Not long after Cobb commissioners approved a site plan change last month to allow for a King’s Hawaiian restaurant in Northeast Cobb, the California-based company decided it would not go ahead with those plans.
Jason Linscott, a principal at Stein Investment Group, which owns the property at Gordy Parkway and Shallowford Road where the eatery was proposed, said King’s Hawaiian made the decision a week after the zoning hearing.
He said the reason was that the conditions included in the approval “weren’t going to make it work.”
In particular, Linscott cited a required 40-foot buffer between the back of the property and the adjacent Harrison Park tennis courts.
Stein had applied to reduce that buffer to just four feet for parking and drivethru access. But Commissioner JoAnn Birrell referred to a 1980s stipulation when the land was previously rezoned about a 40-foot buffer, saying reducing it “would set a precedent. It was put in place for a reason.”
During the hearing, Garvis Sams, Stein’s attorney, said not being able to reduce the buffer would cause “a considerable re-engineering” of the restaurant.
Linscott said that after the vote Stein “tried really hard” to keep King’s Hawaiian on board, but to no avail.
“It’s a little deflating,” Linscott told East Cobb News, saying he’s not sure what kind of development his company can get approved for that land.
East Cobb News has contacted King’s Hawaiian seeking more information.
It’s uncommon, but not unprecedented, for zoning applicants to pull out of projects after they’re approved. In another Northeast Cobb case in 2021, Pulte Homes withdrew from developing a 92-home subdivision on 50 acres on Ebenezer Road near Blackewell Road.
Linscott said there were other conditions that were approved at the request of the Gordy Architectural Control Committee and the East Cobb Civic Association that also were “not going to work” for King’s Hawaiian.
There also was some opposition from nearby residents about traffic issues, similar to those that prompted commissioners to reject plans for a Lidl grocery store at that intersection.
The land proposed for the King’s Hawaiian restaurant (with the gold star) sits at a busy intersection near Lassiter High School.
Birrell suggested in her motion to approve that Stein purchase adjacent county-owned land to address the buffer issues, but Linscott said that involved a complicated process involving title searches and other factors that also proved to be difficult to pull off.
“We tried to find other ways to do it,” Linscott said, but ultimately, King’s Hawaiian “felt they had given a lot of things” to open the company’s first restaurant outside of its southern California base.
“They said they didn’t feel like they were welcome,” he said.
King’s Hawaiian first filed for a site plan amendment in mid-2022, but didn’t get a hearing before commissioners in March.
The 1.14 acres on which the restaurant was to have gone is shaped like a wedge, next to the self-storage facility that Stein built after getting rezoning in 2021 to convert the former GTC Cobb Park 12 movie theater.
“We’re basically starting over,” Linscott said, saying “it’s not feasible to do a restaurant without getting into that buffer.”
Linscott said “we’ll do something there. I hate that it couldn’t have been something like this.”
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As I packed my East Cobb News swag bag into my car Saturday morning, I took a deep breath.
I’ve been promoting this community news venture in a variety of ways since launching it in the summer of 2017, mostly on my site and newsletter and before the local business community.
But going before the larger community was something different. The Taste of East Cobb event on Saturday was a great opportunity to meet some of my readers, spread the word about it to those who weren’t familiar and reinforce the value of local news, community information and small business advertising.
It couldn’t have been a better day on the grounds of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, weatherwise and otherwise.
People stopped by the booth, picked up pens, magnets and other goodies I laid out for them, chatted and signed up for the newsletter.
Many of them said simply this: “I really like what you do and I just wanted to tell you that.”
Or words to that effect. Also this:
“Keep up the good work.”
“I love how local it is.”
The response was exactly what I was hoping for, as the audience for East Cobb News continues to grow. Thus far in 2023 we’re averaging between 150,000-200,000 page views a month, and between 70,000-100,000 unique visitors a month.
More than 8,200 of you subscribe to the Sunday newsletter. What I wanted to gauge was what readers were interested in.
Not surprisingly, many of you said it was updates on local businesses and restaurants, as well as zoning cases and development issues.
Some wanted more political news, others wanted more news of a certain political bent, and some were grateful for news about events at East Cobb Park and other community venues.
For the newcomers who signed up, I mentioned the Community Guide of services, businesses and community entities. For those interested in advertising, I’m sending rate information.
One of my current advertisers, real estate agent Sheri Hardy, stayed for a while and offered her testimonial for advertising with East Cobb News, and left behind some Atlanta Braves schedules that were scooped up by many of you.
Oh, and the food. I was lucky enough to be located between the booths for Mediterranean Grill and Belen de La Cruz: I had gyros to the left of me and empanadas to the right.
The kind of community gatherings that we went without for a couple years seem so much more vital and meaningful now. I’ve attended the Taste of East Cobb before, and it’s different when you’re a sponsor.
You really get an appreciation for what it takes to stage such an event when you learn more about what happens behind the scenes.
The folks at the Walton Band Parent Association do a phenomenal job, and I’d like to thank them for how well they worked with this first-time sponsor. Thanks to Pam Duffy, who first reached out to me in February about getting involved, 2023 event coordinator J.J. McKelvey and photographer David Wilson, who let us use some of his many photos from the event, including the cool aerial shot below.
While event proceeds go to Walton High School’s band program, the entire community benefits as well from having such a festive gathering.
I can’t wait for the Taste of East Cobb next year, but East Cobb News will be doing more of these events in the coming months so stay tuned!
And thanks for your readership! As always, feel free to get in touch with your thoughts by e-mailing me: wendy@eastcobbnews.com or calling: 404-219-4278.
The Hand and Stone Massage and Facial Spa had to relocate for the redevelopment project underway at The Avenue East Cobb, and the move has been ideal for the business that first opened in the retail center in 2016.
Last week staff held a grand reopening, treating visitors to mini-massages and refreshments, and showing them around the expanded new space in Suite 900, in the former location of the Sunglass Hut, adjacent to one of the new “jewel box” restaurant buildings that’s under construction.
Hand and Stone ‘s new quarters feature 4,500 square feet with 17 rooms—most of them private suites for massages—in April, and the relocation took place the day after Easter, with the reopening the following day.
“Moving seven years in one day—I don’t think we’ll ever do that again,” said Amy O’Nell, the spa’s senior operations manager. “But it’s been incredible.”
In addition to its core services, Hand and Stone offers waxing, cryoskin treatment and other esthetic services
There’s an introductory tier for massages (Swedish, hot stone and Himalayan salt) and facials (Clarity and Dermalogica) for men, women and teens.
Specialty massages include deep tissue, prenatal and for sports and there are a number of options for cryoskin therapy, which is a non-invasive treatment and freezes and destroys fat cells.
O’Neill said all of the spa’s massage therapists are licensed in the state of Georgia, and one of the private rooms includes two beds for a “couple’s massage.”
She said those often include a mother and daughter, sisters or friends.
Hand and Stone also offers a membership program and accepts walk-in customers, but recommends reservations.
The spa is open Monday-Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. For information call 770-565-0808.
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Belen de la Cruz Empanadas drew good, steady crowds for samples. ECN photo.
The weather was fantastic and the crowds were huge for the 2023 rendition of the Taste of East Cobb, which is a major fundraiser for the Walton Band Parent Association.
More than 100 restaurants, vendors and sponsors (including East Cobb News) set up booths offering food samples, company swag and even mini chiropractic adjustments.
Various bands performed—Walton High School Jazz Bands, Wheeler High School Jazz Band, South Cobb High School Jazz Band, Dickerson Middle School Jazz Band, Dodgen Middle School Pops Ensemble, and Hightower Trail Middle School Jazz Band.
There also were raffle prizes and drawings, and guests voted for their favorite vendors.
We were fortunate to be seated near two savory restaurants, Mediterranean Grill, and Belen de La Cruz: gyros to the left of us and empanadas to the right.
Thanks to David Wilson of the Walton Band Parent Association for sharing some photos. We’ve identified his shots in the photo gallery below.
One of the jazz bands playing at the Taste of East Cobb. Photo: David WilsonThe Chick-Fil-A Woodlawn mascot made the rounds. ECN photoWalton sports announcer Mark Aston was the emcee for the day. Photo: David WilsonCobb’s finest took part in the festivities. Photo: David WilsonA drone shot of the Taste of East Cobb venue. Photo: David WilsonEast Cobb News was proud to be a Taste of East Cobb sponsor for the first time. ECN photo
Temple Kol Emeth held a Holocaust Remembrance Day observance with a special Shabbat service at the East Cobb synagogue on April 14 and participated in the Parade of Scrolls in Savannah on April 16.
The solemn observation—Yom HaShoah—preceded the international day of observance from sundown on April 17 to the evening of April 18.
The observation also includes educational programs, testimonials from survivors and the lighting of yahrzeit, odr memorial, candles.
“As fewer survivors remain, the congregation at Temple Kol Emeth feels it is more important than ever to remind the next generations about the atrocities of the Holocaust so that it may never happen again,” said Temple Kol Emeth President Jodi Roberts.
“In a time in history when we recognize the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Yom HaShoah calls upon all of us —Jews and non-Jews—to remember the six million Jewish victims and their efforts to resist the Nazi forces. Holocaust Survivor Day reminds us to fight antisemitism and other prejudices in order to be the upstanders the world needs.”
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Front row left to right: East Side Elementary Youth Essay Contest winners Cameron Courant (5th grade), Stella Eagen (4th grade), Polly Funk (4th grade) and Gianna Sitaf (3rd grade). Back row left to right: Ryan Behrens (Community Development, Delta Community), Jessica Williams (Assistant Branch Manager/Johnson Ferry Road, Delta Community) and Maria Clark (Principal).
Four students from East Side Elementary School in East Cobb were named recipients of the 2023 Delta Community Credit Union Youth Essay Contest in April.
The contest, held in April in recognition of National Credit Union Youth Month, was open to third, fourth, and fifth graders, and 21 students from metro Atlanta schools were chosen. Delta Community received more than 130 entries and selected seven winners from each grade level.
The East Side students are third-grader Gianna Sitaf, fourth-graders Stella Eagen and Polly Funk and fifth-grader Cameron Courant.
Each of the recipients was awarded a $100 youth savings account. Here’s more from Delta Community about the essay content:
“Winning essays included responses from students that said they would save money for altruistic causes like donating to the National Brain Tumor Society, building a wildfire refuge for animals, or providing necessities for those in need. Another student said they would save money to build a school, and another would save to pay for college.”
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Ebenezer Downs contains a lake that’s been used by the public for fishing. ECN file photo.
Nearly three years after a master plan was approved for a new passive park in Northeast Cobb, the project is getting closer to getting underway.
On Tuesday the Cobb Board of Commissioners will be asked to approve a design contract for what’s been named Ebenezer Downs Park.
It’s located on Ebenezer Road near Canton Road and contains 18 acres the county purchased in 2018 with proceeds from the 2008 Cobb Parks Bond referendum.
Funding for the design and construction comes from the 2022 Cobb SPLOST (Special Local-Option Sales Tax).
According to an agenda item (you can read it here), $3 million has been earmarked for the entire project, and $544,828 has been spent, primarily for the master plan.
Its features include a fishing lake and lakeside pavilion, walking trails, a playground and a 30-space parking lot. One of the former homes on the site would be used for small events, including wedding receptions and private parties, and public restroom facilities would be built.
The entry to the park would be aligned with the Ebenezer Road entrance to Noonday Baptist Church.
Two companies bid for the design contract, with WSP USA Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. the low bidder at $218,625.
But the agenda item states that a selection committee voted to award the contract to Pond & Company, which bid $238,450, as it was the “top-ranking firm.”
Included in the design contract are cost estimating, bidding assistance and construction administration services.
A timeline for completing the work wasn’t included. Once the design project is finished, commissioners will have to approve a construction contract separately.
For a larger view of the Ebenezer Downs Park master plan, click here.
Also on Tuesday, commissioners will get an update on the county’s memorandum of understanding with the Atlanta Braves about Truist Park and The Battery and conduct a public hearing on the county’s proposed strategic plan.
They also will be asked to approve a recommended ranking of the top three qualified firms to conduct a disparity study of the county’s procurement policies.
The meeting starts at 9 a.m. at the second floor board room of the Cobb government building (100 Cherokee St., downtown Marietta). You can read through the full agenda by clicking here.
You also can watch on the county’s website and YouTube channels and on Cobb TV 23 on Comcast Cable.
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Unicyclists from Mt. Bethel Elementary School are a regular feature at the EAST COBBER magazine parade. ECN file photo.
EAST COBBER magazine announced this week that it’s resuming its signature parade and community festival this year after a nearly four-year hiatus.
A message on the magazine’s website said the event date is Saturday, Sept. 9, with the parade marching off from Mt. Bethel Elementary School at 10 a.m. and down Johnson Ferry Road to Johnson Ferry Baptist Church. where the festival continues until 5 p.m.
It will mark the 25th staging of the festival, which along with the parade hasn’t been held since 2019 due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the sale of the magazine last year from founder Cynthia Rozzo to Laren Brown, the publication’s former advertising representative.
Rozzo started the magazine in 1993 and began the parade in 1995.
After the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, the magazine went from publishing 11 times a year to six times a year. At the start of 2023, the EAST COBBER began publishing again on a monthly basis, with a combined June/July issue.
Mt. Bethel Christian Academy will hold its inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony next Friday, May 12.
The first inductee is Roger Kaiser, who helped establish the school’s athletics program in 2003 and served as its first boys basketball coach.
The event takes place at 7:45 p.m. on Friday, May 12, following MBCA’s Baccalaureate ceremony in the library of the Lower and Middle Schools campus (4385 Lower Roswell Road).
The creation of the Athletics Hall of Fame comes as Mt. Bethel Christian marks its 25th anniversary.
Kaiser served in his dual roles at Mt. Bethel until his retirement in 2018.
Mt. Bethel Christian began its sports programs with the middle school grades, then expanded when the academy began high school classes in 2014.
The Upper Campus is located at 2509 Post Oak Tritt Road, where a new athletics complex is being built. After competing in a private Christian athletic association, Mt. Bethel’s varsity high school teams now participate in the Georgia High School Association.
Football teams were added at Mt. Bethel two years ago for fifth and sixth grade students, and in the current year two teams were formed with fourth-through-eighth grade students.
Kaiser is a former basketball star at Georgia Tech who also served as athletics director at Life University.
He is a member of the Georgia Tech, Life and West Georgia sports halls of fame and the Georgia and Indiana basketball halls of fame.
Those interested in attending the hall of fame ceremony are asked to RSVP@mtbethelchristian.org.
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Drift Fish House & Oyster Bar returns as one of the participating restaurants in the Taste of East Cobb Saturday.
The weather is predicted to be perfect for many of the events on our weekend calendar, in East Cobb and beyond, as May swings in full gear.
As we’ve been noting in recent weeks, the Taste of East Cobb is back Saturday from 11-5 at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church (955 Johnson Ferry Road), with savory bites, the smooth sounds of Walton High School jazz bands and plenty of family-oriented fun and entertainment.
Parking and admission are free; you purchase the food tickets. All proceeds go to the Walton Band Parent Association to support the school’s band programs.
For the first time, East Cobb News will have a booth at the festival as a gold sponsor, and we’re thrilled to be involved. Stop by, say hello and pick up some ECN swag!
More spring plant sales are continuing this weekend, with the Sope Creek Garden Club Plant Sale on Saturday from 9-4 at Temple Kol Emeth (1415 Old Canton Road). Admission is free, and hundreds of plants and shrubs from members’ gardens will be on sale.
Garden baskets will be raffled off, and decorative garden items, plant stands and bird houses also will be sold.
And a couple of things going on at East Cobb Park (3322 Roswell Road) this weekend:
On Saturday, the Cobb County Water System will have a Sewell Mill Creek Cleanup event from 10-12:30. All the equipment will be provided; you should come with waterproof clothing and closed-toe shoes.
On Sunday, a second consecutive Music in the Park concert takes place from 4-6, featuring the local duo The Woody’s. It’s rescheduled from a postponement in April and is sponsored by Wellstar. Bring your own food, blankets/chairs, pets and friends/family and enjoy Fleetwood Mac and rock covers, among other popular tunes.
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An Atlanta man was given a life sentence this week after a Cobb Superior Court jury found him guilty of raping a woman in her apartment in the East Cobb area.
The Cobb District Attorney’s office said that Cam Melikoglu, 34, must serve 25 years in prison and will be on probation for the rest of his life following the sentencing by Judge Julie Adams Jacobs.
According to the DA’s office, Melikoglu was at a home on Aug. 3, 2020, for drinks and dinner with friends that included two women who are sisters.
Prosecutors said that the victim became heavily intoxicated and her sister took her to her apartment off Wylie Road.
The victim’s sister and Melikoglu messaged each other on Instagram, with Melikoglu saying he wanted to check on them “due to some tension between others at the party,” the DA’s office said.
Melikoglu arrived at the victim’s apartment and her sister let him stay there overnight because it was late, the DA’s office said.
According to his arrest warrant, the attack took place around 3 a.m.
Prosecutors said sometime during the night Melikoglu went into the victim’s bedroom and raped her while she was passed out, and when she woke up he was still in her bed.
The DA’s office said her injuries were “consistent with sexual assault” and his DNA was present. After an investigation by the Marietta Police Department, Melikoglu was charged with rape and was indicted on that felony count.
At the trial, the victim, now 30, testified, according to the DA’s office, as did her sister and others at the party. The jury returned a guilty verdict earlier this week.
“This defendant is a predator. He saw an opportunity and he took it,” Cobb assistant District Attorney Lindsey McClure-So said in a statement. “He thought because the victim was unconscious when he raped her that she wouldn’t say anything. The victim should be commended for her bravery to come forward with what happened to her and to give testimony in front of her rapist.”
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Cobb Police said Wednesday that they are assisting Atlanta Police and other law enforcement agencies in trying to apprehend a man whom they say shot at least five people at Midtown hospital, one fatally.
In a social media message posted around 3:15 p.m., Cobb Police said they have assigned officers in the search “after reports he may have come to Cobb County. Portions of Cobb County that border Atlanta may see heavier than normal presence.”
Cobb Police said in another message a few minutes later that “reports of a recovered carjacked vehicle near Campbell Middle School are not correct. We will update with information as it becomes available.”
Another message posted around 3:45 p.m. said the search was taking place in the Vinings, Cumberland and Truist Park areas.
At 4:25 p.m., Cobb Police said that “reports of shots fired at 200 Galleria Pkwy were a false alarm. No shots fired.”
The Smyrna Police Department posted a message shortly after 2 p.m. saying it had received “credible information that a vehicle possibly connected to the midtown shooting was seen in the area of Campbell Rd and Atlanta Rd.
“Officers responded to the area to assist in the search, but the vehicle was not there. Smyrna Police Department is continuing to work with other law enforcement agencies in this matter. If you see anything suspicious please call 911.”
At 4:45 p.m. the Cobb Sheriff’s Office said it had activated its SWAT unit to support Cobb Police search efforts.
The Cobb Police postings came shortly after Atlanta Police lifted a shelter-in-place order in the area around 1110 West Peachtree St.
That’s the address of the Northside Hospital Midtown campus.
Atlanta Police identified the suspect as Deion Patterson, 24, and released the accompanying photos, saying that as of 2:46 p.m. he was still at-large but believed he was no longer in the Midtown area.
“The suspect is believed to be armed and dangerous and should not be approached,” Atlanta Police said shortly before 2 p.m.
The shelter-in-place was ordered around 12:40 p.m. after shots rang out at the medical building.
Police said four of the shooting victims were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and the person who died was pronounced deceased at the scene.
A Grady official said at a press conference that three of the shooting victims taken to the hospital are in critical condition—two of them had been in surgery—and the other is in the emergency room.
Atlanta Police held a media briefing later Wednesday afternoon, and said a 39-year-old woman was killed, and that the other victims taken to Grady also are women, ages 25, 29, 56 and 71.
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A few other moves at The Avenue: The College Station store that was located in Suite 1520 near the Gap is now next to Lenscrafters in Suite 425; and Faced the Facial Studio has opened in Suite 200, between Warby Parker and the forthcoming Barnes and Noble bookstore.
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The Delta Community Credit Union has named Tina Nelson the new branch manager at its East Cobb location on Johnson Ferry Road.
She has nearly 24 years of banking and management experience and was previously a branch manager with the Bank of Montreal in her native Canada and the Regions Bank branch in Dallas, Ga., and was a mortgage loan officer with Security Mortgage Company prior to joining Delta Community.
Nelson moved to the U.S. in 2014 after her husband, an American military veteran, retired after serving at a local installation.
“I’m looking forward to incorporating my industry knowledge to bring a positive impact to our credit union team and our members in Marietta and Cobb County,” Nelson said.
Based in Atlanta, the Delta Community Credit Union has more than 484,000 members and nearly 30 locations in the metro area and north Georgia.
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A long-delayed request to build homes on property containing an historic 19th century cabin is being held again after the Cobb Planning Commission voted for a 30-day hold on Tuesday.
The 5-0 vote came after a lengthy discussion about a number of other issues—including stormwater, dam repair and traffic access issues—that weren’t resolved after the applicant submitted a revised site plan last month.
“It’s pretty clear to me that we don’t have enough information,” said Planning Commissioner David Anderson, who represents District 2, which includes the 13.38 acres at 4701 Post Oak Tritt Road.
The five-member board, appointed by members of the Cobb Board of Commissioners, voted to hold the request last month for similar reasons.
Kenneth Clary, the property owner, wants to sell the land adjacent to the Clary Lakes subdivision for what would be an 18-home development (case file here).
His property is currently zoned R-30, the lowest-density residential category in Cobb. After initially making an R-15 request, his attorney, Parks Huff, submitted an R-20 site plan per the recommendation of the Cobb Zoning Office.
Huff told the planning board that many of the outstanding issues mentioned by opponents can be resolved during the plan review process.
“Your job is to zone property,” he said. “You cannot say that R-20 is not a proper category for that property. Let’s not overthink this. Let’s put this in the proper zoning category and move on.”
But the requested zoning category wasn’t why opponents came forward.
Another outstanding issue is historic in nature, that being the possibility of three graves on the site located near the Power-Jackson Cabin, one of the last one-room structures left in the county dating from the 1840s.
Huff said his client knows of no human remains on the property.
But Jimmy Richards of the Cobb Cemetery Preservation Commission cited a book about the early history of Cobb County (up to 1932), indicating a young mother, part of the Power family, died there nearly 140 years ago giving birth, and she is buried there with her baby twins.
He asked for the delay for the applicant to hire an archaeologist, per county code, to conduct a survey to discover if, and where, they may be resting.
The site plan submitted by Huff, according to Richards, doesn’t indicate anything about the location of the cabin or the possible graves.
Joe Ovbey, who lives in an adjacent home on Post Oak Tritt, said his family has known the Clarys for decades.
“I’ve been shown where those graves are for many years,” he said, urging that the rezoning be delayed.
Cobb Landmarks, an historic preservation non-profit, wants to have the cabin relocated to Hyde Farm, near other Powers family cabins.
The Power-Jackson Cabin includes Masonic markings on the chimney that are “why it wasn’t burned down during the Civil War,” Ovbie said.
More modern concerns also prompted the additional delay.
Richard Grome, president of the East Cobb Civic Association, said the new site plan “seems to have some of the same problems as the old one.”
One of the lots would not be accessible by the subdivision street at all, but via Post Oak Tritt Road.
other lots are included on a flood plain on the southern edge of the two Clary lakes. There also is a dam that is located on one of the lots.
When Anderson asked who would bear responsibility for repairing the dam, Huff indicated that it might not be a homeowners association but rather an individual property owner.
“We’re doing this the same way [as nearby subdivisions],” Huff said. “We’re doing it at a lower density.”
But Anderson wasn’t reassured by that response, nor some of the traffic access problems. His motion to delay included provisions for a community meeting between the applicant and nearby residents, a third-party analysis of the possible graves and further addressing dam and stormwater issues.
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The LM Frame and Gallery is opening expanded gallery space at its existing location at the Shops of Woodlawn (1062 Johnson Ferry Road, Suite 150) and will hold a special ribbon-cutting ceremony later this month to celebrate.
The ribbon-cutting, which is being held in association with the East Cobb Business Association, takes place on May 18 at 5:30 p.m. and the event will include a special art exhibit of local artists featuring Aboriginal works.
The custom framing store and contemporary art gallery is owned by Christophe and Caroline Choquart. Framing work includes traditional paintings, 3D objects, needlework, posters and more.
New Businesses
The following businesses in East Cobb were granted licenses in April by the Cobb Community Development Agency:
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From May 1-Sept. 30, an outdoor burn ban is in effect in Cobb County.
Citizens may not burn leaves, tree limbs or other yard waste and forest land and may not use air curtain destructors for land clearing.
Cobb is one of 54 counties in Georgia with the outdoor burn ban, which includes unincorporated areas as well as the cities of Acworth, Kennesaw and Powder Springs.
Certain types of recreational fires and bonfires are permitted throughout the year, and there are restrictions that apply and some permits may be required.
Exempted from the burn ordinance are fires stemming from barbecue grills or pits, and outdoor fireplaces and similar devices that burn logs and clean wood.
For more information on permitted outdoor burning in Cobb, please click here.
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Police said four of the shooting victims were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and the person who died was pronounced deceased at the scene.
