A Tour of East Cobb’s Best Swim/Tennis Communities!
Posted: February 29th, 2008
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If you are in the market to relocate to Georgia or make a move to a different community in the northwest metro Atlanta area, you may want to consider moving to East Cobb County.
East Cobber.com lists some great information and ststistics about East Cobb County and the residents that currently reside in East Cobb. It is states that East Cobb is defined as those residents who live in the following zip code areas: 30062, 30066, 30067, 30068, and 30075. There are about 80,000 households and 200,000+ people residing in East Cobb.
If you want to reside in an affluent, family-oriented, and growing community here are some facts about East Cobb.
• East Cobb residents are well-educated and have the highest median household income in Cobb County.
• East Cobb has the largest population age 17 and under in Cobb County. (family friendly!)
• East Cobb has experienced the highest percentage of growth in Cobb County–and is still a popular place to relocate!
As a resident of East Cobb County, I personally think that East Cobb is a great place to live and work. East Cobb is known for having great schools and being a very family- oriented community. The Cobb County School District website has a great tool for you to explore! The School and Bus Locator and the Map of All Schools will be essential when choosing the right East Cobb Community to live in.
Besides having great schools, East Cobb has great shopping and dining and is only about 20 minutes from downtown Atlanta.
Their are many different types of communities in East Cobb County. I have decided to focus on some of the great swim/ tennis communities located in East Cobb. I will be showcasing some of these swim/ tennis communities, set in a variety of different price ranges, in a series of blogs to come. With spring and summer just around the corner, I thought that this would be a great place to focus on.
If you live in a swim/ tennis community located in East Cobb County and would like me to write a spotlight blog on your community, please contact me! I would love to hear about your community and why it is a great place to live!
Stay tuned… The first "East Cobb Spotlight" is soon to come!
Emerson Real Estate
Posted: February 27th, 2008
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Homes For Sale in Emerson GA
Homes For Sale in Emerson GA
Emerson is named for Joseph Emerson Brown, Governor of Georgia, 1857-1865, U.S. Senator, 1880-1891. It was known as Stegall’s Station prior to 1889; site of the Bartow Iron Works.
May 20, 1864: Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s forces [CSA] camped here after retreating from Cassville and burning the highway and R.R. bridges over the Etowah. Having heard that Sherman’s forces had moved southward from Kingston toward Dallas, Johnston resumed his march on roads that converged there, May 23d, 24th.
Smyrna Real Estate
Posted: February 27th, 2008
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Homes For Sale in Smyrna GA
About Smyrna GA Real Estate
Location
Smyrna is located approximately 13 miles northwest of metro Atlanta and is near three interstate and intrastate highway systems: I-75, I-20 and I-285. There are also several main roadways: Cobb Parkway, Atlanta Road and South Cobb Drive.
About Smyrna
Smyrna, also known as the ?Jonquil City?because of the abundance of jonquils that blossom along many Smyrna streets and in countless gardens, was recently allotted the Urban Land Institute?s Award for Excellence because of its continued growth and revitalization. ?The Village Green? is considered the new downtown area and boasts a modern community center, retail establishments, city hall and beautiful residences.
There are charming Smyrna neighborhoods offering convenient amenities to residents and businesses alike. You will find numerous fun-filled parks, walking and jogging trails, public golf courses and tennis courts and much more! Located in Cobb County, Smyrna, with its ?small town? atmosphere, is consistently recognized as one of the best and most popular places to reside in all of metro Atlanta. In fact it was selected as one of the top 10 places in Atlanta to live by Atlanta Magazine.
Norcross Real Estate
Posted: February 27th, 2008
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Homes For Sale in Norcross GA
About Norcross GA Real Estate
Norcross was founded in 1866 by John Thrasher. Thrasher named the town after his good friend Jonathan Norcross, the fourth mayor of Atlanta. Thrasher himself had been an early settler of Whitehall, but left in 1842. The site of Whitehall is now in downtown Atlanta, just southwest of the city center.
The original settlers in the Norcross area lived in Pinckneyville, two miles north of Norcross, at the crossroads of Peachtree and Medlock Bridge. They later abandoned their settlement and joined Thrasher in Norcross when the railroad was built in 1870. As the first train stop going northeast out of Atlanta towards Washington, D.C., it became a resort town for the Atlanta elite. Made more attractive by its slightly cooler temperatures due to the higher elevation, vacation homes were built in what is now Historic Norcross.
Kennesaw Real Estate
Posted: February 27th, 2008
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Homes For Sale in Kennesaw GA
Homes For Sale in Kennesaw GA
During the American Civil War, Big Shanty was the site of major fighting in the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, part of the larger Atlanta Campaign. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park [1] now contains many of these historic areas, though much of this land has been developed, and some buried artifacts taken by people with metal detectors. Kennesaw Mountain (as well as conjoined Little Kennesaw Mountain) is included in the park, and its summit is the highest point in the Atlanta metro area, at an elevation of 1808 feet or 551 meters above sea level. The city was renamed for the mountain.
The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History [2] is located downtown, next to the Western & Atlantic railroad tracks on Cherokee Street, just off of Main Street (old U.S. 41 and Georgia 3). The museum is the current preservation and display location for The General, the locomotive that played the key role in the Great Locomotive Chase (the Texas which chased it is at the Atlanta Cyclorama). The area around Kennesaw is also a major retail hub with a major regional mall, Town Center at Cobb, numerous restaurants and most major chain stores located along Barrett Parkway southeast of the city.
Preserve America Community
In March 2004, Kennesaw was designated a Preserve America Community [3] by First Lady Laura Bush. The Preserve America program is a White House effort to encourage and support community efforts for the preservation and enjoyment of America’s priceless cultural and natural heritage.
This program recognizes and designates communities that protect and celebrate their heritage, use their historic assets for economic development and community revitalization, and encourage people to experience and appreciate local historic resources through education and heritage tourism programs.
10 Best Towns for Families
The City of Kennesaw was selected by Family Circle magazine as one of the nation’s “10 Best Towns for Families.” The article appears in the magazine’s August 2007 edition. The publication announced the results of its search to identify the best communities across the country that combine big-city opportunities with suburban charm, a blend of affordable housing, good jobs, top-rated schools, wide-open spaces and a lot less stress.
Family Circle partnered with On Board, a New York City research firm providing real estate and demographic data to assemble a list of 1,850 towns with populations between 15,000 and 150,000 and a large concentration of households with an average income of $65,000. From that number, 800 localities were selected based on family-friendly criteria, including cost of living, jobs, schools, health care, air quality, green space and crime rate. Family Circle assessed which towns best met those standards and ranked them according to state. The winners were selected from the highest-rated towns in the top 10 nationwide.
City Parks now offer Wireless Internet
In 2008, the City of Kennesaw awarded a bid to Digitel [4] for the implementation of City Wireless Internet. In March of 2008, the City of Kennesaw announced the grand opening of 4 new wireless areas: Swift-Cantrell and Adams Parks and the Depot area across from the Southern Museum of Locomotive History and Civil War. In addition, the City has provided WiFi in the Ben Robertson Community Center. Visit www.kennesawwifi.net [5] for more information.
Gun law
On May 1, 1982 the city passed an ordinance [Sec 34-1a] requiring every head of household to maintain a firearm together with ammunition. It was passed partly in response to a 1981 handgun ban in Morton Grove, Illinois. Kennesaw’s law was amended in 1983 to exempt those who conscientiously object to owning a firearm, convicted felons, those who cannot afford a firearm, and those with a mental or physical disability that would prevent them from owning a firearm. It mentions no penalty for its violation. According to the Kennesaw Historical Society, no one has ever been charged under the ordinance.
Reports of resulting burglary rate statistics
Gary Kleck, a criminologist and gun-control critic attributes a drop of 89% in the residential burglary rate to the law.[3] Kennesaw is often cited by advocates of gun ownership as evidence that gun ownership deters crime. (see, for instance, this 2004 sheet of talking points from the Gun Owners Foundation). Others have challenged this conclusion, however, citing data showing that the number of burglaries in the 10 years spanning the passing of the ordinance remains roughly the same, while burglaries dropped in the city of Morton Grove following their gun ban.[4]. These statistics are in turn disputed because the report in question lacked important considerations such as proportions for the population and growth over time.
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