Cory Sekine-Pettite

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Connected By Vision

L-R: Town Center CID’s Director of Community Engagement, Jennifer Hogan; Executive Director, Tracy Styf; and Director of Projects and Planning, Alisha Smith.
An inside look at the progress of Town Center CID. By Michael J. Pallerino If you asked Cobb residents in 1997 to describe Town Center, they...

Battling Mosquitoes

Mosquito repellent. Woman using insect repellent spray outdoors. High quality photo
By Cory Sekine-Pettite According to a recent report, Georgia ranks as one of the worst states when it comes to mosquito populations and the health...

20 West Intermodal Facility Opens In Powder Springs

L-R: Ren Henry, Manager Sales DPWagner; Councilwoman Patricia Wisdom; Councilwoman Doris Dawkins; Mayor Al Thurman; DP Wagner General Manager Jeff Hope; Councilman Dwight McMutry; and Mark Parrott, Manager Operations DPWagner.
The new logistics center marks the largest single investment in the city’s history. By Cory Sekine-Pettite Intermodal : involving two or more different modes of transportation...

How Walkability and Movability Can Impact People, Place, and Prosperity in...

Two friends exercising along a city waterfront. The young woman in the wheelchair has spina bifida. Her friend jogging beside her and talking is a mid adult Hispanic woman in her 30s.
By Karma E. Edwards, MSPH NACDD Public Health Consultant Editor’s note: This article is updated from the Jul/Aug 2023 issue. Headquartered in neighboring Decatur, Georgia, the...

Promoting Literacy In Cobb

Recently, Cobb Collaborative was named one of six recipients of the Todd H. Bol Award for Outstanding Achievement by the Little Free Library (LFL) nonprofit organization.
By Irene Barton, Executive Director of Cobb Collaborative Editor’s note: This article is updated and reprinted from the Jul-Aug 2023 issue of Cobb In Focus. As...

A Good Sport

Life University prepares professionals for futures in Sport Health Science By Ken Abramczyk When it comes to sports, today’s colleges do not just offer exhilarating spectator...

Beyond Banking

L-R Felicia Wagner, Executive Director, Cobb schools Foundation; Michelle Dobbins, Vice President of Marketing, Credit Union of Georgia; Don Baker, Director of Athletics, Cobb County School District; Brian Albrecht, President/CEO, Credit Union of Georgia; Amanda Arnold, Director of Community Outreach, Credit Union of Georgia.
How the Credit Union of Georgia is building community, one initiative at a time. By Michael J. Pallerino Before every program, every event, every outreach initiative,...

Help Save The Monarch Butterfly

Monarch butterfly
By Cory Sekine-Pettite According to the latest data from the Western Monarch Count (a service of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation), butterfly populations across...

Chattahoochee Tech Names Automotive Lab In Honor of Ed Voyles

L-R: Jennifer Nelson, Chatt Tech VP for Advancement; Chatt Tech Instructor Taylor Smith; Chatt Tech Interim President Heather Pence; President & COO Bill Brantley of Ed Voyles Automotive Group; Pete Richards, General Manager for Ed Voyles Honda; Richard Wade, Sales Director for Ed Voyles Honda; Chatt Tech Dean of Business and Technical Studies Marcy Smith; Chatt Tech Associate Dean Diane Geis; and Chatt Tech Instructor Brian Purtymun.
By Cory Sekine-Pettite The Automotive Technology program lab at the Chattahoochee Tech Marietta Campus is now the Voyles Automotive Lab, named in recognition of support...

Breaking Barriers

Student receives a KultureCity sensory bag from deputy.
How the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office is advancing community health through sensory inclusion. By Randi Okray When most people think of public health, they often picture...