Lt. Nathan McCreary of the Cobb Police Precinct 4 criminal investigations unit has sent out an alert today about a moving company scam that has claimed an East Cobb resident as a victim:
A citizen hired a moving company to move his entire life’s possession to a different state. The moving company had a website and seemed reputable. Once they arrived at the home and packed the victim’s belongings, the truck left the location and never delivered the property.
The victim then received phone calls stating his property was being held ransom and he needed to pay a large sum of money in order to get his property back. Once this was reported to police, one of our amazing detectives, Det. S. Penirelli, began looking into the case.
She found that the FBI and DOT investigators are currently working similar cases involving a Russian Crime Group. She identified a suspect and found a storage company that had two units rented in the name of the suspect, who was of Russian descent. A search warrant was obtained and a portion of the victim’s property was located in a storage unit.
The same unit was scheduled to go up for auction for non-payment for the storage unit. The storage company was cooperative and allowed the property to remain at their secure location until the victim could arrange to have it removed.
Warrants were obtained for the suspect, but he is likely no longer in the state of Georgia. Detective Penirelli is currently working with the DOT investigators to find potential locations of the remaining property.
Police are also encouraging you to consult with the Better Business Bureau, which has moving scam resources. More also from the U.S. Justice Department about a recent caseinvolving moving scammers.
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If you’re going to the Pope football game on Friday night, this is a very special event for the Greyhounds community beyond the game. It’s also been designated the Matt Hobby Game, in honor of a former football player who died of childhood cancer.
As has been the case with previous Matt Hobby Games, special T-shirts are being sold this week to raise money for the Rally Foundation, which conducts research into childhood cancer.
Online orders are no longer being accepted, but shirts will be sold at the Hound Pound. They cost $20 for children and adults, and a special Matt Hobby trucker hat also is being sold for $20.
Each year, the Pope football team designates a player to wear Hobby’s jersey No. 70 in his honor, and this year that’s long snapper Cody Olszewski, a senior who’s also featured in the video below along with previous Matt Hobby Award recipients.
Kickoff between Pope and Alpharetta is 7:30 p.m.
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Just a reminder that this Saturday is the EAST COBBER parade, which means that one of the busiest parts of Johnson Ferry Road will be closed for a few hours.
Johnson Ferry between Roswell Road and Lower Roswell Road will be closed to all traffic between 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
The parade route stretches southbound from Princeton Lakes Drive to the entrance to the Johnson Ferry Baptist Church ball fields parking lot (at Olde Towne Parkway).
The parade starts at 10 a.m., with the parade participants marching down the southbound lane.
The festival follows from around 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the ball fields parking lot.
Admission to both components of the event is free.
We’ll have more in a separate post about weekend events, but here’s a link to parade and festival activities.
Key: Black stars are road closure points; red stars mark the parade route; blue star is festival site. Map source: OpenStreetMap
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A few weeks after he was sentenced to federal prison for exchanging opioid prescriptions for sexual favors, the former Cobb Medical Examiner has been sentenced on drug-related charges in Cobb County.
Joe Burton, 73, was sentenced to eight years in prison on Wednesday by Cobb Chief Magistrate Court Judge Joyette Holmes. In July, he pleaded guilty to several counts of racketeering, fraud in obtaining controlled substances, and violations of Georgia’s controlled substances act.
“No one is above the law,” Cobb assistant district attorney Jason Saliba said in a statement. “We prosecute anyone who distributes narcotics in Cobb County.”
Burton was given an eight-year federal prison sentence on Aug. 29. According to the Cobb District Attorney’s Office, Burton will serve his sentences concurrently.
The Cobb medical examiner from the late 1970s to the late 1990s, Burton pleaded guilty in federal court in May to being part of a conspiracy to illegally distribute opioid painkillers in exchange for sexual favors.
He was one of several people indicted in February by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta. According to his federal indictment, Burton issued more than 1,100 opioid prescriptions over a two-year period beginning in July 2015, amounting to more than 108,000 individual doses, including over 66,000 oxycodone pills.
Federal prosecutors said Burton prescribed opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone and methadone without conducting a medical examination of patients or even meeting with them at all.
The street value of the oxycodone pills alone, prosecutors estimated, was more than $2 million.
Three female co-defendants in the federal case had sex with Burton in exchange for receiving the drugs for themselves and for others, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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Early Wednesday afternoon Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency for the entire state, including Cobb County, as Hurricane Florence nears landfall along the coast of the Carolinas.
Most of Georgia is included in a cone of possible impact from the powerful storm, which has been downgraded to Category 3 but that is expected to cause significant damage as it moves off the Atlantic Ocean.
Those threats include flooding from heavy rains, along with high winds, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington, N.C.
The storm, which is estimated to be 40 miles wide, with tropical winds extending for around 350 miles, is projected to strike somewhere the North Carolina-South Carolina border late Friday afternoon.
Florence could stall before that and may even move in a southerly direction before reaching the coast, possibly restrengthening to Category 4.
The threat to Cobb and metro Atlanta, if any, is expected to be minimal and would come by Sunday and Monday.
The emergency declaration enables the state to mobilize resources across Georgia to react where they may be needed.
Here’s what Gov. Deal said in issuing his emergency declaration:
“In light of the storm’s forecasted southward track after making landfall, I encourage Georgians to be prepared for the inland effects of the storm as well as the ensuing storm surge in coastal areas. GEMA/HS continues to lead our preparedness efforts as we coordinate with federal, state and local officials to provide public shelter and accommodate those evacuating from other states. Finally, I ask all Georgians to join me in praying for the safety of our people and all those in the path of Hurricane Florence.”
No evacuations have been ordered along the Georgia coast, but the effects of the storm could be felt there by Thursday evening.
According to the National Weather Service in Atlanta, the metro area will have clear skies for the rest of the work week, with a slight chance of thunderstorms on Saturday.
By Sunday night, the chance of rain is forecast to be 40 percent, and up to 50 percent Monday and Tuesday.
The NWS office in Atlanta adds that:
“After landfall, there is great uncertainty as to where Florence will go but there are increased indications that the remnants of Florence could affect at least portions of north and central Georgia late Saturday through Tuesday. The situation continues to be a watch and monitor, so please stay tuned to your local forecast.”
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The kickoff party is next Thursday, Sept. 20, at Red Sky Tapas and Bar (1255 Johnson Ferry Road) from 6-9 p.m. The restaurant will donate 10 percent of all food and beer and wine sales and local businesses will be donating items for a silent auction.
The goal of the drive is to clear shelters, thus reducing euthanasia rates. The proceeds from next Thursday’s benefit will go to the Animal Society of Cobb, Inc. the 501(c)(3) arm for Cobb County Animal Services.
The national Homeless Pet Clubs of America program was founded by Cobb veterinarian. Dr. Michael Good. The East Cobb-based Janice Overbeck Real Estate Team’s last weekend held its own pet adoption day (above) and is involved with the Homeless Pet Cubs and its foundation.
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Cobb commissioners on Tuesday approved a financial settlement with the Atlanta Braves that could result in the county receiving $1.366 million in infrastructure fees for SunTrust Park.
Commissioner JoAnn Birrell said the 2013 stadium deal between Cobb and the Braves “keeps coming back to haunt us.” (ECN file photo)
The 4-1 vote came after a lengthy discussion that included a brief recess to iron out concerns from two commissioners who tried to table the agreement.
The settlement was reached following a dispute that arose in May, when Cobb sent the Braves organization a notice of default on a $1.486 million bill for overdue stadium development (water and sewer) fees. The Braves fired back with a $4.683 million request, setting off heated legal correspondence and mediation.
Technically, the matter is still in mediation, since the Braves have not taken final action on the settlement.
In the settlement, which was discussed by commissioners during an executive session on Monday, the Braves also agreed to pay $380,000 for a signage and maintenance contract for a pedestrian bridge over I-285.
Cobb would reimburse $500,000 in project management fees to the Braves, who agreed to drop any other claims, according to county attorney Deborah Dance.
She also said the $380,000 Braves sum is a credit against the $500,000 amount, reducing the county’s obligation to $120,000.
The county also would pay $326,816 under terms of a 2017 transportation agreement with the Braves. Those funds would be paid out in two installments, of $163,408 each, in October of this year as well as October 2019.
Last year, commissioners paid $11.4 million out of the county water fund as part of a $14 million agreement for transportation matters.
According to information presented by Dance, the county discovered in a review that the $500,000 in project management costs for Heery International Inc. had been paid by the Braves through a project bond fund. The terms were spelled out in a 2014 consulting contract between Heery, the county and the Braves in 2014 (document here).
Joann Birrell, commissioner of District 3 in Northeast Cobb, and District 1 commissioner Lisa Cupid of South Cobb wanted to table approving the settlement for two weeks. They wanted to view the actual settlement document, and Birrell wanted to see proof that other payments had been made.
At one point, Birrell said the county’s 30-year memorandum of understanding with the Braves, adopted in 2013, “keeps coming back to haunt us.” Cupid’s motion to table was defeated 3-2, after which commissioners took a 10-minute recess.
After the break, Birrell, who voted for the Braves deal in 2013, was satisfied with what she was presented from county finance and legal officers.
Cupid, however, said she couldn’t support settlement, calling it a “déjà vu” regarding the original stadium deal. She was the only vote against the the 2013 agreement, and on Tuesday she said the current settlement reflected “the same level of haste, the same lack of organization.”
Commissioner Bob Ott of East Cobb, whose District 2 includes the SunTrust Park area, said of the settlement documents that “this is not something that was hard to go find” and that the staff was well-prepared.
Cupid agreed with the latter point, but said “this has everything to do with us as a board.”
She was the only vote against the settlement, which chairman Mike Boyce said was “a compromise.”
Boyce, who made the process of the Braves deal a key component of his campaign to oust then-chairman Tim Lee in 2016, said the nearly $1.4 million the county is getting is “because this board held its ground. We did the right thing as a board.”
Before the discussion Tuesday, Ben Williams, a spokesman for Cobb Citizens for Governmental Transparency, said the county shouldn’t have to pay any more money for stadium expenses.
That group was founded in 2014 after citizen concerns about the hastiness of the original Braves deal, which was approved only two weeks after it was made public.
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A resolution in a recent dispute between the Atlanta Braves and Cobb County government over SunTrust Park infrastructure fees is expected to be announced at Tuesday’s Cobb Board of Commissioners meeting.
Cobb commissioner Bob Ott
Cobb government spokesman Ross Cavitt sent word late Monday afternoon that the two sides were working through mediation to settle a flap that began over the spring and was made public last week.
In May, the county sent the Braves a bill for what it said were $1.5 million in overdue stadium development fees for water and sewer services.
The Braves balked, and in response sent a heated letter to the county demanding $4.6 million for transportation costs, building permit fee refunds and legal expenses.
The story was first reported by 11 Alive, which obtained documents of legal correspondence that includes contentious language between lawyers representing both sides.
Cavitt said Monday that the Braves were tentatively agreeing to pay the $1.5 million initially sought by the county, plus another $380,000 for a signage and maintenance contract for a pedestrian bridge over I-285 that services the stadium.
In return, Cobb has agreed to refund a negotiated amount of money in project management costs, but those terms were not disclosed. The Braves, Cavitt added in a release, “will withdraw all other demands.”
Commissioners were meeting in an executive session on Monday.
Commissioner Bob Ott of East Cobb, who represents the SunTrust area, told East Cobb News before the settlement was announced that reports of the dispute were overblown and that in negotiation letters between attorneys, they’re “asking for the moon.”
The county is represented by Thompson Hine, an Ohio-based law firm with offices in Atlanta, while the Braves have retained the Marietta firm of Sams, Larkin, Huff and Balli, best known for handling high-profile zoning cases in Cobb.
Ott said the “relationship is strong” between the county and the Braves, who nearly five years ago struck up a 30-year deal to finance and service SunTrust Park as the new home of the Major League baseball team.
The details of the Cobb-Braves memorandum of understanding have been haggled out ever since. Last year, as the stadium was set to open for its first season of baseball, the Braves asked, and received, an additional $14 million from the county for transportation and improvement costs.
Cobb is paying off around $300 million in bonds for its share of stadium costs, at a cost of around $5.5 million a year through the budget process.
Ott said he has “conversations all the time” with the Braves that also covers police costs and hospitality issues in the area.
“We’re constantly working to minimize the exposure to the taxpayer,” he said, pointing to an initial annual bond cost projection of $8.6 million.
That $5.5 million annual sum, Ott said, is the only taxpayer component in the stadium revenue stream.
The Braves also have turned real estate developer, nearly having filled out The Battery, a mixed-use complex of shops, restaurants and a hotel adjacent to the stadium.
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The Chattahoochee National Recreation Area is getting out word today that the Johnson Ferry South trails and loop will be closed most of this week for routine maintenance and construction.
A social media message said there will be heavy equipment and trenching operations near map post JS3 and JS4 (which are closest to trail access on Columns Drive), and that work is expected to be done by Saturday.
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Thanks to Meggan Muller, a French teacher at Wheeler High School, for the photos and info about the Cobb Cross Country Championship over the weekend at Allatoona Creek Park in Acworth.
The individual boys winner was Wheeler’s Alex Dyck (pictured at right, above, with teammate Daniel Reis). Alex’s winning time was 16:05.72, and the week before that he was the winner at the Run at the Rock race in Cartersville.
Reis finished in 10th at the Cobb meet and was second at the Run of the Rock. Pictured below is Virginia Miller, a Wheeler freshman who was ninth in the Cobb junior varsity race, also over the weekend.
In the team standings, the Pope boys and the Walton girls finished second.
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Late this morning the Georgia Department of Transportation announced that the Northwest Corridor Express Lanes have opened.
As we noted earlier this week, through Monday morning the reversible toll lanes along I-75 and I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee will be open only in the southbound direction.
They’ll be made available for northbound traffic for the first time for the Monday afternoon rush hour. Here are the access points that will be available for East Cobb commuters:
I-285 at Akers Mill Road
I-75 at Terrell Mill Road
I-75 at Roswell Road
I-575 at Shallowford Road
Using any part of the 29.2-mile stretch of managed lanes is free until Sept. 22, but you have to have a Peach Pass to use them. Here’s how to sign up(the initial fee is $20) and get more information about the dynamic pricing system.
If you want to purchase a Peach Pass in person, they are being sold at the Georgia Department of Driver Services, 3690 Old Highway 41, in Kennesaw. The hours are Tuesday-Friday from 7:30 a.m to 6:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to noon.
The minimum charge to travel on the Northwest Corridor Express Lanes is 10 cents a mile from 5 a.m. to midnight. Overnight, from midnight to 5 a.m., the cost is a flat 50 cents per trip.
Georgia DOT estimates that more than 220,000 vehicles use I-75 and I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee every day.
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Saturday is the final installment of the Summer Stars Concert Series at The Art Place, and the entertainment will come from blues-oriented slide guitarist and recording artist Peter Karp.
The free concert begins at 7:30 p.m., and the lawn opens at 7 p.m. A table for eight is $40. No alcoholic beverages are allowed.
Concessions are in exchange for a donation to the Mountain View Arts Alliance, or you can bring food from home.
The Art Place is located at 3330 Sandy Plains Road.
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Thanks to Mitchell Katz of the MDE School of East Cobb for letting us know about a fundraiser it’s holding Saturday from 7-11 p.m. at Red Hare Brewing (1998 Delk Industrial Blvd.). He tells us the private school currently serves around 50 K-12 children with varying special needs.
Here’s more from MDE on the BBQ event, which costs $35 a person:
The second annual event is a benefit for the MDE School, a non-profit, private school in East Cobb that serves K-12 children with varying special needs.The MDE School is the only school of its kind in Cobb County and provides an exceptional learning environment where students with special needs have access to academics, music, drama, adaptive PE, enrichment programs and life skills training. MDE serves students with Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, communication disorders, and developmental delays.
The MDE School is entering its 10th academic year and this year marks the 10th anniversary of the sudden passing of Marc David Elkan who was the inspiration for the school. Marc loved all children and volunteered regularly with youth centered organizations.
After his passing, his wife Mrs. Mindy Elkan, was inspired to continue his legacy by establishing a school for children who learn differently. Since the inception of MDE, enrollment has increased from just 3 to 51 students from all over metro Atlanta and has served 230 children over the last 10 years. MDE is able to uniquely serve children with special needs who cannot be served in a traditional educational environment, and addresses each students’ learning, social, cognitive, and developmental goals allowing their students to maximize their potential.
The fun-filled, casual evening for adults is $35 per person for tickets. Sponsors include Honest-1 Auto Care, Alexander Blaire Financial Consulting Inc., Credit Union of Georgia, Ms. Donna Maslia, Haven Insurance Group, and Williamson Bros. Bar-B-Q. Sponsorships ranging from $250-$2,500 are still available.
Evening events include music by Shadowood, BBQ, local craft beer, raffle, and a silent auction with prizes ranging from $20 to $2,000. Proceeds from the event will go towards the purchase of new school fitness equipment and will help renovate the MDE playground.
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Right before the Labor Day weekend Cobb schools 2019 graduation dates were announced, and here’s the schedule for the six high schools in East Cobb:
Kell: Tuesday, May 21, 3:30 p.m. Kell (KSU Convocation Center)
Wheeler: Wednesday, May 22, 6:30 p.m. (Wheeler Arena)
Lassiter: Thursday, May 23, 2:30 p.m. (KSU Convocation Center)
Walton: Friday, May 24, 10 a.m. (KSU Convocation Center)
Pope: Friday, May 24, 7 p.m. (KSU Convocation Center)
Sprayberry: Saturday, May 25, 7 p.m. (KSU Convocation Center)
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Learn more about local businesses and network with their owners while supporting public safety personnel: Those are the twin objectives of the East Cobb Business Association Expo, which takes place on Oct. 2.
That’s on a Tuesday, and the event runs from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at the Olde Towne Athletic Club (4950 Olde Towne Parkway).
(Disclaimer: East Cobb News is an ECBA member, and we’ll have a booth at the Expo, so if you plan to come please do say hello!)
Registration is free to the first 500 networkers, and will include giveaways, drawings, food and more (click here to sign up).
For the last three years, the ECBA has held the Expo for networking purposes and to promote small and independent business in East Cobb.
That dovetails with the mission of East Cobb News, which is catered to community-minded readers and solicits support from local businesses.
That’s because our motto is “Be local! Buy local! Support local!”
Proceeds from the Expo will help the ECBA organize its annual appreciation dinners for Cobb Police Precinct 4 personnel and the Cobb Fire Department (here’s our coverage from last year).
The police event is coming up in the fall, and if you’d like to help out, donations and sponsorships are still available.
The sponsors for the Expo include Solana East Cobb, Minuteman Press Sandy Springs, Honest-1 Auto Care and Providential Signworks.
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The Cobb Master Gardeners held a garden fair and plant sale at East Cobb Park this spring. (ECN file photo)
The fall is not quite here—the weather and calendar tell us so—but those eager to star digging into a new season for their plants and gardens are already in autumnal mode. If you’re itching to join them, two Cobb Master Gardeners information sessions in September in East Cobb can help you get started.
The venues are libraries: Next Tuesday, Sept. 11, from 11-noon at Sewell Mill (2051 Lower Roswell Road), and next Wednesday, Sept. 18, from 10:30-11:30 at Mountain View (3320 Sandy Plains Road).
It’s a volunteer group started in 1980 that’s always looking to add more to its ranks. In 2017 alone they volunteered more than 22,000 hours for projects that include community gardens in conjunction with school groups and those feeding the needy.
The sessions are free and will go over the process of becoming certified and trained to be a master gardener. But you’re asked to call the UGA Cobb Extension office at 770-528-4070 to register first.
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Roswell Road will be one of the access points for East Cobb commuters using the Northwest Corridor Express Lanes, which open Saturday. (ECN file photo)
At long last (and especially for those of you who have been checking here recently), thre is a date for the opening of the Northwest Corridor Lanes along I-75 and I-575:
It’s this coming Saturday, Sept. 8, and the first two weeks are free, but only for motorists who sign up for a Peach Pass (more info here, including a new pricing structure that just went into effect).
Here’s what we posted earlier this summer, when Georgia DOT’s Stephen Lively briefed members of the East Cobb Civic Association about the reversible toll lanes.
From mid-morning Saturday through the Monday morning rush hour, access to the managed lanes will be for southbound traffic only.
Around mid-afternoon Monday, the lanes will be switched to accept northbound traffic for the p.m. rush hour.
The minimum charge is 10 cents a mile for all the managed lanes in the state, including the Northwest Corridor Lanes, from 5 a.m. to midnight.
Overnight, from midnight to 5 a.m., the cost is a flat 50 cents per trip.
The amount of a per-trip fee will be determined according to “dynamic pricing,” which is based on demand. The cost is higher with heavier traffic and drops when traffic decreases.
To get an idea how this works, you can check the real-time toll rates for the existing express lanes on I-85 in Gwinnett and DeKalb and on I-75 in Henry County.
The Northwest Corridor Lanes will have several access points for East Cobb commuters:
I-285 at Akers Mill Road
I-75 at Terrell Mill Road
I-75 at Roswell Road
I-575 at Shallowford Road
Georgia DOT projected a late-summer opening, but it was delayed due to repairs to collapsing retaining walls that were detected along I-75 near Windy Hill Road.
Gov. Nathan Deal will take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony next Thursday at 10 a.m. near SunTrust Park, in Braves Lot 29 at Circle 75 Parkway.
The Northwest Corridor Lanes, which cover nearly 30 miles, is the most expensive construction project in Georgia DOT history, at around $834 million.
It will eventually be eclipsed by the forthcoming I-285 Express Lanes, including a $4.2 billion price tag for a section stretching between I-85 and I-75 north.
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Thanks to Crystal Bradshaw for letting us know about the return of the Fore the Cure Golf Tournament at Indian Hills next month, as part of a larger fundraising and awareness campaign for breast cancer programs across the state:
Join us on Monday, October 22nd at Indian Hills Country Club for the fourth annual “Fore the Cure” golf tournament benefiting It’s The Journey, a local 501c3 that raises money exclusively for breast health and breast cancer programs in Georgia. This event is chaired by longtime East Cobb residents George and Kathy Bartelme.
“We love that It’s The Journey is a small organization making a big impact in our community. Since 2002, they have funded 335 grants totaling $14 million to support everything from breast exams, to biopsies, to research, all right here in Georgia. As a breast cancer survivor, it meant a lot to me find an organization that was helping the women and men in my community in meaningful, tangible ways.”
The Bartelme support has evolved into an annual golf tournament that is now in its fourth year. The annual “Fore the Cure” golf tournament has raised over $140,000 since 2015. This year the tournament will take place on Monday, October 22nd at the Indian Hills Country Club. Registration begins at 8:00 am, with a shotgun start at 9:30 am. Participants will receive the use of a golf cart, lunch, 18 holes of golf, and prizes for golf challenges. Individual, foursome, and corporate sponsorships are available as well as donations for the silent auction and in-kind gifts. It is a very fun tournament and players consist of both members/non-members of Indian Hills as well as men and women.
There will also be a silent auction the day of the tournament. Items for auction include golf packages, sports memorabilia, original artwork, themed gift baskets, and more.
The fight against breast cancer is not a single battle. It’s an ongoing struggle that is faced with courage and determination. It is, in fact, a journey. It’s The Journey, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 2002 that raises funds for Georgia breast cancer organizations offering support to many women and men across the state.
It’s The Journey, Inc.’s mission is to support Georgians by raising money for breast health and breast cancer programs that focus on screening, diagnostics, genetic counseling and testing, support services, and research.
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Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty’s Cobb Office opened its doors with 21 agents and staff members, all equipped with prestigious and intimate knowledge of Cobb County and a commitment to providing extraordinary service to home buyers and sellers.
On Tuesday, August 14, the Cobb Chamber of Commerce formally welcomed the leading Metro Atlanta luxury real estate firm’s fourth branch with a special ribbon cutting ceremony.
“Our affiliation with the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce is an honorable partnership,” said David Boehmig, President and Co-Founder of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty. “We opened the Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty Cobb Office to offer residents our award-winning and unparalleled business strategy, and the Chamber not only recognizes that, but also supports our mission. With combined efforts and a shared passion for Cobb County’s growth, we look forward to future opportunities with this organization!”
As Vice President and Managing Broker for Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty’s Cobb Office, Jim Glover offers more than 20 years of experience, including 10 successful years as a top-performing agent with Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty.
“As a six-generation Marietta native, I couldn’t be more thrilled, and proud, about our new office,” said Jim Glover. “With a team of some of the finest agents, I’m confident and enthusiastic about our future in Cobb County!”
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Coming soon to the Pavilions at East Lake, likely this month: Kayhill’s Sports Bar and Grill, next to the J. Christopher’s.
Kayhill’s will take up more than 10,000 square feet, the largest space in the retail center at 2100 Roswell Road behind the Kroger store, according to Brixmor, the Pavilions management company.
Owner James Kayhill formerly owned the Marietta Billiard Club in the East Cobb Station strip center at 1355 Roswell Road (formerly Town and Country), and in January announced the new location that was tentatively called Archer’s Place.
That’s a reference pro pool player Johnny ‘”The Scorpion” Archer, a Marietta Billiard Club headliner and Acworth resident. No word on the name change for the moment.
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