SitemapFour hundred years ago, epic English poet John Milton lamented the downfall of civilization as he knew it in his masterpiece work titled “Paradise Lost.”
Don’t look now, but we may have just spotted that lost paradise smack dab in the heart of the Mahoning Valley. Indeed throngs of people are flocking to Milton’s namesake community on the banks of his namesake lake.
Indeed the many amenities of Lake Milton in western Mahoning County are attracting swarms of new residents building lavish so-called McMansion homes at a pace that the zoning inspector for Milton Township calls “amazing.”
As Vindicator staff writer Ed Runyan reported in a recent front page enterprise story, the housing boom in the Milton and Craig Beach communities is nothing short of phenomenal. Michael Kurilla Jr., who has served as zoning inspector in Milton and other local communities for 35 years, said he’s never seen anything like this growth spurt.
“We shake our head. It’s just amazing. You can’t keep up. I would say this year is going to be the peak of this residential housing boom we are seeing,” Kurilla said.
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