Kennesaw

Business April 9, 2025

Matt Kraczon joins CROFT & Associates as Business Development Manager

Kennesaw-based architecture and engineering firm Croft & Associates announced that Matt Kraczon has been hired as the firm’s Business Development Manager in its Corporate Business Unit. According to the announcement,…

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History December 15, 2024

June 11 1864: Dispatch from Kennesaw Mountain

The Georgia Historic Newspapers database contains many interesting articles on the history of Cobb County, the metro Atlanta region, and Georgia. The article reprinted below, a dispatch from Kennesaw Mountain,…

Business December 13, 2024

Northwest Cobb Area Council names 2024 Citizens of the Year

The Cobb Chamber’s Northwest Cobb Area Council has named the 2024 Citizens of the Year for its four districts: Corporal Tamara Severtson (Acworth), Lewis and Andrew Bramlett (Kennesaw), Justin O’Dell…

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Mental Health December 12, 2024

Cobb County first responders eligible for PTSD coverage Jan. 1

By Rebecca Gaunt House Bill 451, also known as the Ashley Wilson Act, will make Georgia’s first responders eligible for PTSD treatment coverage at the beginning of 2025. Wilson had…

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Town Center December 5, 2024

Portillo’s coming to Town Center

By Mark Woolsey An Illinois-based restaurant chain known for its Chicago-style hotdogs and Italian beef sandwiches is coming to Cobb County. Portillo’s, which has dozens of locations in seven states,…

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Town Center November 8, 2024

Registration open for 2025 Noonday Shanty 5K & 10K race

The Town Center Community has opened registration for the 2025 Noonday Shanty 5K & 10K race, scheduled for Saturday, March 22, 2025, along the Noonday Creek Trail. Presented by Avonlea…

Education March 24, 2024

Freshman Kennesaw State student has unprecedented success in research

[This article by Amanda Cook first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission. Photo by Matthew Yung] Most people know someone with a “go-getter” personality – that…

Business February 11, 2024

Kennesaw-headquartered CROFT announces promotion of Parker Gordy to associate.

Photo courtesy of Croft & Associates Kennesaw-headquartered CROFT & Associates announced the promotion of project engineer Parker Gordy to associate. Parker is a Project Engineer in the company’s Mechanical Group….

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From the Editor December 9, 2023

When automobiles were an adventure: a 1918 excursion through Cobb County

by Larry Felton Johnson Reading old newspapers has always been an interest of mine, and with the development of the Georgia Historic Newspapers website I’ve been like a kid in…

Tracy Styf speaking on the State of the District’s “Town and Gown” panel alongside Justin Haight, director of talent partnerships, public policy at the Metro Atlanta Chamber (left) and Dr. Kathy Schwaig, president of Kennesaw State University (right) Photo courtesy of the Town Center Community

Town Center October 26, 2023

Town Center community held its second State of the District on Tuesday

[Above: Tracy Styf speaking on the State of the District’s “Town and Gown” panel alongside Justin Haight, director of talent partnerships, public policy at the Metro Atlanta Chamber (left) and…

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