MIC has signed the paperwork to formally adopt Old Powder Springs Road under Cobb County’s Adopt-A-Mile Program. The first clean-up will be Saturday, July 14th at 9am and we will meet at the Mableton Pentacostal Church at 1000 Old Powder Springs Road. This first clean-up will be a big job, so come out and help us make Mableton look its best! Wear sturdy shoes or boots and bring gloves if you like. We provide safety vests, latex gloves, trash bags, bottled water — and a cheerful welcome. Participants must be at least 13 years of age and those under 18 must have a signed parental consent and release of liability. We have the form if needed.
Why pick up litter? Don’t you sometimes feel like it shouldn’t be up to us to pick up after other people? The answer might be surprising to you – MIC and others pick up litter because a clean roadway is less likely to attract more litter. That’s right – litter attracts litter. According to a study by Keep America Beautiful, “Individuals are much more likely to litter into littered environments …, and they are less likely to report having littered into beautified environments… These findings strongly support the need for ongoing clean-up and beautification efforts. Indeed, posting litter prevention messages or signs in already-littered environments is likely to exacerbate the littering problem.”
Please contact Jeff Padgett if you plan to participate or if you have any questions/concerns. If we know you’re coming, we’ll keep you posted concerning rescheduling in case of inclement weather.
Commissioner Lisa Cupid invites all area residents to attend her monthly Community Zoning Meeting on Wednesday, June 27th at 6pm at the South Cobb Community Center, 620 Lions Club Drive in Mableton. The meeting will focus on zoning applications that will be considered in July: Here are the zoning applications on the July agenda for Mableton:
Use the links to learn more about these applications and how you can participate in the zoning process. Come to the meeting! Face to face communication is effective and enlightening!
Questions? MIC’s Zoning Committee will be there and always welcomes your questions and comments. Get in touch!
One of the most talked-about subjects in our Facebook group is restaurants. MIC’s Economic Development Committee decided to visit Mableton restaurants periodically, and provide some basic information about them — or in other words, “shine a spotlight” on the restaurants in our community. MIC does not endorse the restaurants; the Spotlight exists simply to introduce Mabletonians to restaurants in Mableton.
Today’s spotlight is Star East:
- When we went: Thursday, May 31, 2018, 12:30pm
- Type of food: Chinese (Beef & Broccoli, Hot & Sour Soup, Fried Cabbage Egg Roll, Sweet & Sour Pork)
- Delivery/Takeout: Dine-in or call-in available for takeout via stareastga.com or www.doordash.com
- Service: order & pay at back counter (Visa, Master Card, cash), meals brought to your table
- Location: Suite 1674, 5015 Floyd Road, Mableton GA 30126 in the Mableton Walk Shopping Center (Publix)
- Phone: 770.948.7722
- Food Safety Score: 98 (3.16.17) (no grade level listed)
- Ambience: Straight-up! Walls lined with tables/chairs, nice lighting, little décor, VERY clean.
- Wifi: Not listed as available (cell phone use was fine)
- Parking: plentiful
- Website: stareastga.com
- Notes about experience: Service was quick, food served piping hot; huge menu with lunch specials (plenty of food, even the soup portion), Sweet & Sour Pork was actual (breaded) chunks of pork, not ground… free plate of fried wontons. Only “sweet tea” available (no unsweet), great sticky rice. We were the only customers upon arrival, but soon Star East tables were filling up, and as well, a steady stream of takeout pickups!
