North-bound drivers approaching the State Route 141/Peachtree Parkway and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard split will notice the Peachtree Corners gateway sign now has new lighting and about 55 newly planted native trees and shrubs. The stone-based sign was erected in 2008 by the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association.
The UPCCA’s Peachtree Parkway Improvement Project funded the lighting of the sign and a Georgia DOT grant of $50,000 helped fund the $70,667.35 total cost of the project.
“We want to thank UPCCA for constructing and lighting the sign and the state for their landscaping grant. The new lighting and landscaping greatly enhance the original sign,” said Mayor Mike Mason.
The sign bears the name of Paul Duke, who envisioned a live-work-play community. Technology Park, a campus of low-rise office buildings for high-technology industries sprung from that vision followed by numerous Peachtree Corners neighborhoods.
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