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Johns Creek, Georgia, earned the No. 1 spot on U.S. News & World Report's 2025-2026 Best Places to Live rankings.
We have a lot of state parks in Georgia (49, to be exact). One is celebrating a special milestone this year: the wonderful Smithgall Woods State Park in Helen, GA is turning 30 years old.
He describes what is happening now — working with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation to make this a national park — as an important step not just for the tribe, but for modern-day Middle Georgia.