In the News: Park Bond 2008 & More About Cobb Park Plans

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July 2016

Watch WSB-TV's Ross Cavitt explain the Park Bond Story! 
​Cobb County park bond likely another factor in commissioner race

June 2016

• Sports Illustrated:
  "Cobb County redirected funds for public parks to build Braves stadium"
• Atlanta Business Chronicle: 
  "Report: Cobb spent money voters approved for public parks on SunTrust Park"
• ​NBC Sports 
  ​"Cobb County Can't Fund its Public Parks Because of the Braves" 
• Neil deMause in Field of Schemes: 
  "Cobb County Spent All its Money on Braves Stadium, Doesn’t Have Enough Left for Public Parks" 
• ​Atlanta Journal Constitution:
  "At Issue: Should Cobb pay for Braves stadium before buying park land?" ​

April 2016

11 Alive Story by Rebecca Lindstrom on Park Bond 2008

MDJ article: Final day to suggest parkland is Friday
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March 2016

Cobb Residents Push For Park Funding Before Braves Stadium
March 18, 2016 WABE Story by Tasmin Shamma
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Cobb's need for greenspace critical
March 4, 2016 in the Marietta Daily Journal

February 2016

Got land to sell? Cobb County accepting applications for greenspace
February 10, 2016 in the Atlanta Journal Constitution

Parks department to streamline process: Citizens to have three options to nominate properties for review of potential greenspace  
February 4, 2016 in the Marietta Daily Journal
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January 2016

BoC approves bridge design, park study
January 27, 2016 in the Marietta Daily Journal

Cobb County Commission to revisit parks bonds
January 23, 2016 in the Atlanta Journal Constitution

Tim Lee to move on parks bonds at next Board of Commissioners meeting 
​January 20, 2016 in the Marietta Daily Journal

Greenspace makes Cobb a desirable place to live 
January 13, 2016 in the Marietta Daily Journal
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Greenspace Initiative Should be 2016 Priority
January 3, 2016 Op-Ed in the Marietta Daily Journal

December 2015

Cobb Chairman Tim Lee intends to move forward on parks bonds ​
December 31, 2015 in the Marietta Daily Journal

Advocates demand action from Cobb County on parks bond 
December 30, 2015 in the Marietta Daily Journal

An open letter to Chairman Tim Lee on parks bond
December 29, 2015 in the Marietta Daily Journal

An open letter to County Attorney Deborah Dance
December 28, 2015 in the Marietta Daily Journal

Parks taking back seat to Braves seems ‘disrespectful’
December 28, 2015 in the Marietta Daily Journal

​Cobb stands ready for a greenspace renaissance
December 21, 2015 in the Marietta Daily Journal

January 3, 2016 Article

November 2015

Commissioners must act now to preserve greenspace
November 19, 2015 in the Marietta Daily Journal

Parks bonds would be like Christmas gift from BoC
November 11, 2015 in the Marietta Daily Journal

Cobb County needs greenspace
November 11, 2015 ​in the Marietta Daily Journal

Construction Begins on Marietta section of multi-use trail 
​November 5, 2015 in the Atlanta Journal Constitution

Commissioners, get back to work on parks bond 
November 4, 2015 in the Marietta Daily Journal
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October 2015

"Cobb County planning multi-use trail system" October 28, 2015 article in the Marietta Daily Journal 

​"Cobb Officials Imagine a Trail Through Entire County" October 29 report on WABE

Here are the upcoming 2040 Comprehensive Plan meeting dates.

• Meeting in District One
  6-8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15
  West Cobb Senior Center, 4915 Dallas Highway, Powder Springs
  MDJ Article:  West Cobbers sound off on traffic growth, housing
• Meeting in District Two
  6-8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 29
  East Cobb Library, 4800 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta
• Meeting in District Four
  6-8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12
  South Cobb Community Center, 600 Lions Club Drive, Mableton
• Meeting in District Three
  6-8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16
  Mountain View Community Center, 3400 Sandy Plains Road, Marietta

April 2015

"Cobb County is taking money allocated for parkland and spending it on Braves stadium"

"Parks Backers Galled by Braves' Stadium Tax Diversion"

"Braves deal upsets Cobb County park advocates"

March 2015

"Deny Isakson Plan and Carry out Public's Order on Park Bond Vote"

Jan 2014

"Parks Board member resigns over Braves deal"

Nov 2013

"Georgia Sierra Club Opposes Cobb Public Funding for Braves Move"

More information on this topic: 

• By January, 1 2018, debt from previous bonds, including the 1996 and 2006 Park Bonds, will be paid off.
• In early 2014, Cobb County announced a plan to transfer the entire .33 millage rate for 30 years from the Debt Service Fund to the General Fund to pay for the new Braves stadium, and in July 2014 that bond plan was approved.
• In July and August 2014, people started asking the County to honor the 2008 Park Bond referendum by issuing the voter-approved $40 million dollars for the purchase of parkland, as intended, before reallocating these funds for any other project.

Sope Creek

Here is the list of the Parklands purchased with the 2006 Park Bond.

Here is the list of potential Parkland for the 2008 Park Bond. (Note: many of the properties listed in 2008 have already been purchased by developers, some are under threat of development, but some are still available.)

For the History of Park Bond 2006 and Park Bond 2008, check out the Cobb Park Coalition blog posts.

Repeat performance in Cobb County (about Park Bond 2008 after Park Bond 2006 was so successful)

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