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East Cobb Park frisbee in article about heavy rains park closures

Cobb County March 20, 2022

Cobb PARKS summer camp registration now open

In its weekly newsletter Cobb County sent the following announcement about summer camps offered by Cobb PARKS along with links and forms for registration: Cobb PARKS offers a variety of summer…

a heat map of the parts of the county with the least resources to recover from disaster, explained in the text of the article

Cobb by the Numbers March 20, 2022

Community resilience and FEMA: what does it mean for Cobb County?

Cobb County is no stranger to disasters. We had major flooding in 2009, and last September we were slammed with floods that were serious enough to make residents eligible for…

Cobb County government building sign, a vertical rectangular sign with the words "Board of Commissioners," "County Clerk," "County Manager," "County Office," "Employment," and a wheelchair entrance icon

Cobb County March 13, 2022

Cobb County State of the County address March 31 at Jim Miller Park

Cobb County announced on its website that this year’s State of the County address by Cobb Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Lisa Cupid will be at Jim Miller Park on Thursday,…

Melissa Alterio in front of the Cobb County BOC

Cobb County March 6, 2022

Melissa Alterio named Director of the Year at Georgia Emergency Communications Conference

Melissa A. Alterio, the director of the Cobb County Department of Emergency Communications, was named Director of the Year at this year’s Georgia Emergency Communications Conference, presented by the Georgia…

Cobb County March 5, 2022

Cupid ends Cobb’s COVID Declaration of Emergency

Chairwoman Lisa Cupid of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners announced the official end of the county’s COVID-19 Declaration of Emergency yesterday. The Declaration she rescinded was the second extension…

Cobb County February 28, 2022

Mask mandate in Cobb Government buildings lifted

Cobb County government sent the following announcement in its email newsletter: The mask mandate in Cobb County buildings has been lifted as of today following the updated guidelines from the…

Cobb by the Numbers February 28, 2022

Proposed East Cobb, Vinings cities assemble census tracts with the lowest Black population

It is about race. Specifically, the proposed cities of East Cobb and Vinings have carved out the census tracts with the lowest Black population in the county when drawing their…

a heat map of Cobb's employment by cities. The numbers are available within the text of the article

Cobb by the Numbers February 24, 2022

How do Cobb County cities (and CDPs) rank by number of jobs?

How do Cobb’s cities (and CDPs) rank in order of the number of jobs? On Tuesday we took a look at where the jobs are concentrated in Cobb County. We…

map showing the jobs concentration in Cobb County

Cobb by the Numbers February 22, 2022

Where are the jobs in Cobb County concentrated?

On Sunday we took a look at what the commuter flows are like in Cobb County: how many people live in Cobb but commute outside the county for their job,…

A map showing the flow of workers into and out of Cobb County. The information in the map is in text format in the article itself

Cobb by the Numbers February 20, 2022

How many people work in Cobb County who live in Cobb County?

Have you ever wondered how many people work in Cobb County who live here? How about how many people live outside Cobb County and commute into the county to work?…

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Health Care February 7, 2025

US dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs and dumb luck – with a new strain spreading fast, will Americans get lucky again?

by Alexandra M. Lord, Smithsonian Institution, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery…

Critical Thinking February 7, 2025

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