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Commissioner Thompson on
TV23's Focal Point 
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Austell/Powder Springs Senior Center Opening

 

Upcoming

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Cobb County Animal Control's
Adopt-A-Thon
10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday, May 19
1060 Al Bishop Drive, Marietta
770-590-5614.


Electronics Recycling Day
9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, May 19
- Jim R. Miller Park, 2245 Callaway Road
- Sprayberry High School,  2525 Sandy Plains Road

• Seventh Annual Mableton Day
Mable House Arts Complex
Saturday, May 19
8 a.m.- 2 p.m.
For more information, please visit www.mabletonday.com


'Wireside Chat' for regional transportation referendum
Residents in ten metro Atlanta counties, including Cobb, are invited to participate in "wireside chats," hour-long telephone conversations hosted by local officials featuring a brief overview of the upcoming Regional Transportation Referendum.
Like fireside chats from 70 years ago, these discussions will provide information to residents in their homes rather than requiring them to attend meetings in person. Some of the major projects will be discussed, as well as a forum for questions and answers.
Cobb's wireside chat will be 7:30 p.m., June 6, with Cobb Chairman Tim Lee and Kennesaw Mayor Mark Matthews. Register by calling 404-463-3227 or online. Participants will provide a phone number where they can be reached and will receive an email reminder with background documents to review several days before the chat. On the night of the wireside chat, participants will receive a phone call on the number provided. To register, visit metroatlantatransportationreferendum.com/wireside/.

 Cobb County Events Calendar

 Links

The Six Flags Livable Centers Initiative Study - click here for info
A comprehensive plan that addresses future development, infrastructure improvements, employment and economic development opportunities for the revitalization of Six Flags Drive area .


 HAWK Pedestrian Beacon at Six Flags Drive
Click here for video
HAWK fact sheet

 

 Regional Transportation Referendum
On July 31, 2012, residents across the 10-county Atlanta region including Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale counties, as well as the City of Atlanta have the opportunity to vote on a referendum that would fund $8.5 billion in transportation improvements through a regional one percent sales tax. For additional info, please visit www.metroatlantatransportationreferendum.com
Project list in Cobb
Project map in Cobb & NW corridor

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About The Commissioner
Woody Thompson is a licensed real estate broker for Thompson Realty Advisors, LLC. He served as District 4 commissioner from 1997 to 2004. Thompson has also been active in numerous business and civic organizations, including the Cobb Convention and Visitors Bureau, Cobb County Planning and Zoning Commission, Powder Springs Downtown Development Authority and serving as director of Cobb Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, director of Cobb Boys Club Board of Directors, unit board director and project chairman for American Cancer Society, current board member of Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta and immediate past president of South Cobb Business Association.

He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from West Georgia College and is a graduate of the Realtors Institute. Thompson is also a graduate of Leadership Cobb and the Regional Leadership Institute. As a district commissioner, he completed the Certified County Commissioner program in 2000 and the Advanced Commissioner program in 2003. Thompson is married with two adult children and is an elder and immediate past chairman of the board of Southwest Christian Church.

District Four (Southwest Cobb) is enjoying tremendous residential and commercial growth, thanks in part to major road corridor projects such as the $51 million East-West Connector. This district is convenient to two airports - Hartsfield International and Fulton County Airport-Brown Field.