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In Play

Play being honored as "2024 Top 25 Small Business of the Year" by Cobb Chamber.
How Brett Player and his team are helping redefine today’s ever-changing marketing landscape. By Michael J. Pallerino When people hear the name “Play” for a company,...

CROFT & Associates

CEO Jim Croft, RA, NCARB (right); and President Mark Jackson, PE, AIA, next to the firm’s wall which displays employees’ professional accomplishments.
Building communities and making a difference By Sigele Winbush Standing inside the expansive, 13,000-square-foot headquarters of the multi-building campus of CROFT & Associates, one may find...

Leaders of Cobb: Flynn D. Broady Jr.

Flynn D. Broady Jr.
District Attorney, Cobb Judicial Circuit THE STORY: I was born in New York. My father was in the Army, so we moved often. Our family...

Giving Elders ‘Hope for Aging’

A.G. Rhodes
Started in 1904, A.G. Rhodes now serves more than 1,100 residents each year at its three nursing home communities. By Lindsay Field Penticuff At A.G. Rhodes,...

Keep Smyrna Beautiful Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Keep Smyrna Beautiful volunteers
Inspiring the community to be clean, green, and beautiful. By Cory Sekine-Pettite This year, Keep Smyrna Beautiful (KSB) is commemorating four decades of service to the...

Wellstar Supports Developing Future Healthcare Professionals at Cobb Innovation Technology Academy

A large group of medical students are seen sitting in rows of desk as they work in pairs on various activities. They are each dressed professionally in scrubs and are working diligently on perfecting their skills. Their professor is seen checking in on various students in the background.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic that began in 2020, the U.S. healthcare system was dealing with a major shortage of workers, especially nurses. According...

Innovating Our Youth

Austell Youth Innovation Center (AYIC)
Unity breeds hope as the Austell Youth Innovation Center creates a learning path of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math for area kids. By Jennifer...

Building For The Future

Chattahoochee Tech’s Brewing and Fermentation Production Technology program
How Chattahoochee Tech’s Brewing and Aviation programs are helping drive Cobb’s economic engine. By Michael J. Pallerino This past December, the first graduating class of Chattahoochee...

Leaders of Cobb: Julie Jacobs

Judge Julie Jacobs
Cobb Superior Court Judge THE STORY: I grew up on a cattle farm in Dalton, Georgia, raised by a single mother after my father died...

Cobb’s Business Leaders Honored at Annual Dinner

Scenes from Cobb Chamber’s Annual Dinner at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta, GA.. (Photo: Mooreshots LLC)
The Cobb Chamber celebrated its many accomplishments of 2023 at the 82nd Annual Dinner celebration, presented by Wellstar, on Jan. 27 at the Cobb...