselton Park as a downtown destination to include a turf recreational area adjacent to retail and restaurants for famlies.
IMPROVED EDUCATION
- Four Points Preparatory Academy opened its doors in Summer 2025. Approximately 400 students enrolled in a tuition-free charter school focused on academic rigor and high moral values. FPPA, located in downtown Braselton, offers school choice to every K-5 student in Braselton. While our community already has excellent schools, Braselton owns the land and building that allowed this new publicly-funded educational choice for your child.
IMPROVED DEVELOPMENT
My underlying philosophy on the role of government: Government exists to help create a civil and productive society. More than at the federal or state level, local government / municipal government allows for community development. The administration of the last four years delivered Improved Development through planned growth.
In addition to the above, Braselton benefited by developing excellent relationships with our surrounding communities and members of government at the federal, state, and local level. This will benefit our Future Plans.