My earliest memory was swimming in Squirrel Crick with hundreds of brothers and sisters. I looked very different then because I had a tail and lived in the water day and night. Squirrel Crick was a very special place since it was shaded by many trees and protected from many things that wanted to eat me.

The first phase of a “back-to-nature” 220-apartment community featuring signature treehouse-style decks and a network of woodland trails is now under construction in the Chestatee/Price Road area off Thompson Bridge Road.