Second East Cobb Cityhood Online Town Hall Scheduled Thursday

EAST COBB, GA — A group pushing to turn East Cobb into a city will host its second virtual town hall next Thursday at 6 p.m.

The online event will include a live session with Milton Mayor Joe Lockwood. Milton, a similarly affluent suburb north of Atlanta, itself became a city in 2006.

East Cobb residents are invited to attend and submit questions, but they must first register online.

The latest virtual town hall will come two weeks after East Cobb Cityhood introduced its current committee members, almost all longtime area residents. They are:

• Craig Chapin, a technology entrepreneur.
• Cindy Cooperman, a sales executive
• Joe Gavalis, a retired Federal agent
• Sarah Hass, a fitness instructor
• Greg Harden, a healthcare IT executive
• Scott Hausman, a technology executive
• Amy Henry, a sales professional and fitness instructor
• Jim Kolowich, an operations director for a wholesale manufacturer
• Jerry Quan, a former captain with the Cobb Police Department
• Mitch Rhoden, past chairman of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce
• Kim Sherk, a member of numerous boards and committees
• Scott Sweeney, former chair of the Cobb County Board of Education
• David Womack

Gavalis and Quan were involved in a previous attempt in 2019 to make a city out of East Cobb, according to East Cobb News.

Making East Cobb a city is touted by its backers as a way to keep growth under control. Its opponents, represented by the East Cobb Alliance, say cityhood will benefit only a few, yet saddle everyone with higher taxes.

If the Georgia legislature approves the East Cobb cityhood bill during the coming session, residents can vote on it in December.

Read about the committee’s current board members on East Cobb News.

Read information supporting cityhood on the East Cobb Cityhood website.

Read information opposing cityhood on the East Cobb Alliance website.