Dunaway touched on several of the city’s redevelopment projects, which will raise the tax base in parts of Marietta from $22 million to $335 million in an area dominated by low-income, WWII-era housing.

“This tax base increase will be one hell of a return on our TAD investment,” Dunaway said, referring to a special tax allocation district. “We have forecasted an over 10 percent increase in our tax base in the next six to eight years.”

Thanks to Brendan Sager from the AJC for this article