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Next MIC
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MIC Board will meet on Thursday, April 15 at 7pm at the Mable House Arts Center. Everyone is welcome.
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River Line Committee
Meeting
The
River Line Historic Area Committee will meet on Thursday,
April 15 at 6pm at the Mable House Arts Center. Everyone is welcome.
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Keep
Cobb Beautiful and the Cobb County Libraries now offer free dry cell
battery and cell phone battery recycling at all county
libraries. Click here for more
details.
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Greetings!
The
Old School Car Show returns, and new this year is the 5K Run by the
Brook. Fun and games for the whole family and BBQ from Paul's
Good Eats makes the day complete.
Event
partners include MIC, the Boys and Girls Club, South Cobb Academic
Task Force, Imagine Schools,
Get Fit Atlanta, Greater Anointing Ministries, and MOMS Club
Austell/Mableton.
The
Celebration is free and open to all, so plan now to attend!
We'll see you there.
Regards,
Ben Clopper
MIC President
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MIC Board Election Results
At the March annual
meeting, five MIC members were elected to 2-year terms on the Board
of Directors:
- Ben
Clopper
- Dobson
Harris
- Philippa
Monthrope
- Jolynn
Sockwell
- Janis
Stevenson
Thanks
to Rob Meglaughlin, Steve Reents and Anne Michelle Taylor, as they
leave the Board of Directors. Rob and Anne are moving, and
Steve is taking a much-deserved rest after serving on the Board for
4 years, 2 of them as President. Steve also established the
Secret Santa and Adopt-A-Mile projects. Anne managed our membership
drives and headed up Adopt-A-Mile project, and Rob organized MIC's
Day at the Mable House Tea Room.
One
vacancy remains on the Board. If you are interested, please
contact Robin Meyer, incoming MIC Board
Chairman.
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MIC Board Elects New Officers
For the next year, the
following MIC Board members will serve as officers:
- President
-- Ben Clopper
- Vice
President -- Joel Cope
- Secretary
-- Philippa Monthrope
- Treasurer
-- David McDaniel
- Board
Chairman -- Robin Meyer
Many thanks
to Joel Cope, who served as Board Chairman for 3 years, to
Dave for his previous service as Vice President, to Steve Reents,
outgoing Secretary, and Robin Meyer, outgoing Treasurer.
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Lifelong Mableton Has Arrived!
The Atlanta Regional
Commission (ARC) is kicking off Lifelong Mableton - an effort to
recreate Mableton as a healthy place to live
for all ages. This partnership with Mableton residents is funded by a
federal grant and is one of only 13 grants awarded
nationwide. Lifelong Mableton will promote housing and
transportation options, encourage healthy living, and expand access
to services.
Over the next 3 years, the ARC will work with Mableton stakeholders to plan and
focus on creating a place where individuals of all ages can live
throughout their lifetime. The ARC opened the LLM (the
abbreviation for Lifelong Mableton) office at the South Cobb Government Center on Austell Road in March. The ARC,
along with the community's residents and leaders, will host a
"Lifelong Mableton Kick-off" planned for late
spring. Watch this newsletter for details.
Meanwhile, program coordinator, Cheryl Mayerik,
welcomes everyone to learn more about LLM by contacting her via email or 404-463-3125 or visiting the new
office, 4700 Austell Road in
Austell.
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A key focus of the Atlanta
Regional Commission's Lifelong Community Grant is Health and
Wellness. One of the first programs to be implemented will be
a walking club in downtown Mableton. The goal is to
promote exercise while fostering friendships and involvement in the
community. In order to do this, we must first conduct a
walking assessment of the area this spring. If you are
interested in helping with this initiative, please contact Cheryl Mayerik,
Lifelong Mableton Initiative Coordinator.
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There are three new zoning
cases in Mableton.
At 367 Veterans Memorial Highway
(LUP-9), the day care center is asking permission for a modular
classroom on the site and for a variance to allow fewer parking
spaces than the county requires. MIC met with the owner, and
will remain neutral on this case, which will be heard by the Planning
Commission on April 6.
At the corner of Veterans Memorial Highway and
Henderson Road (Z-11), an event facility is
proposed, which requires a change from residential to commercial
zoning. MIC is concerned about the look of the building and the
lack of planned parking. This parcel is surrounded on two
sides by County-owned parkland. The case will be postponed
until the May 4 Planning Commission hearing.
At the Board of
Commissioners' zoning hearing on April 20, a hearing will be
held on a site plan amendment for the property on the corner of the
East West
Connector and Hicks Road that adjoins the Barnes Mill subdivision.
A developer wants to amend the site plan to allow a Publix grocery store, a bank, and other retail
space. This site is part of Barnes Mill, a mixed-use
neighborhood, and it significantly changes the plan
for this neighborhood. MIC is working with
the Barnes Mill HOA and the applicant to address concerns regarding
traffic, landscaping, architecture and the scope of the changes.
Click here for more
information. Want to get involved? Email Ben
Clopper.
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Georgia Native Plant Society at
Heritage Park
The Georgia Native
Plant Society is dedicated to
the care and conservation of Georgia's native plants and their
habitats. Members meet at Heritage Park, usually the second
Saturday of each month, and work in the trailhead area planting
native plants, weeding out invasive plants and helping make the park
a more enjoyable experience for visitors.
Help
is always welcome! Come out to Heritage Park, Saturday, April
10 at 10am, and join in. Heritage Park is located at the
intersection of Fontaine and Nickajack Roads in
Mableton. Click here for a map.
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Pebblebrook Performs "Pirates of Penzance"
Contact
Margaret Justus at Pebblebrook
for tickets. There is limited seating and tickets will go
fast!
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Cobb Community
Collaborative Council on Substance Abuse, along with city and
county school systems is our local organizer for Global Youth
Service Day.
Events
this year will be April 24, 25, and 26, and include the Mableton
Community Day Celebration. Check out the Cobb Community
Collaborative Council website, and learn more about the many
ways young people can donate their time and energy to our
community. For more information contact Joan
Trent.
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International Academy of Mableton
Spring Fling
The International Academy
of Mableton Spring Fling will be
held on Saturday, May 1 from 10am to 2pm. Come enjoy the
carnival atmosphere with many activities including a rock
climbing wall, bungee jumping, and a game truck.
IAM is located at 6688
Mableton Parkway. Bring your family and friends for a fun
day. For more information, email Shyrona Rutherford
or click here.
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Book Clubs at the Library
Want to talk books?
Two groups meet monthly at the South Cobb Regional Library in
Mableton. This month, the Evening Book Group will meet on
Thursday, April 8 at 7:00 pm and will discuss The Bonesetter's Daughter by
Amy Tan. The Morning Book Group will meet on Tuesday, April
20 at 10:30 am and discuss March by Geraldine
Brooks. Both books are available at the Library. Everyone
is welcome.
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MIC is a non-profit,
tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(4)
of the tax law. We want to explore our options for becoming
or establishing an offshoot of MIC that would be a 501(c)(3) organization, which we believe would help
us attract donations and grants.
If you have legal or
accounting expertise in this area, and would be willing to talk
with us about this, please contact Robin
Meyer, Board Chair or Ben Clopper, MIC President.
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