Mulberry residents push back on new development as Georgia's newest city faces rapid-growing pains

Mulberry is barely a year old — officially incorporated in 2024 — but with a population topping 40,000, it's already the second-largest city in Gwinnett County. Local control was the driving force behind its creation. Many residents hoped forming a city would slow down the pace of residential and commercial construction they felt the county had pushed forward too quickly.Mulberry Mayor Michael Coker says the city is now inheriting a backlog of major projects that were approved before