The City of Powder Springs and the Powder Springs Downtown Development Authority has received the 2020 Great Place Award from the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) for the city’s implementation of the Powder Springs Livable Centers Initiative plan and renovations...
Acworth’s new Doyal Hill Park opened in December, and was named in honor of Doyal Hill, the first African American to serve on Acworth’s city council. Hill served for 12 years from the mid-1980s into the early 1990s. This...
LGE Community Credit Union pushes through 2020 and looks forward to its 2021 plans
By Lindsay Field Penticuff
While many individuals, small businesses, and companies faced quite a few obstacles throughout 2020 — making the best of what they could during...
Cobb County opens a new police academy
By Cory Sekine-Pettite
Cobb County has opened a new training facility for its police force, replacing an older training building that it shared with the county’s fire department. The Cobb County Public Safety Police...
By Christy Rosell
Our community spent most of 2020 learning how to live through a pandemic, and a spotlight was cast on nurses and the vital role they play in caring for people during some of their most difficult moments....
By Cory Sekine-Pettite
My brother is in law enforcement, so I have it on fairly good authority that there are many myths still perpetuating our culture when it comes to traffic laws and moving violations. With our cars getting much...
Take control of your future — and help your kids with theirs — through free online tools from local credit unions.
By Cory Sekine-Pettite
Most of us learned about money on our own. Think about it: No one taught us about...
In the November 2020 elections, Cobb County voters decided that — for the first time — they wanted an all-female County Commission, led by newly-elected Commission Chair Lisa Cupid, who previously had served two terms as District 4 commissioner....
How Business Transition 360 takes the pain and stress out of an office move
By Jennifer Morrell
Tim and Cassie McCormack (majority owner), watched their parents work hard in their own businesses and for businesses like Allied and United Van Lines,...
This pro sports team calls Cobb home.
By Cory Sekine-Pettite
There’s no doubt that metro Atlanta is a major sports destination. With professional teams in baseball, basketball (men’s and women’s), football, soccer and now rugby, there’s no shortage of hometown teams...