Thanks to the MDJ for this article!

Marietta Daily Journal Staff Writer
MARIETTA – After 60 years, Clay Homes has been renamed and the new development will be known as Meeting Park.
Winter Properties Vice President Bill Marsh said developers are working with the city to obtain permits and hope to break ground on the $112 million development next month.
In a presentation to the Marietta Housing Authority, Atlanta-based Winter Properties unveiled its plans for the 12-acre site at Waddell and Waterman streets. The site was once the location of a 132-unit housing complex …

Marietta City Council approved on September 13 the master plan for Henry Park near the Johnny Walker Homes redevelopment site. Henry Drive, Reynolds and Wright Streets surround the park, off Powder Springs Street.
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Special thanks to the AJC for the article on our beloved Theatre in the Square…

in the park on the Marietta Square.
The public is invited to enjoy birthday cake, drawings for theater tickets and music by the cast of “Smoke on the Mountain.” The annual summer musical and “The 1940s Radio Hour” have been big money-makers for the theater.
This season’s first play is also drawing big crowds, said marketing director M.J Conboy.
“Turned Funny,” based on the memoirs of Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Celestine Sibley, is selling out some nights, she said. Last …

City offices closed for Labor Day
City of Marietta administrative offices and services will be closed in observance of the Labor Day holiday Monday, September 4. Police, fire and other services essential for public safety and health will remain open. http://www.mariettaga.gov/news/readarticle.aspx?id=118
Annual Art in the Park festival this weekend on Square
Marietta will host the 20th Annual Art in the Park festival September 2-4, 2006 in Glover Park on the Marietta Square. The juried fine art show will spotlight 130 artists whose works include paintings, photography, pottery, graphics, sculptures, jewelry and much more. …

Tonight reigns in Football Season in Marietta! Bring it on! Thanks to the MDJ for this story!
By Amanda Casciaro
MARIETTA – There’s an aura at Northcutt Stadium that’s hard to describe, even for the hundreds of football players, cheerleaders and band members who have made it their Friday-night home since they began at Marietta High School.
Inside the rock wall that surrounds the historic stadium, the community has come together every weekend since construction was completed in 1940 to cheer on their sons, daughters and friends.
They’ve seen Howard Simpson catch a touchdown …