Top East Cobb stories for 2018: Comings and goings in restaurants, businesses and development

top East Cobb stories for 2018, Sprayberry Crossing
Citizens living near the Sprayberry Crossing Shopping Center demanded county officials do something about the property that has been blighted for years. (ECN file)

We’re starting off our compilation of top East Cobb stories for 2018 with a rundown of what opened and closed in the community this year, especially restaurants, other notable businesses and zoning and development matters.

These are based on reader trends as well as newsworthiness. As you can see, this was quite the year in East Cobb for these subjects, especially restaurants and some major zoning cases that could establish changing development trends.

Two major redevelopment projects in the Powers Ferry Road corridor were approved this year, and they’re slated to transform an area that’s being revived due in part to its proximity to SunTrust Park and The Battery Atlanta.

Those projects weren’t without their critics, concerned about high density and traffic that’s a growing issue elsewhere in East Cobb and beyond.

Citizens fed up with years of inaction over the run-down Sprayberry Crossing Shopping Center organized a community meeting that drew many county officials, but nothing has happened despite a court order.

Zoning and development

Ming's Asian Kitchen Opens, East Cobb restaurants
Ming’s Asian Kitchen, at Lower Roswell and Woodlawn, was among the newcomers to the East Cobb dining scene in 2018. (ECN file)

Restaurant news

Burger's Market closing
Vine-ripe tomatoes are among the popular produce items that have drawn customers to Burger’s Market since the 1970s. (ECN file)

Other business news

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Powers Ferry Restaurant Row rezoning opponents begin petition drive

Powers Ferry Restaurant Row
The former TGI Friday’s restaurant at Powers Ferry Road and Windy Ridge Parkway has been sitting empty for years. (East Cobb News file photo)

This just in from Eric Meadows, a resident of the Horizons at Wildwood condominiums who spoke against the Powers Ferry Restaurant Row rezoning proposal before the Cobb Planning Commission last week:

Earlier today a coalition of residents from  Wildwood, the Powers Ferry area, the Cumberland Improvement District and Cobb County, GA came together to launch a petition that opposes the redevelopment of Z-47 2018, or Restaurant Row because it is not good for Cobb County, the Community or the Chattahoochee River.

The petition is titled: 
 
Z-47 is Not Good for Cobb County, the Community or the Chattahoochee
Additional details are available at:
The Cobb Board of Commissioners is scheduled to act on the matter next Tuesday, Aug. 21.

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