A Nashville, Tennessee-based investment firm has purchased the Town Center Commons shopping center for $13 million.
The deal for 615 Ventures to purchase the 72,000-square-foot property at 725 Barrett Parkway from Atlanta-based investment firm Ardent was announced Tuesday by Franklin Street, the real estate firm that brokered the deal.
Town Center Commons is south of Barrett Parkway and west of Interstate 75. It is anchored by Public Lands, a new outdoor and sporting goods concept from Dick’s Sporting Goods.
Other retailers at the property include Five Below, The Original Mattress Factory, Affordable Dentures & Implants, Town Center Nails, K-Town Vapor Lounge, Automation Personnel Services and Pinch of Spice. The property also includes a vacant 2,880-square-foot “end-cap unit,” a storefront at one end of the shopping center.
Amazon will close its Kennesaw warehouse in April, according to a filing the company made with the Georgia Department of Labor last week. The warehouse employs 219 workers.
The online retailer is set to close its ATL5 facility at 4190 Jiles Road on April 1 of next year, Tonya Hallet, Amazon’s vice president of people experience and technology solutions, said in a letter to the labor department and Kennesaw Mayor Derek Easterling.
Hallet said 219 employees will lose their jobs as a result of the closure, with four waves of layoffs set to begin December 27 and continue until the April 1 closing date. The letter from Hallet, sent in accordance with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, said employees impacted by the closure “have been offered internal transfer opportunities at Amazon.”
Amazon spokeswoman Betsy Harden confirmed Amazon’s filing with the labor department was related to the closure of Fabric.com. The online fabric retailer, purchased by Amazon in 2008, moved from a Marietta warehouse off Northwest Parkway to the Jiles Road location in 2012. Harden said that, in addition to internal transfer opportunities, Amazon is providing all affected employees with severance pay.
Amazon closed Fabric.com on October 20, with the trade group Craft Industry Alliance first reporting news of the closure on October 19.
Among the questions elementary school students have about Atlanta Braves outfielder Michael Harris II: Does he have a girlfriend? What is his favorite video game? Is he famous?
The answers are yes, “Call of Duty” and maybe, depending on who you ask.
On Wednesday, more than 50 Braves employees, including Harris, the National League Rookie of the Year, visited Green Acres Elementary school in Smyrna.
Harris visited three classrooms, fielding questions from students. Meanwhile, volunteers from the Braves did landscaping work, painted, and packed bags with food and snacks for kids to take home over the holiday break. One hundred students across first, second and third grades were chosen by their teachers to receive a free bike from Academy Sports and Outdoors, based on their attendance, behavior and hard work.
The gestures came after Green Acres was adopted by the Atlanta Braves Foundation for the 2022-23 school year as its inaugural “Hank Aaron All-Star School.” Through the program, the foundation looks to provide the school with teacher and classroom support, facility improvements and student engagement. Braves foundation executive director Danielle Bedassee estimated the Braves Foundation has put around $30,000 toward the school. The foundation contributes to Green Acres’ food pantry, is designing a break room for teachers and plans to add a projector screen in the school cafeteria.
Corporate partners of the Braves have also chipped in. RaceTrac donated $25 gift cards to all of the teachers, and Omni Hotel at The Battery Atlanta gave a free two-night stay to fourth-grade teacher Monica Brooks, who was chosen for the honor by Green Acres Principal Ashley Mize.
Marietta-area volunteers are celebrating the collection of gift-filled shoeboxes that will send the message to children around the world: God loves you, and you’re not forgotten!
Thousands of volunteers contributed to Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse by packing shoeboxes filled with toys, school supplies and hygiene items. The global Christmas project will deliver these gifts to children in need.
Although drop-off locations have closed, there is still time to share hope and love with children overseas by packing a gift-filled shoebox online. Shoeboxes built online go to some of the hardest-to-reach areas in the world. Those who prefer the convenience of online shopping can browse samaritanspurse.org/buildonline to select gifts matched to a child’s specific age and gender, then finish packing the virtual shoebox by adding a photo and personal note of encouragement.
Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, seeks to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world. Since 1993, they have collected and delivered more than 198 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 170 countries and territories. This year, Operation Christmas Child will collect its 200-millionth shoebox.
Elections for the new city of Mableton’s mayor and six-member city council are scheduled for March 21, 2023, according to Cobb Elections Director Janine Eveler.
Eveler said the special election will be officially called on December 30 by the Cobb Board of Elections. Candidate qualifying will be held over three days at the main elections office at in Marietta. It will begin Wednesday, January 18, at 8:30 a.m. and end Friday, Jan. 20, at 4:30 p.m. The hours for qualifying are set for 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day.
Qualifying fees will be $900 for mayoral candidates and $600 for council candidates, to be paid by cash, personal check, money order or cashier’s check made out to Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration. Candidates must meet the qualifications laid out in the bill signed by Gov. Brian Kemp in April that put the Mableton cityhood referendum on November’s general election ballot.
Candidates for both mayor and city council must be at least 21 years old and have lived within the city’s boundaries for at least 12 months immediately prior to the election. City council candidates must have lived in the council district in which they are running for at least 12 months immediately prior to the election.
Terms for the first council will be staggered, per the city charter, with three members serving from March 2023-December 2025, while the other three will serve from March 2023-December 2027. All members of successive councils will serve four-year terms, and no elected officials in Mableton will be permitted to serve more than three consecutive terms.
Council members will be elected by the residents of the district they are running to represent, while the mayor will be elected citywide.
The deadline to register to vote before the Mableton elections is February 21.
Early voting will start February 27. An early voting schedule will be published on the Cobb elections website.
As national signing day approaches, three more Cobb County athletes made their commitments to where they will continue their college careers.
Kennesaw Mountain offensive lineman Connor Lew switched his commitment from Miami to Auburn, Hillgrove linebacker Zion Rutledge chose Chattanooga and McEachern basketball standout Jamichael Davis will play for Rutgers.
Lew, a 6-foot-3, 280-pound center had 25 Division I offers when the four-star recruit selected Miami in August over Auburn, Georgia and Clemson. On Tuesday, he changed his mind. Lew’s long-term goals include going into the aviation field, and Auburn’s program has ties with Atlanta-based Delta. Rutledge chose Chattanooga, a regular leader of the Southern Conference, over Wofford and South Carolina State, among others. The 6-foot, 220-pound Region 3AAAAAAA Defensive Player of the Year led Class AAAAAAA in tackles during the regular season and finished the year with 160 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 3½ sacks and two forced fumbles.
Chattanooga traditionally has one of the best wrestling programs in the South and is a consistent contender to win the SoCon championship, and Rutledge could add to that success. He won the Class AAAAAAA state title at 220 pounds last season and went 45-2.
Davis, a three-star recruit, is in his first season with McEachern after transferring from Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe, where he averaged 22 points and 12 rebounds per game as a junior.
The 6-foot-2, 160-pound point guard has helped McEachern get off to a 7-4 start this season, playing one of the most difficult schedules in the state.
Rutgers found Davis when Scarlet Knights coach Steve Pikiell and assistant coach Brandin Knight were scouting McEachern teammate Ace Bailey at an AAU tournament over the summer. They liked Davis’ competitiveness and effort at both ends of the floor, as well as his ability to drive and finish in the lane.
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