Registration is open for Marietta’s Basketball Skills Clinic that begins this week.
Details are in the announcement from the City of Marietta website, reprinted below:
MARIETTA – Marietta Parks, Recreation & Facilities is proud to announce registration is open for Summer Session of Custer Park Sports & Fitness Center’s Basketball Skills Clinic. The Basketball Skills Clinic aims to teach children aged 6-14 the fundamentals of basketball through various skill trainings. The overall goals of The Basketball Skills Clinic is to increase the quality of their game play through skill development, teach the fundamentals of basketball, and to further prepare them to play in official basketball games.
The clinic, at Custer Park Sports & Fitness Center, 545 Kenneth E Marcus Way, will run from June 2nd- July 9th with practices on Thursdays and Saturdays. Children ages 6-9 will attend clinic on Thursdays from 6PM-7PM & Saturdays from 11AM-12PM. While youth ages 10-14 will attend on Thursdays from 7PM-8PM & Saturdays from 12PM-1PM. $80 per child for City of Marietta residents & $100 per child non-City residents.
** Please note this is a skills clinic and not a basketball league. There will be no official games played during the session **
For more information or to register, or register online:
Custer Park Sports & Fitness Center
545 Kenneth E Marcus Way
770-794-5630
About the City of Marietta
The City of Marietta is the county seat of Cobb County. The latest estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau puts the population of the city at 60,867 which makes it the largest city in Cobb County by population.
However, the city is in a neck-and-neck race with fast-growing Smyrna, whose population was 56,666 at the last estimate.
Here are a few fast facts from the Census Bureau
| Marietta city, Georgia | ||
| People | ||
| Population, Census, April 1, 2020 | 60972 | |
| Population, Census, April 1, 2010 | 56579 | |
| Age and Sex | ||
| Persons under 5 years, percent | 6.7% | |
| Persons under 18 years, percent | 21.8% | |
| Persons 65 years and over, percent | 13.2% | |
| Female persons, percent | 49.9% | |
| Race and Hispanic Origin | ||
| White alone, percent | 53.4% | |
| Black or African American alone, percent(a) | 32.3% | |
| American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a) | 0.6% | |
| Asian alone, percent(a) | 1.9% | |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a) | 0.0% | |
| Two or More Races, percent | 4.7% | |
| Hispanic or Latino, percent(b) | 15.7% | |
| White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent | 46.4% | |
| Population Characteristics | ||
| Veterans, 2016-2020 | 2678 | |
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2016-2020 | 16.6% | |
| Housing | ||
| Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2016-2020 | 44.0% | |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2016-2020 | $310,100 | |
| Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2016-2020 | $1,856 | |
| Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2016-2020 | $526 | |
| Median gross rent, 2016-2020 | $1,145 | |
| Families & Living Arrangements | ||
| Households, 2016-2020 | 24148 | |
| Persons per household, 2016-2020 | 2.39 | |
| Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2016-2020 | 77.9% | |
| Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2016-2020 | 23.7% | |
| Households with a computer, percent, 2016-2020 | 95.1% | |
| Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2016-2020 | 86.6% | |
| Education | ||
| High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2016-2020 | 88.6% | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2016-2020 | 44.0% | |
| Health | ||
| With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2016-2020 | 6.3% | |
| Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent | 20.2% | |
| Economy | ||
| In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2016-2020 | 67.2% | |
| In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2016-2020 | 61.2% | |
| Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) | 264544 | |
| Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)(c) | 1584232 | |
| Total manufacturers shipments, 2012 ($1,000)(c) | 1129407 | |
| Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) | 1976915 | |
| Transportation | ||
| Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2016-2020 | 28.5 | |
| Income & Poverty | ||
| Median household income (in 2020 dollars), 2016-2020 | $59,594 | |
| Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2020 dollars), 2016-2020 | $36,112 | |
| Persons in poverty, percent | 14.1% | |
| Businesses | ||
| All firms, 2012 | 10501 | |
| Men-owned firms, 2012 | 4934 | |
| Women-owned firms, 2012 | 4186 | |
| Minority-owned firms, 2012 | 4286 | |
| Nonminority-owned firms, 2012 | 5502 | |
| Veteran-owned firms, 2012 | 1015 | |
| Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012 | 8663 | |
| Geography | ||
| Population per square mile, 2010 | 2451.4 | |
| Land area in square miles, 2010 | 23.08 |