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Keep Marietta Beautiful – how you can help

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:24:18 +0000

Keep Marietta Beautiful invites the public to help clean the city’s streets and keep Marietta beautiful April 10 from 9 a.m.-noon during the Great American Cleanup.

Volunteers will meet at the Public Works Complex, 750 North Marietta Parkway, and receive trash bags, vests and a cleanup location, Keep Marietta Beautiful director Joan Ellars said. “Vests are required by law to be able to work on the roads.”
About Keep Marietta Beautiful

Keep Marietta Beautiful is a volunteer organization that works in the areas of litter prevention, beautification, community improvement and waste reduction. It is the mission of Keep Marietta Beautiful, the Marietta Clean City Commission, to generate environmental pride and a sense of ownership within the Marietta community.

The event is sponsored nationwide by Keep America Beautiful as part of the Great American Cleanup.

For more information or to volunteer, contact Keep Marietta Beautiful director Joan Ellars at 770-794-5606 or jellars@mariettaga.gov.

What you ought to know about Earth Day in Marietta, GA

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:11:36 +0000

Keep Marietta Beautiful invites the public to be good to Mother Earth by helping clean and beautify the city, while celebrating “Unity in the Community” and the 40th anniversary of Earth Day April 24 from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

More than 300 volunteers are needed to plant gardens, stain a fence, clean trails, clean the Confederate Cemetery, clean an illegal dumpsite, plant trees, clean the city’s parks and pick up trash.

Photo Credit: via Flickr Saranv (http://www.flickr.com/photos/saranv/)

How to volunteer

To volunteer for a work site, call 770-794-5606 or e-mail jellars@mariettaga.gov. Volunteers are encouraged to dress in heavy shoes and long pants and to be prepared for the weather. Volunteers should bring heavy gloves, hammers, saws, shovels and trowels. Trash bags and latex gloves will be provided at the sites.
Schedule of events

* Building and planting raised gardens at the senior housing project
* Work on trails, painting, etc. at A.L. Burruss Elementary School
* Staining a fence at Lewis Park
* Planting gardens at Brown Park
* Cleaning the Confederate Cemetery
* Cleaning an illegal dumpsite near Lockheed School
* Planting trees and other landscaping at Henry Park
* Trail work at Sawyer Road Elementary School

“I am looking forward to another fabulous year,” Ellars said. “Last year this was the best project we have ever done, and I hope it remains our crown jewel.”
About Keep Marietta Beautiful

The event is co-sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for their Day of Service and Keep America Beautiful as part of the Great American Cleanup.

For more information, contact Keep Marietta Beautiful director Joan Ellars at 770-794-5606 or jellars@mariettaga.gov.

City of Marietta helps residents swat mosquitoes

admin — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:55:42 +0000

Spring is in full bloom and that usually means mosquitoes would soon be flying around Marietta, but the city is taking steps to prevent mosquitoes from growing and causing problems for residents.

Marietta’s Public Works Department is beginning a program that offers to send an employee to homes to kill mosquito larvae and prevent adult mosquitoes by putting chemically treated briquettes in standing water on private property, including creeks, which are breeding areas for mosquitoes.

Photo Credit: via Flickr FreeBird

Residents with a mosquito problem can call Marietta’s Public Works Department at 770-794-5676 for help getting rid of the mosquitoes.

Marietta is also taking care of mosquitoes on city rights of way, operations manager Scott Lawler said.

To help prevent mosquitoes in the past, the Public Works Department sprayed Aqua-Reslin at night, which eliminated the adults but was not effective against the daytime biting mosquitoes.

In addition to removing standing water, adding the environmentally friendly briquettes to standing water is the best option to eliminate mosquitoes, Lawler said.
Other things you can do

Eliminate standing water

• Keep gutters clean and free of debris

• Keep lids on outdoor garbage cans

• Drill holes in the bottom of recycling bins

• Remove all standing water on property

• Store boats so water drains

• Remove or cover all old tires stored outside

• Drain or flush all birdbaths

• Drain all large toys that are stored outside

• Store all yard tools properly

• Maintain pools and ponds

• Remind neighbors to eliminate breeding sites on their property

• Repair leaky pipes and faucets

• Screen rain barrels and openings to water tanks

• Eliminate weeds and tall grass

Protect Yourself

• Wear long pants, long sleeved shirts and socks

• Use insect repellant containing DEET (Note: Read carefully and follow manufacturer’s instructions. Do not use on infants or pregnant women.)

• Make sure open doors and windows are screened

• Stay indoors when mosquitoes are active

Seems like there weren’t enough – Marietta Tree Planters Meeting at City Hall

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:47:23 +0000

Held in the city hall council chamber this evening 3-24 was one of several
workshops on the trees in Marietta and how to plan and plant new trees.

Too bad there were less than 10 in attendance for this information filled couple of hours.

An arborist, landscape planner, and a Ga. forester presented great program of things to think about as we look at our tree canopy and decide which needs help and how to best address what needs to be done.

It was on the Calendar from the City of Marietta:
http://www.mariettaga.gov/departments/parks_rec/calendarview.aspx?id=3988

This workshop and others are supported via a federal grant.

Nicholas Cole

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Farmers Market in the Marietta Square extended until December

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:00:17 +0000

The Marietta Square Farmers Market is in full swing and so popular this year that Marietta City Council July 8 approved extending it through December 26 along North Park Square. The market takes place every Saturday – rain or shine – from 9 a.m.-noon.

“The market features products that are grown and produced in Georgia, including fresh vegetables, fruits, herbs, plants, flowers, honey, breads, garlic, cheese and other such items,” market director Johnny Fulmer said.

To allow vendors and organizers enough time to get set up for the market, North Park Square and a portion of Mill Street will be closed from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday mornings through December 26 for the market.
About the Marietta Square Farmers Market

The Marietta Square Farmers Market has an average of 48 vendors and hundreds of customers each week. Customers have lots of variety to choose from including heirloom tomatoes, fruits and vegetables that are rarely, if ever, available from the grocery store. The farmers market has staples including potatoes, onions, tomatoes, squash, beans, flower arrangements, local honey, herbal soaps, whole grain breads, fudge, pies, jelly, jam and preserves. Customers can also take home many live garden, yard and culinary herb plants and fresh-squeezed lemonade.

For more information, call 770-499-9393 or visit mariettasquarefarmersmarket.net.

Marietta City Council to Vote on Smoking Ban in Glover Park

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:27:15 +0000

I have to say that this will be a great thing for the city if the Marietta City Council decides to vote for a permanent smoking ban in Glover Park (downtown Marietta). The cigar smoke from some cheap cigars that someone was smoking was terrible at the last concert I attended. Why should I have to inhale someone else’s second and smoke, or why should my kids have to for that matter?

Currently, both the city and county only ban smoking in government buildings, officials said. Rich Buss, the city’s parks director, said smoking is also prohibited in restaurants in compliance with the Georgia Smokefree Air Act of 2005, but there are a few exceptions. For example, smoking is allowed if a bar or restaurant denies access to employees and customers younger than 18 or if it has a private, enclosed room with a separate air handling system independent of the main one.

In reading the excerpt from the MDJ article about the subject, Councilman the Rev. Anthony Coleman said he is concerned about setting a precedent for banning smoking at other city parks.

“Even though I don’t smoke, they have a right to smoke. They do have a right and it is a public park,” Coleman said.

While I personally agree someone should have the right to do whatever they want, I also don’t think my health should be compromised by their decision – how is that fair to folks that don’t want to pollute their lungs?

Councilman Chalfant is in support of banning smoking in all public parks in the City of Marietta. Some other Georgia City governments also prohibit smoking in public parks. These include Clayton, Tift and Henry counties as well as the Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority, and the city of Gainesville, Ga.

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Don’t forget Free electronics recycling in Marietta this Saturday! April 25th

admin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:48:43 +0000

Don’t forget to recycle those old electronics this weekend – Recycle in Marietta!

The public is invited to celebrate Earth Day by recycling old electronics and other items April 25 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Aviation Street softball complex, 455 Aviation Road. You will be able to watch your electronics as they are recycled on site.

Acceptable electronic items

computers
laptops
servers
keyboards and mice
MP3 players
cell phones
PDAs
wires and cables
docking stations
external/internal hard drives
tape drives
external modems
electric motors
transformers
sound equipment (receivers, amplifiers, CD/DVD player, etc.)
computer network equipment (hubs, routers, etc.)
banking equipment (cash counters, magnetic card readers, check printers, etc.)
test equipment (oscilloscope, voltmeter, amp meter, power meter, voltage generators, etc.)
telecommunication equipment (telephones, network switches, antennas etc.)
AC adapter
power supplies
surge protector
switch boxes
calculators
fax machines
small copy machines
UPS batteries
over-head projectors
typewriters
scanners
VCR players
office shredders
tape players

Televisions will be accepted for a $10 fee (no console models)

Items not accepted

de-humidifiers
refrigerators
dish washers
washers
dryers
freezers
vacuum cleaners
gas-powered equipment

It’s estimated that there are at least 4.4 million personal computers and 8 million televisions in Georgia. This will eventually become 334,800 tons of garbage in our landfills.

“Our goal is to promote the recovery, reuse and recycling of obsolete electronic equipment, and to promote the design, manufacture and purchase of environmentally responsible electronic equipment,” Keep Marietta Beautiful executive director Joan Ellars said.

MOLAM International, 925 Industrial Park Drive, Marietta, GA 30062, will recycle items brought to the event.

The recycling event is sponsored by Keep Marietta Beautiful.

About Keep Marietta Beautiful

Keep Marietta Beautiful is a volunteer organization that works in the areas of litter prevention, beautification, community improvement and waste reduction. It is the mission of Keep Marietta Beautiful, the Marietta Clean City Commission, to generate an environmental pride and a sense of ownership within the Marietta community.

The recycling event is part of Marietta’s 175th anniversary celebration.

Free electronics recycling in Marietta April 25

admin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:04:17 +0000

The public is invited to recycle old electronics and other items April 25 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Aviation Street softball complex, 455 Aviation Road. You will be able to watch your electronics as they are recycled on site.