Category Archives: City Council

Annual budget meeting is a no-show

June 1, 2006 – 9:57 pm

The City Council’s annual budget hearing, which is open to the public, turned out to be nothing more than a formal exercise. According to the story in the MDJ, “Wednesday’s hearing still counts for the record and despite a lack of public comment, the path is now clear for the City Council to adopt its [...]

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Considering a move for the post office?

May 26, 2006 – 1:43 pm

My family and I are on vacation this week in Florida. A couple days ago, we stopped by the local post office to mail some items. The facility was very well-kept and was probably built in the last 10 years, at most. It made me think of our Marietta post office, downtown. Everyone I know [...]

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Lyman Homes site could be going to the MHA

May 22, 2006 – 12:36 am

In recent years, the working class home buyers in Marietta have been challenged with finding an affordable place to live in the city. Areas such as the lower income housing Johnny Walker homes have been demolished, amongst others, in hopes of a new grand plan for the city. According to the MDJ, The Marietta Housing [...]

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Strand Update : Divided we Strand?

May 19, 2006 – 3:45 pm

As we have been reporting to you earlier this year, the Strand renovation is moving along nicely. According to the AJC, there are quite some mixed opionion on the progress that is being made with the renovation/restoration. Published on: 05/18/06 The Strand Theater on the Marietta Square plans to host a grand reopening next summer. [...]

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Marietta launches free public wireless Internet downtown, unveils directional signs during National Tourism Week

May 15, 2006 – 11:39 am

It looks like the city of Marietta has jumped on the Wifi bandwagon finally! Hopefully this will give us some good accessibility from our laptops or mobile devices when we are on the Square. Be sure to visit WhitlockAvenue.com’s Mobile Access Site to read and discuss your city while on your wifi device! What are [...]

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Heated words over Historic preservation rules

May 9, 2006 – 11:34 am

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 [...]

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Marietta Police Department : Town Hall Meeting : Zones 3, 4, & 5

April 25, 2006 – 9:39 pm

Marietta City Hall: City Council Chamber Tuesday, May 9, 2006, 6:30 p.m. The Marietta Police Department cordially invites those citizens of Marietta who reside in Zone 5 to attend a meeting on Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at 6:30pm. This meeting is intended to provide an opportunity to discuss mutual concerns about activity in your neighborhoods. [...]

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This is your chance to shape the city?s future. Tell us what your Marietta looks like

April 24, 2006 – 4:23 pm

What is your vision for Marietta? Elected officials have proposed their revisions to the city’s goals, and now we need the public’s help in defining the direction of Marietta. Take a look at the eight proposed goals and e-mail the city your comments. They will be compiled and presented to City Council, who will vote [...]

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Immigration in Marietta, one hot issue!

April 10, 2006 – 7:36 am

If you are a regular driver around the Marietta Square, you will see a ton of people ‘hanging out’ in the morning right outside the Krystal, Walgreens, and the mini-strip mall just across from the CVS. These people are very hard workers and help out the community, doing things like construction, painting and manual labor. [...]

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Council looks at cable & internet contracts; townhome zoning issues

March 31, 2006 – 10:32 am

A three-person judicial committee of City Council has tentatively approved franchise agreements with American Fiber Systems and Comcast Corp. The new deals will be reviewed by all of City Council this April. American Fiber Systems, which supplies internet service for Marietta, now has a contract which lasts for two additional years. The non-exclusive contract with [...]

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