Harrison Tennis Center Named Organization of the Year
USTA Georgia has named Harrison Tennis Center as USTA Georgia’s ‘Member Organization of the Year’ for 2010. This award recognizes the outstanding services rendered to a USTA member organization in Georgia. Selection is made on the basis of service to the tennis community, service to the organization’s members and service to the game of tennis. The Harrison staff received this award at the awards luncheon held Saturday, October 23, 2010 at the USTA Georgia Community Development Workshop held at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center Hotel.
Harrison Tennis Center, located in northeast Cobb on Shallowford Road, is Cobb’s largest public tennis facility with 22 courts. It is also one of the busiest tennis facilities in the state, with numerous instructional programs, tournaments and league play. Harrison hosts more league teams than any other facility in the Atlanta area, has been the focal point in the new elementary school league, has an active Special Populations tennis program, and has been a leader in QuickStart Tennis, with the only permanent 36′ tennis courts in the area. Harrison also hosts 7 USTA sanctioned tournaments, including the USTA National 16’s Open and two state championships.
This makes the fourth time in the past 9 years that a Cobb tennis facility has received this award and the third time for Harrison Tennis Center. Harrison received this award in 2002 and 2007, and Lost Mountain Tennis Center received this award in 2004. Harrison also was awarded the USTA ‘Outstanding Tennis Facility Award’ in 2004.
As the Georgia recipient of this award, Harrison Tennis Center will be the Georgia representative for the southern and national ‘Member Organization of the Year’ awards. Congratulations to facility manager, Steve Lottinger and his staff for maintaining the highest of standards in providing services to the community!!!!!
The public is invited to attend an open house for the new Jean and Elwood Wright Environmental Education Center. The staff from the Natural Resource Management Unit of Cobb Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department will host an open house for the Jean and Elwood Wright Environmental Education Center from 9am to 4pm, on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The center is located at 2661 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta. Parking is on Post Oak Tritt Road behind the Chestnut Ridge Christian Church.
Marietta is a town rich in history. Most of the town’s buildings, with a few notable exceptions, were burned in the War Between the States, and rebuilt when the town began to prosper again in the late 1800’s. But while the Civil War buildings may be gone, plenty of people can testify that some of those spirits remain in Marietta to this day. Much of the paranormal activity reported in this city over the years, although not all of it, springs from that era.
, as well as much of the engrossing history of our charming and historically significant city. 
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The 6th annual Art of Wine Expo takes place at the Gardens at Kennesaw Mountain on Sunday, October 21, 2012 from 3pm to 7pm. The event features tastings of over 200 wines as well as food, art and music in a beautiful outdoor setting overlooking the golf course and featuring views of Kennesaw Mountain.