Search Results for cobb county board of commissioners

Cobb County BOC Chairman Michael Boyce answers questions after the town hall in East Cobb (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Cobb County Budget June 19, 2018

Budget town hall in East Cobb (Slideshow)

Town Hall in East Cobb Cobb County commission chairman Michael Boyce gave a pitch for a 1.7 mill tax increase before a packed, largely sympathetic audience at the budget town…

Cobb County Parks June 12, 2018

Naming of Cobb park on the Chattahoochee River postponed to get more community input

Park on Chattahoochee is still without a name At Tuesday morning’s Cobb County Board of Commissioners meeting, the controversial naming of a new park on the Chattahoochee River in South Cobb…

Commissioner Bob Weatherford reads proclamation to Cobb Elder Abuse Task Force

Cobb County June 12, 2018

Elder Abuse Awareness Day recognized by Cobb BOC

At its June 12 meeting, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution proclaiming June 15 Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The proclamation was presented to members of Cobb County’s…

Cobb County Parks June 10, 2018

Compromise drops Confederate general’s name from new Cobb County park

A compromise reached on the controversy surrounding the name of the new park on the Chattahoochee River near Discovery Boulevard will be on the Board of Commissioners agenda for their…

Cobb County Board of Commissioners in session

Cobb County Budget June 9, 2018

Cobb millage rate increase town hall locations

Cobb County will hold a series of town halls on the budget and proposed Cobb millage rate increase, organized by commission chair Michael Boyce. Boyce presented a case for a…

Cobb County Planning Commission June 6, 2018

Tie planning commission vote sends rezoning request to Cobb BOC with no recommendation

Because the chair of the Cobb County Planning Commission had a scheduled absence from June’s zoning hearing, a rezoning recommendation for a small three-lot subdivision on Wesley Chapel Road resulted…

Chattahoochee River in article about overflow halted at the South Cobb WRF

Greenways and Trails Master Plan May 23, 2018

Cobb Commissioners approve memorandum with ARC to start planning Chattahoochee River Trail

In a 5-0 vote, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved a memorandum of agreement with the Atlanta Regional Commission, the City of Atlanta, and the Trust for Public Land…

Bells Ferry May 18, 2018

Commissioners approve revised site plan for office building at Bells Ferry near Noonday Creek

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved a request by Edison Chastain Office, LLC, to revise the site plan for a property on the west side of Bells Ferry Road…

Oakdale May 17, 2018

Cobb BOC approves rezoning for self-storage facility at South Cobb Drive and Oakdale Road

At its zoning hearing Tuesday, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved a rezoning from R-20 residential to NRC (Neighborhood Retail Center) for the purpose of a climate-controlled self-service storage…

Smyrna City Hall in article about Smyrna millage rate

Smyrna May 9, 2018

Cobb BOC offers no objection to Smyrna’s annexation and rezoning of 18.7 acres on Buckner Road

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners (BOC) offered no objection to the annexation by Smyrna of 18.7-acres of land on Buckner Road adjacent to the Whitefield Academy, or of Smyrna’s…

« 1 … 50 51 52 53 54 … 74 »

Kennesaw January 7, 2025

Kennesaw City Council holds first meeting of 2025

By Rebecca Gaunt Kennesaw City Council’s first meeting of the year was a quick one, tackling first of the year house cleaning matters. They approved the $360 qualifying fee for…

Education January 7, 2025

Kennesaw State professor’s animation offers new take on climate change

Photo by Darnell Wilburn This article by Dave Shelles first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission Upon entering a small room at Northlake Mall, a person…

Cobb County January 7, 2025

Cobb Collaborative marks Feb. 3-7 as Resiliency Week

By Mark Woolsey The non-profit Cobb Collaborative believes in the concept of resiliency- so much so that it will devote a whole week to the best ways to achieve it…

Health Care cost January 7, 2025

Americans’ rage at insurers goes beyond health coverage – the author of ‘Delay, Deny, Defend’ points to 3 reforms that could help

by Jay Feinman, Rutgers University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] My book “Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can…

Immigration January 7, 2025

Nearly 54% of extreme conservatives say the federal government should use violence to stop illegal immigration

by William McCorkle, College of Charleston, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric has been a staple of his political career, but his…

Cobb Courier

Your Source for Local News