By Lindsay Field Penticuff
Since its inception 10 years ago, the Literacy Week Program has supported more than 135,000 students in schools across Cobb, Paulding, Cherokee, Bartow, and Fulton counties. Launched by Cobb EMC in 2010 and followed by Gas...
LakePoint Sports has worked tirelessly during the COVID-19 pandemic to reopen a safe campus for athletes and guests.
By Lindsay Field Penticuff
March 12, 2020, at 4:08 p.m.
“That’s when we announced that LakePoint Sports would be postponing all sporting events on...
Local business owner’s passion for aviation leads to partnership with Marietta’s Aviation History & Technology Center
By Katherine Michalak
Cesar J. Caceres, regional president of Nexterus Atlanta Northwest supply chain management company, keeps his eyes on the road ahead while also...
Realtor, Dorsey Alston Realtors
THE STORY: I was born in Decatur, and my family moved to Cobb shortly thereafter. I attended Georgia Southern University. After college, I went to work for my father’s business, which included real estate investments. I...
Candidate for Sheriff of Cobb County
THE STORY: I grew up on the border of Cobb County and the city of Atlanta to a military family. My parents instilled in me a passion for service to others and the importance...
Owner, Twinkle Toes Nanny Agency West Cobb
THE STORY: I am an Atlanta native. I attended Florida A&M University where I earned a bachelor’s in Accounting and a master’s in Finance. Upon graduation, I began my career in finance and...
Candidate for Georgia House of Rep., District 39
THE STORY: I was born in Chattahoochee, Florida, and attended high school in Lake City, Florida. While attending the University of Florida, I re-focused my life to service of others in the...
President, SpeedPro Marietta
THE STORY: I was raised in a military family; I was born in San Bernardino, California, but grew up mainly in Austin, Texas. I graduated from Texas State University in San Marcos with a degree in business...
Owner, Anytime Fitness East Cobb
THE STORY: Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, I migrated to New York after graduating from high school. I discovered my interest in business, specifically accounting as a high school student, and with the support of one...
By Cory Sekine-Pettite
The weekend I started writing this column, I had just taken a short drive to nearby Douglasville to buy some produce and flowers from a farmer whose goods I normally just pick up at a local farmers’...