South Cobb Drive

Smyrna May 8, 2018

Smyrna council rejects plan for church-affiliated dormitory near South Cobb Drive

The Smyrna city council unanimously rejected a rezoning that would have provided dorms for up to 120 college-age students at the site of a former church building. Atlanta Dream Center,…

Cobb County Police Department July 3, 2017

Felony vehicular homicide charges filed in June 25 accident at South Cobb and Appleton drives

21-year old Jabriel Wooden of Marietta, Georgia was charged with reckless driving and felony first-degree vehicular homicide as a result of of a fatal accident on June 25. 66-year old Bruce Barker…

Smyrna June 20, 2017

Nam De Mun opening new store in former South Cobb Drive Publix space

The Nam De Mun Farmers Market chain is expanding. The store’s current local location is in the Spring Village shopping center on Spring Road, and was formerly known as Smyrna…

Smyrna May 16, 2017

Some residents voice concerns, but Smyrna council approves zoning for new daycare center

With Smyrna becoming one of the hotter real estate markets in Georgia, it’s perhaps no surprise a rezoning request for a daycare center appeared on the city council’s agenda Monday…

Cemeteries April 1, 2017

Bandits, Pioneers, and a Comedian: a visit to Riverview Memorial Garden

The hilly terrain turns what would otherwise be a nondescript perpetual care cemetery into a beautiful, peaceful memorial park. From the tallest hill, surrounded by headstones and hundreds of the…

South Cobb Drive corridor study February 8, 2017

Smyrna residents weigh in on South Cobb Drive redevelopment concepts

Residents of the Smyrna area got to review and give input on several redevelopment options for the portion of South Cobb Drive running between Concord Road and Windy Hill Road…

Entrance to Hooper-McWilliams cemetery, probably erected by boy scouts in the late 1990s

Atlanta History, Cobb County History, History Puzzlers, River Line Historic Area January 7, 2017

Hooper Family Civil War Mystery — Part 2

In a January 1st article I presented the mystery of a discrepancy between the middle initials of two young Civil War era men who were involved in a controversy over their…

Corridor Studies, New Urbanism, Smyrna, South Cobb Drive December 9, 2016

Affordable housing and center medians among concerns raised at town hall meeting on South Cobb Drive corridor study

Affordable housing, center-lane medians, public transit, and heavy traffic due to increase in residential density were among concerns raised by residents at a Smyrna town hall meeting about the ongoing…

Kroger at the intersection of South Cobb Drive and Concord Road

Cobb County, Smyrna December 7, 2016

Town hall meeting for South Cobb Drive corridor study on Thurs Dec. 8

Smyrna residents, and anyone else interested, can learn more about the ongoing South Cobb Drive corridor study at a public town hall meeting this Thursday. The meeting will be held at…

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