Georgia County Government - September 2008 - (Page 12)

Feature Cobb County Quality of Life is Job No. 1 Cobb County’s ‘team’ players foster county government that ‘runs on all cylinders’ – so much so that the progressive leaders here could be redeﬁning the whole notion of intergovernmental cooperation. By Deborah Dewberry, Editor C 12 obb County, carved from Cherokee County in 1832, originally part of the Cherokee Indian Nation, was the 81st count y in Georgia. Named for Judge Thomas Willis Cobb of Virginia, a U.S. senator, state congressman and Superior Court judge, it was for his wife that the county seat, “Marietta” was named. Pummeled by Gen. Maj. William T. Sherman’s troops in 1864, the city, much like Atlanta due south, rose from veritable ashes to become a thriving metropolis in its own right, today anchoring a jurisdiction of some 675,000 people – more than reside in a handful of northwestern U.S. states. Cobb County and Marietta are rich in history, encompassing four National Historic Districts listed on the National Register, including the 23-acre National Cemetery, where more than 17,000 officers and soldiers from every U.S. war lie buried. Civil War history is prominent here, as capturing Marietta was a key element the Civil War’s 1864 Atlanta Campaign. The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was a clash between the Confederacy and a GEORGIA COUNTY GOVERNMENT two-pronged assault wage by Gen. Maj. p d assault wa ed y sault s t aged j Sherman’s tro ps and t se of t A y of m roop d those the Army o oop Tennessee led by Gen. Joseph E. John on. n d y Gen Jo eph E hnsto G n Jose nsto nston o In the 20th centu Cob emerg as n th ntury, Cobb e h ury, bb ged the metro At nta reg on’s firs out ing tlanta region’s st outlyi rg tl ing northwestern suburb followi the sith ns b, ing ing here of Dob ns Air Forc Bas and obbin r rce se nd, nd contingent to it, M i t, Martin Marietta (which ( ch became Lockheed G m d Georgia and after ani nd fter nother 1995 merger, Lockheed Martin r Aeronautical Systems). This keystone industry and the military base which has ry base, now weathered the federal government’s Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) downsizing initiative, spurred the jurisdiction’s initial residential growth, and in recent decades, Cobb has emerged to become one of the most progressive urban, and urbane, counties in the nation. Na igating Naviga ng its comprehensive tran avi ating a com ehensive om eh nspor on p r tation netw rk – an ored by the rtation work an ore anchore red r t Interst 75 / Interstate 285 In t tate 5 Interstat state Interchan n nge in nor hwes m rthw rthwes metro A west Atlanta At ta, Intersta ate 575 in the northe corner and Intersta n n theast corner the east r ate 20 in the uth and 20 i t sout a d a fine network of co en onnectors into b y Mariet and nort s nto busy etta thwar ward tow ward Cant Canton Ke ton, Kennesaw and t the rest of populo northwest Georgia, o f populo populous po ous one observes a thriving and enviable conti hrivi ingent of industries and business distric trie ti cts. Diverse residential neighborhoods are a flanked by virtually every kind of retail, County Manager David Hankerson is known to bring new innovations home to Cobb County. The Cobb County Board of Commissioners. The Board includes “team players” (from left): Cobb County Board of Commissioners (standing), District 2 Commissioner Joe L. Thompson, Chairman Sam Olens, District 3 Commissioner Tim Lee, (front row) District 1 Commissioner Helen Goreham and District 4 Commissioner Annette Kesting. Images courtesy of the Cobb County Government Communications Department.

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Georgia County Government - September 2008 Contents President’s Message County Matters Cobb County: Quality of Life is Job No. 1 Innovative Transportation Financing in Georgia Drive Your Fleet into the Next Generation of Efficiency, Profits Spotlight: Georgia Technology Authority Media Productions GEMA News: Hurricane Season Could Cause Natural Gas Spike GDEcD News: Communities Receive Funds to Develop Tourism Assets Georgia’s Grand Old Courthouses: Upson County Extension News: Radon: Georgia’s Silent Danger Research Corner: Conserving Fuel Costs in Your County Staff News County Parade Index of Advertisers

Georgia County Government - September 2008

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