Mark your calendars for our Adopt-a-Mile cleanup Saturday, August 11th , starting promptly at 9:00am. We will meet in the Kroger Shopping Center parking lot area adjacent to the Autobell Car Wash on Floyd Road. Cobb County Department of Transportation is dealing with the weeds that have sprung up in the cracks between concrete sections, so this clean up will really make our town look great!
With your help, it takes only about an hour for MIC volunteers to pick up the accumulated trash and your help will be greatly appreciated. Floyd Road will look a whole lot better when we are done. 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.
All volunteers are welcome and appreciated! 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.
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.
The Dahlhauser Group is asking for a change to the stipulations for this new shopping center currently under construction at the corner of Buckner Road and Veterans Memorial Highway. Their application asks for a new site plan and a change to the existing stipulations to allow an auto parts retail store and climate controlled self-storage.
The hearing on this application will be before the Board of Commissioners on July 17 @ 9am at 100 Cherokee Street in Marietta. Because it is not a complete rezoning, it is called an Other Business Agenda item and it is not heard by the Planning Commission. There is no need to attend the July 3 Planning Commission hearing; there will be no opportunity to speak on this issue. The Board of Commissioners will not be there and they are the decisionmakers on this application.
There has been a lot of interest in this application-which is just great!!! It’s good for our community! But there has also been a lot of confusion. If you want to have input on this application, here is what you should do:
- Read the application. Attached to the application are the current zoning restrictions for the property, so you will see what is allowed now and what the applicant wants to change.
- Email the Board of Commissioners with your opinion. Copy and paste these email addresses (they include county staff and the applicant): mike.boyce@cobbcounty.org, lisa.cupid@cobbcounty.org, bob.ott@cobbcounty.org, joann.birrell@cobbcounty.org, bob.weatherford@cobbcounty.org, john.pederson@cobbcounty.org, robin.presley@cobbcounty.org, mattd@dahlhausergroup.com, zoning@mableton.org.
- Contact the developer, Matt Dahlhauser (phone and email on the application) if you want to know more about his plans.
- Attend the hearing on July 17 at 9am at 100 Cherokee St, Marietta.
- Questions: Email zoning@mableton.org. Please do not rely on our ability to follow social media! We are all volunteers and are not always on zoning duty!
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!
