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Greetings!
Over
the past year we've asked all the residents of Mableton to
take a more active role in our community. Whether it has been
attending River Line Master Plan meetings, our MIC community
meetings and candidates forums, emailing
our county commissioners regarding zonings, nominating park land or
buying Christmas presents for the Boys and Girls Club--the response
has been wonderful. So thank you! And please keep it
up.
Below
you'll find a link to a petition that MIC is supporting regarding a
park nomination on Floyd
Road and information
about another River Line Master Plan meeting held by the
County. In coming months, we'll be kicking off new service
opportunities including cleanup of Nickajack Creek through the
Adopt-A-Stream program and labeling storm drains that feed into
Nickajack Creek. In addition we'll have another Adopt-A-Mile
cleanup along Floyd
Road in November and the
annual toy drive for the Boys and Girls Club in December.
The
point is this: there are plenty of opportunities to be
involved in your community and we hope you'll continue to lend your
time to making Mableton a
better place.
Regards,
Ben Clopper
MIC President
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Petition for Floyd/Hicks/Concord Park
The County Parks Bond
Citizens Advisory Committee is moving forward with selection of green
space properties to purchase with the $40 million bond approved
last year.
The Committee has narrowed
the list from over 300 nominations to around 60. Several
properties in Mableton were nominated,
including the land along the Chattahoochee called the
Chattahoochee Greenway and the property between Floyd, Hicks
and Concord Roads.
Apparently, the
Floyd/Hicks/Concord property did not make the short list, but there
is a small chance that it could be added back. The
location and nature of this property would make an excellent
park, both for the nearby neighborhoods and the community as a
whole.
A group of Mableton citizens has set up an
online petition to ask the
Citizens Advisory Committee and the Board of Commissioners to
include it on the short list for purchase. MIC is sponsoring
the petition effort and if you agree, please sign the petition
before the next Citizens Advisory Committee meeting on September
14th. Ask your friends and neighbors to join in.
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Cobb County's River Line Master Plan
Thanks to everyone who came
out on August 26 for the last River Line Master Plan public
meeting.
On September 14th, from 6pm to 8pm, the County will hold a
River Line Master Plan open house at the South Cobb Community Center at 620 Lions Club
Drive in Mableton. The meeting
will provide the public with the opportunity to see the
changes that the County has received from citizens and business
owners and incorporated into the draft plan. The County
expects to post the revised draft plan to its website on September
11th, so that the public can review it before the meeting on the
14th.
The Planning Commission
will meet on October 6th and is expected to consider passing the
revised plan to the Board of Commissioners for
approval.
Click here to visit Cobb County's
River Line Master Plan website.
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County Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Plan
On September 16th, the Cobb
Department of Transportation is hosting an open house on its new
Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Plan here in Mableton. The open house will
run from 4pm to 7pm at the Library on Clay Road across from the Post
Office.
The Plan will identify
where Cobb County can improve conditions for
cyclists and pedestrians and identify strategies for investing in
those improvements.
The DOT website has a wealth of
documents related to the Study. Come and see what
improvements are projected for our community.
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MIC Adopts Nickajack Creek
The MIC Board of Directors
has voted to begin a Watershed Stewardship Program that will begin by
focusing on streams in the southern end of the River Line Historic
Area. "Watershed Stewardship" is a lot of syllables
with a very clear meaning -- to take care of the land and streams
that feed into the Chattahoochee River.
We'll start by adopting Nickajack
Creek (from Buckner Road to the River) as part of
the County and State Adopt-a-Stream Programs. On October
17th, as part of the Rivers Alive statewide
clean-up, MIC will organize the first clean-up of Nickajack Creek.
Stay
tuned for our next project -- Storm Drain Marking. Do you
know where your storm drain is?
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MIC at the Metro Atlanta Neighborhood Summit
The Civic League for Regional
Atlanta has invited MIC to participate in the 1st Annual
Metro Atlanta Neighborhood Summit. Dobson Harris, River Line
Committee Chairman, will make a presentation about MIC's involvement with the River
Line Historic Area and Master Plan. This is a great honor for
MIC; congratulations to Dobson!
The
organization with the most members attending the Summit
will receive a $1,000 grant. So, by attending the Summit,
you can help MIC win this money for use in our community.
Click here to register to
attend; be sure to put MIC's name in the Company/Organization
space.
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Cobb Police Department Meeting in
South Cobb
On Thursday, September 17th
at 7pm, the Cobb County Police
Department will hold a meeting with residents and business owners
as part of their PENS (Police Email Notification System)
program. The PENS program issues alerts and facilitates
communication with the community on crime prevention and trends.
The meeting will be held at
the South Cobb Government Center at 4700 Austell Road, between Clay Road and the East West
Connector. Click here for more
information about PENS.
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On the northwest corner of Veterans Memorial
Highway and Buckner
Road (Z-24), the County
approved an application to allow a retail/office strip center and
two out parcels. The final plan buffers the homes on Buckner,
limits uses of the property, and will result in the demolition of the
abandoned house across from Walgreens. Click here for more
information.
In
October, the County will hold a hearing for a cell phone
tower application filed by T-Mobile for a site on Mableton
Parkway
behind the shopping center between Lane Drive and Gresham
Road
(SLUP-12). If approved, the tower would be 150 feet
tall. Click here to learn more.
Want
to know more? Want to get involved? Contact Ben Clopper
here.
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Teapots Needed for the Tea Room
Mable's Tea Room, a holiday
project of the South Cobb Arts Alliance, is going green for its 25th
anniversary in December. SCAA hopes to use no plastic ware
this year, and is asking for donations of china tea pots and cups
and saucers.
If you have some items
you'd like to donate, please bring them by the Mable House Arts Center before September
15th. Questions? Click here.
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Last Free Concert of the Mable
House Season
The Kayla Taylor Jazz Quintet closes
out the free Candlelight Concert series at the Mable House
Amphitheatre on Saturday, September 12th at 8pm.
Bring a picnic dinner if you'd like; the concession stand is also
available. For more information, click here.
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National Juried Art Show in Mableton
Stop by the Mable House Arts Center and take a few minutes to walk
through the Gallery. The National Juried Exhibit will close
September 28th, and you won't want to miss it.
The Gallery is open Monday
through Friday from 8am to 5pm. When the
facility is open for classes in the evenings, the Gallery is open
also.
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