Marietta City Council unanimously passed a revision to its ethics code this week that they believe is among the strongest they’ve seen. The code sets out disclosure of their ownership of property, conflicts of interest and activities as elected officials.
All seven members of City Council and the mayor worked together over 40 hours — sometimes [...]
Today, the Marietta School board will have a special session at 11:30 am to review several proposals regarding uniforms in the following Marietta City Schools: Westside Elementary, Marietta Sixth Grade Academy and Woods Wilkins Center.
The MDJ is reporting:
School board member Jill Mutimer said the three proposals, if approved, would not set a precedent for the [...]
Congrats to our city for being selected as a finalist for the best in the nation!
Marietta selected All-America City finalist among best in nation
May 11, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARIETTA, GA — The National Civic League has selected the city of Marietta as a 2006 finalist for the All-America City Award, the oldest and most respected [...]
The Marietta City Council continues to discuss the Historic Preservation Rules in place within the city. According to the MDJ, the meeting last night was quite interesting.
The historic preservation ordinance issue divided the council as Mayor Bill Dunaway used his veto Monday to keep a proposed change to the ordinance on a schedule to [...]
Good evening everyone, I would like to officially announce the new “Arts and Living” section on WhitlockAvenue.com. This new section of the site will be an all encompassing look at the arts and living topics as well as current events in the city including culture, arts, theatre and just about anything else related to what’s [...]
Since ancient times, spring has long been celebrated as a season of new life. And though the calendar marks the beginning of spring in late March, it never seems to officially begin until the Square and the city of Marietta are brought back to life. On a social calendar, this was the weekend [...]
Good morning everyone! In an effort to enhance your reading experience on WhitlockAvenue.com, we have redesigned the site using a new layout. The main content area is now larger and we have moved all the site sections, links, categories, recent posts, and sites we like to the left hand column. All our sponsors can now [...]
We just got an alert that the city is working with the Southern Polytechnic School of Architecture to redesign and make improvements along Powder Springs Street. This is a much needed effort and will really help in the city’s redevelopment surge. What are your thoughts and opinions on the Power Springs street corridor today? What [...]
What was done well? Good food? Bad food? You tell us! We will be posting our reviews in the next day or so - the good, the bad and the ugly - ….well, ok - there wasn’t much ugly per se but just “the good, the bad” didn’t sound right by itself….
Let us know [...]
