Who’s Behind Save Millerton?

Save Millerton was founded by Tyler Graham, a Cooper Road resident and parent who became involved in town affairs after years of unanswered safety concerns on his road. When repeated reports of trespassing, gunfire, dangerous activity, and direct risks to toddlers went unaddressed — despite the Town having spent more than a decade litigating the very same illegal structure — it became clear that something was deeply broken in how information moved between residents and local government.

What began as a simple request for safety and basic enforcement slowly revealed a larger problem: critical questions were met with silence, public records were difficult to obtain, and residents were left without clear explanations for decisions that affected their daily lives.

Tyler grew up in Sedona, Arizona, where he watched a small town transformed — sometimes irreversibly — by zoning decisions that were rushed, poorly explained, or driven more by process than by people. That experience taught him that transparency is not a luxury; it is a safeguard. When residents are kept in the dark, even well-intentioned policies can harm the community they claim to protect.

The current zoning overhaul brought all of these concerns into sharp focus. As Tyler and other residents began reading the documents, they noticed that the Town appeared to devote extraordinary attention to things like bulb lumens, tree diameters, and dense technical prescriptions — while failing, year after year, to address basic public safety on local roads. Save Millerton was created out of a sense of moral responsibility: if the Town is rewriting laws that will shape the next 50 years, residents deserve clear, honest, accessible explanations of what is changing and why.

Save Millerton is nonpartisan and volunteer-driven.

Our purpose is simple:

Make information accessible.
Make public participation meaningful.
Make government transparent.

Every analysis we publish is based on publicly available documents, records, and official statements. If you have questions about the zoning draft, information to share, or issues you believe the public should be aware of, please reach out at SaveMillerton@gmail.com.

An informed community is a safe, strong, and self-determining community.