Peachtree Corners Update: Phil Sadd on Drones, Trails, Traffic Fixes, the Forum and Workforce Housing

About this episode

City Councilman Phil Sadd discusses major initiatives in Peachtree Corners, including drones, trails, and housing developments.

Peachtree Corners continues to push forward on what “smart city” can really mean—and in this in-person episode of Peachtree Corners Life, host Rico Figliolini sits down with City Councilman Phil Sadd (Post 1, District 1) to unpack the biggest initiatives shaping the city right now. From public safety innovation to trails, traffic, redevelopment, and housing, Phil walks through what’s happening, why it matters, and what residents can expect next. Leading the conversation is a new Drone as First Responder pilot that can launch automatically from certain 911 priority calls—arriving on scene in seconds to provide real-time awareness, improve safety, and support de-escalation before officers arrive. The episode also covers major quality-of-life and economic development efforts including Crooked Creek Trail, workforce/affordable homeownership in Mechanicsville, updates on The Forum redevelopment, the new public innovation park Curiosity Corner, and upcoming mobility projects like the Peachtree Parkway lane conversion and the Winter’s Chapel corridor multi-use path open house. Key takeaways Drone as First Responder (DFR) is launching as a pilot with Brinc (integrated with Motorola’s…

People in this episode

Host: Rico Figliolini

Guest: Phil Sadd

Topics covered

• drones
• trails
• traffic
• workforce housing
• public safety
• economic development

Keywords

• smart city
• public safety innovation
• Crooked Creek Trail
• Curiosity Corner
• Peachtree Parkway lane conversion

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Drone, Drone as First Responder, Brinc, Motorola

Places: Mechanicsville, Georgia, Peachtree Corners

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