How can you get involved? In any of the ways below or in any way YOU can think of! We are always interested in and welcome new initiatives!
Join a MIC Committee
Committees are usually spearheaded by one or more of our Board members, but we encourage everyone from the community to join a committee that interests them or perhaps have expertise and experience in. Contact any of our committee chairs via their email links below.
Working to implement the Master Plan for this area along the Chattahoochee River in Mableton, which calls for public parks, trails and the preservation of the historic Hooper-Turner House and Turner-Sewell Cemetery.
Meets one hour before MIC Board meetings at the same location
Usually meets on 1st Wed of each month - 7pm Mexico Lindo on Veterans Memorial
Membership (Chair: Jolynn Sockwell)
Marketing & Promotions (Chair: Philippa Monthrop)
Meets Monthly on a Sat from 3:30-5:00 - Next Meeting March 5th
Also includes Mableton's two community gardens.
Technology Management (Chair: Jolynn Sockwell)
Manages technology for website, newsletters, and social networking
Meets as needed
Looks into zoning applications, speaks at public hearings.
Community Projects
Lend a hand for a couple of hours; we have lots of ways you can contribute. Please let us know if you have a great idea for a new community initiative!
Annual Mableton Community Day!
Our newest and perhaps most ambitious endeavor yet! This year is the 6th Annual Mableton Community Day and the partner group has expanded to include MIC and the South Cobb Arts Alliance. The celebration will move to the Mable House Arts Complex, and be bigger and better than ever before, something everyone in the community will be a buzz about and not want to miss! In order to do this we need all the help we can get! From organizing details now, to volunteers on the actual day, we need the community to help us make this a real community lead event!
Contact: Albert McRae
Adopt a Mile – click here for more info
MIC has adopted a mile on Floyd road that we clean up quarterly. Volunteers are always needed for our mile, and we would also be happy to help you through the process of adopting your own mile!
Contact: Dave McDaniel
Adopt a Stream – click here for more info
MIC has adopted a mile of Nickajack Stream at the Nickajack Park that we clean up on a quarterly basis – come out splash in the stream with us!
Contact: Dobson Harris
Boys & Girls Club - Secret Santa – click here for more info
MIC holds an annual holiday gift drive for the kids who go to our local B&G Club. Or you could get directly involved with the club!
Contact: Janis Stevenson
Community Gardens – click here for more info
Have a green thumb? Come join us in our brand new Historic Community Gardens across from the Amphitheater or in the original gardens at Nickajack park!
Contact: Dave McDaniel
Farmers Market - click here for more info
Mableton's fledgling Farmers Market started in the summer of 2010 and hopes to grow in size and restart in Spring of 2011!
Contact: Cheryl Mayerik - 404-463-3125
Mable Tea Room - Holiday Event
MIC volunteers staff the Tea Room for a day during the Mable House Arts and Crafts Christmas sale; proceeds benefit MIC and the South Cobb Arts Alliance scholarship program.
Contact: Robin Meyer
Partners
Boys & Girls Club – click here for more info
Provides after-school programming for local kids
Contact: Theodore "Coco" Bullard, Program Director
Georgia Native Plant Society – click here for more info
Protects native plants and their habitats in places like Mableton's Heritage Park.
Contact: Dave McDaniel
Kiwanis Club - click here for more info
An effort is underway to charter a South Cobb Chapter of this global service organization.
Contact: Charles Lollis
Lifelong Mableton - click here for more info
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) has launched the Lifelong Mableton (LLM) Initiative- an effort to re-envision Mableton as a healthy place to live for all ages.
Contact: Cheryl Mayerik - 404-463-3125
Livable Center Initiatives (LCI) - click here for more info
Mableton Business Exchange – click here for more info
Bringing Mableton and South Cobb businesses together through networking.
Contact: Deborah Flanagan
Mableton American Legion Post 264
One of the local branches of this national veterans service organization.
Contact: Melissa Banks
Mable House Complex - click here for more info
South Cobb Arts Alliance – click here for more info
From its home at the Mable House Arts Center, dedicated to the visual and performing arts and to the preservation of the historic Robert Mable House.
Contact: Derek Nowatzki
The River Line Historic Area - click here for more info
Coordinates the preservation of important historical assets in this area running from Mableton through Smyrna up to Vinings.
Contact: Roberta Cook
Just get involved in your community! No matter if it’s going to a free concert at the Mablehouse Amphitheater, patronizing your local businesses, story time at the local library, joining your Homeowners Association or PTA, biking down the Silver Comet Trail, or taking a pottery class at the Mable House Arts center. Anything you do in your community and with your community, strengthens it! And while you’re doing it, introduce yourself to the person next to you or just smile at those around you.
Lastly, if you have experience or passion, many of the above areas interest you, or you want to help direct the future of the MIC organizations focus and interactions with the community, please consider:
Becoming a Board Member!
Don’t let the lofty sounding title intimidate you from considering this! Board members are regular people just like you. Most of our board members work full time and are parents and yet they still find the time to get involved! Other Board members were already active community volunteers, but find a way to add MIC to their schedules. Board positions are 2-year terms, and are elected by the MIC Members in March of each year. Click here for more info
For information on the Mableton Improvement Coalition, please email info@mableton.org
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