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Atkins Park Tavern & Sam Adams Presents….
7th Annual Crawfish and Shrimp Boil
Saturday April 25th (1PM-11PM)
$5 Cover
Proceeds benefit the Mustard Seed Foundation
Live music from Andrew Black, The Squirrelheads & Almost Blue
Cornhole Tournament hosted by 3 Vodka.
www.atkinspark.com

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Invitation To A Spring Fling
St. Benedict’s Emerges As Local Focal Point  Smyrna/Vinings, Ga. (April 13, 2009)—St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church and St. Benedict’s Episcopal Day School are getting ready for a Spring Fling that will mark St. Benedict’s emergence as major community and educational focal points in Oakdale, Smyrna, and Vinings. On May 2, the historic church and […]

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Hi everyone,I wanted to share updates on several items of interest to Ward 3. Please feel free to pass these on to your neighbors, and if anyone would like to be added to my email distribution list, please send me an email at tlippincott@ci.smyrna.ga.us. Be assured that the emails will be used only for Ward […]

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Another presidential election has come and passed and as promised, it was a historical one.  With an estimated 136.6 million Americans (approximately 64.1% of registered voters) turning out to vote, this might be the highest percentage turnout in almost a century.
You might have noticed a few items at the end of your ballot to amend […]

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The other day, one of our “regulars” pointed out that Wal-Mart’s web site was showing a new Smyrna location “coming soon” on their store located page.  Furthermore, their map indicated that the store will be located in the vicinity of the intersections of Atlanta Road and Windy Hill Road.  For those of you that do […]

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Several of you have recently asked what’s the latest with Belmont Hills redevelopment. I had not heard much about Belmont since the Cobb school board filed suit against Max Bacon and the Smyrna city council. I decided to send an email to Jack Halpern and several others at Halpern Enterprises and to my […]

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Thanks to Mike Hauser for submitting the following question on the “Ask Us” page:
“What is the latest on the Quiet Zone project that will upgrade the RR intersections at Market Village and Hawthorne? I know that the funding is in place as a result of a bill that Bush signed last summer, but how long […]

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By Mason Eldridge
Thanks to Dianne Moore for sending us the following question through the “Ask Us” link:
“Hi, Mason - Since you posted that you’re looking for topics, I thought I’d ask this general commercial rental question.
What is the general range of square foot leasing rates for retail store front and office rentals in the new […]

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Thanks to Keith for submitting the following question:
“I see they have now put up fencing around the old Jonquil Village Shopping Center does that mean all the problems with Cobb County have been worked out and they are now going start work on the project? Any update is appreciated.”
I don’t know if we can get […]

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First of all, I would like to apologize to everyone for letting the content get a little bit stale on SmyrnaBlog.com. I used to try to write my blog posts at home in the evenings when I was done with work…now that I have a newborn, that time has gotten much more valuable. […]

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