Holy Smoke Festival

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The Holy Smoke Festival takes place on Labor Day, Monday, September 5, 2016 from 10 am to 3 pm on the fields of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church. The event features BBQ by Williamson Bros., a 5K Run (9 am), as well as children’s inflatables, games, food & product vendors, car show, silent auction, live music and more.

Date:
Labor Day, Monday, September 5, 2016 from 10 am to 3 pm

Admission:
Admission Free/Small charge for lunch

Address:
Johnson Ferry Baptist Church
955 Johnson Ferry Road
Marietta, GA 30068

Parking:
Free Parking

For more information, please call Betsy Freeman at (770) 794-2972 or visit JohnsonFerry.org

Evening with History: From the Dark Side

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Evening with History has taken a turn towards the darker side of history. This month is the 100th anniversary of the lynching of Leo Frank. Join former Marietta City Councilman, Van Pearlberg, as he discusses this darker side of Marietta’s history. $20 for non-members and $10 for members.

Date:
August 18th, 2015 starting at 6:15 pm

Admission:
$20 for non-members and $10 for members.

Address:
1 Depot Street
Marietta, GA 30060

Parking:
Free parking on Marietta Square and across the railway from Museum

For more information, please call 770-794-5710 or visit www.mariettahistory.org

West Cobb Street Festival

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The West Cobb Street Festival takes place on

Saturday September 17, 2016 from 11 am to 3 pm. The event features free children’s activities, live music, games, entertainment and food with a vast array of vendors. They will also be having a basketball shootout within the festival sponsoring three local charities. Come out and enjoy a great fun filled day and meet some great people and businesses within our community!

Date:
Saturday September 17, 2016 from 11 am to 3 pm

Admission:
Free

Address:
2655 Dallas Highway suite 110
Marietta, Ga 30064

Parking:

Located adjacent to Target shopping complex, lots of parking available

For more information, please call 770-427-1889 or visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1705428039712623/

Housing Market Continues in Upswing

Lindsay Penticuff

The real estate market in Cobb County continues to improve as we roll in to 2015. “The current real estate market is in the upswing,” says Phyliss Graham, 2015 president of the Cobb Association of Realtors, which includes approximately 1,400 licensed real estate brokers and sales persons in Cobb. “Starting in 2013, it has steadily been climbing out of the housing slump that had a hold of the community, county, state and nation as a whole.”

According to Coldwell Banker’s March 2015 Market Watch program, the number of units sold in March 2015 were up by 8 percent from last March, and sales were up 24 percent from February 2015. There were 660 homes sold in March and 532 sold in February. Additionally, the average number of days a home remained on the market was down 13 percent from last March — 69 days to 60, and the average listing price increased from $264,000 in March 2014 to $300,000 in March 2015.

“The future of Cobb County looks exceptionally well,” Graham says. “We will continue to have positive growth in the county. We have some Fortune 500 companies moving to and around Cobb County.” These include Comcast, which will be locating its headquarters in the new Atlanta Braves development, in addition to Vonage Business Solutions and Greenway Health that expanded to Cobb last year.

Graham adds that during the association’s March 18 meeting, the group also received “excellent updates” from Cobb Chamber of Commerce President and CEO David Connell. “He gave the association an update on the Atlanta Braves stadium and the area,” she says. “This will bring positive growth to the area and help the community be a vibrant focal point for new transferees and up and coming graduating students.”

Cobb’s continued success in the housing market can be attributed to:

Great school systems
Low crime rates
Community involvement
Proximity to highway and interstate systems
Public parks
Proximity to Downtown Atlanta
Smyrna’s and Vinings’ work, play and live areas

Color Me Free 5K Color Run

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Join Georgia Cares in its first annual “Color Me Free” 5k! Get ready to be doused in colored paint throughout the course of your run (don’t worry, it is washable!). Don’t forget to wear white so your colors will show!

Georgia Cares is the single, statewide coordinating non-profit agency connecting services and treatment care for child victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking. Georgia Cares serves any and all youth who have been victimized in the state of Georgia. Child Victims of Sex Trafficking and Exploitation are robbed of the freedom to make choices, have a voice, and live their life without the horrors of abuse and rape. The goal for Georgia Cares is to give victims their freedom back- and assist them in becoming healthy, productive members of society. Join Georgia Cares at the 5K color run race to celebrate your freedom, and to free victims of child sex trafficking in Georgia.

For more information on the event and how to become a sponsor, please visit the Georgia Cares website:
http://www.gacares.org/georgia-cares-color-me-free-5k.html

Date:
Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 8 am

Admission:
5k Run/Walk: $35.00
Phantom Runner: $35.00

Address:
Jim R. Miller Park
2245 Callaway Rd SW Marietta, GA 30008

Parking:

For more information, please call 404-602-0068 or visit http://www.gacares.org/georgia-cares-color-me-free-5k.html

Cobb EMC’s Annual Meeting

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Come and learn about Cobb EMC’s progress, ways to save on your electric bill and exercise your right to vote.

Each Cobb EMC member who registers will receive four free North Georgia State Fair tickets with unlimited rides and free parking to use when the fair is in town, and a chance to win BIG door prizes.

Activities

Energy efficiency booth
Power line safety demo
Kids fun zone
Cobb and Douglas Public Health learning activities: Nutrition, safe sleep, sports, safety and more

Door prizes*

Tablets
Visa® gift cards
Bill credits
Big Green Egg® grills
Refurbished Cobb EMC truck
*Prize winners will be solely responsible for all applicable taxes.

Date:
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016 from 8 am to 11:30 am
Member registration begins at 8 am and closes at 9:30 am

Admission:
Free for Cobb EMC members

Address:
Jim R. Miller Park
2245 Callaway Rd SW
Marietta, GA 30008

Parking:
Free

For more information, please call 770-429-2100 or visit CobbEMC.com/AnnualMeeting

SERV 5K Global Walk and Run

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SERV International 5K Global Hunger Walk and Run will bring together runners and walkers from across the world to help fight hunger. No matter what country, city, town or village, participants will all walk/run at the same time, Saturday, May 30th, 2015 at 8am EST, USA. Atlanta, Georgia residents will kick off this event in Marietta Square, 205 Lawrence St NE Marietta, GA 30060. Hosted by Mike Stoudt and Heidi Rew, the post race festivities includes music by DJ Scott, the Awards Ceremony, Sponsorship Village and the Marietta Farmers Market. Interested runners and walkers can register at https://serv5kglobalhungerwalkrun.itsyourrace.com/register/

SERV International was founded in 2000 and gives people the opportunity to make a difference via food, water, shelter and life by building connections with communities in both Kenya and the Dominican Republic and serving nutrient-rich meals to millions of people. SERV shares the love of God and meets the communities most urgent needs, providing meals, clean water and safe shelter. This is not a one time visit, SERV keeps going back to make a difference.

Date:
May 30, 2015 from 8am to 10am

Admission:
April 2 – May 28; Teams of 10 or more are $20 each; $35 Same Day Fee, May 30th. The price includes T-shirt, and post race event. There is no charge for international runners however donations are welcome.

Address:
Marietta Square
205 Lawrence St NE
Marietta, GA 30060

Parking:
Around the square or in public parking garage

For more information, please call 770-516-1108 or visit https://serv5kglobalhungerwalkrun.itsyourrace.com/register/

Cobb International Film Festival

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The annual Cobb International Film Festival (formerly the Marietta International Film Festival) will showcase a mixture of feature length, short films and documentaries from around the United States and other countries. Four days of films will be screened during the festival, culminating with the awards program at the end of the festival.

There are films from multiple genres – comedy, drama, action, horror, family/child friendly – something for everyone.

The Cobb International Film Festival is a collaboration between Long Shot Productions, The Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre, Cobb Travel and Tourism, the City of Marietta and the Cobb County Government.

Date:
July 31, 2025
August 1, 2025
August 2, 2025
August 3, 2025

Admission:
Single Day Pass – $15
Weekend Pass (Sat/Sun) – $25
Full Festival (4 days) – $50

Address:
The Strand Theater
117 North Park Square
Marietta, Georgia 30060

Parking:
Marietta Square Parking

For more information, please call (678) 626-0461 or visit CobbFilmFestival.com

FURever Fest

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Cobb Animal Control will be hosting its semi-annual FURever Fest on Saturday, May 19, 2018 from 10-4pm at the animal shelter. This fun, free, family event will feature vendors with animal related businesses, services, and organizations that provide education and information on responsible pet ownership as well as having products for sale that can be used for your pets to enhance the experience of adopting a pet and being a pet parent.

Register for FREE to be entered to WIN A BASKET. They are filled with goodies your pet will love! Select EITHER Dog or Cat Raffle.
https://fureverfestspring2018.eventbrite.com

Top Dog Boutique is donating TWO pet baskets (one dog basket valued at over $150 and one cat basket valued at over $75) to be raffled off on Saturday.

Register to be entered to WIN A BASKET. They are filled with goodies your pet will love! Select EITHER Dog or Cat Raffle.

You are allowed to enter in only one raffle. Duplicate registrations will be deleted.

Fun, free, family event featuring vendors and organizations that help promote responsible pet ownership. The FURever Fest is held as part of CCAS’s continuing efforts through public awareness and to work closely with the community to find more fur-ever homes for the homeless and abandoned animals that come into the shelter.

The “Kid’s BOOK NOOK” tent has been added featuring local authors of books written for kids. The books feature pets and hopefully will help make the connection that reading is an important life lesson fostered through their love of their pets.

Top Dog Boutique has 2 locations: 2615 George Busbee Pkwy, Kennesaw and 900 Mansell Road, Roswell. They believe in treating pets as members of the family and promise to provide everything you need for your pet to live a healthy, holistic, and pampered life.

Date:
Sat, May 19, 2018
10 am to 4 pm

Admission:
Free

Address:
Cobb County Animal Services
1060 Al Bishop Drive
Marietta, GA 30008

Parking:
Free, On-Site

For more information, please call 770-590-5608 or visit https://fureverfestspring2018.eventbrite.com

Mike Whittle

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Mike Whittle

Florist, Founder of K. Mike Whittle Designs Inc.

The Story: At 13 years old, I sold my first arrangement in a floral shop after asking a local florist if she wanted to buy cattails I picked from a retention pond near my home. I guess God knew that I really couldn’t afford to go to school for any kind of formal training, so he gave me the talent that I have today. After working at a flower shop in Carrollton, the opportunity came available to lease the old Clarke Library building next to Mayes-Ward Dobbins Funeral Home in Marietta. We opened that October with a Christmas open house and today K. Mike Whittle Designs Inc. is a full-service florist offering plants, flowers and food baskets for all life occasions, from birth to death and all the lovelies in between.

What sets our business apart from the average florist is our team. We have compiled some really creative and award-winning designers that work well together and put the “un” in unusual. Our design style could be described as “traditional with a flair.” We take pride in being different and strive daily to outdo our-selves and to please both the customer and the recipient with both quality and style. My philosophy about customer service is “make it personal.” I want you to feel like you are the only customer that is important to me that day. And customers can expect four things, honesty, getting their money’s worth, satisfaction and unique flair.

Why Cobb County? I have always lived in Cobb County. It is a county that supports its local small business, industry and citi-zens and offers so much that a big city does, yet has a small-town feel.

What do you love about your job? The fact that God has given me the chance to use the talent and creativity that he gave me to make a living is such a blessing. And on top of that, he lets me work with the best team in the industry.

Leisure Time: I enjoy visiting the cabin in the mountains and playing with my grandbabies Berkley and Major. In the spring and summer, I enjoy planting my garden.

My Best Advice: I am really not one to give advice to anyone. The only thing I know is to dream like you know they are going to come true, because they will in his time.

What’s next? I will be opening a DIY Design Center in April off Sandy Plains Road here in Marietta. This will be a studio-style design center where folks can come to design and prepare their own flowers for their events. You will be able to have professional help, if you want it, buy your flowers and have all the tools and supplies you need to create the look you want. It will also offer floral design classes from the very basics to advanced design. The name will be Southern Academy of Floral Education and Design. I am excited because sharing my talents and the talents of my team is a passion.

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