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Marietta moves to write data center zoning rules
Marietta City Council is asked Monday to advertise zoning code changes for data centers, the first public step toward rules to follow the moratorium that ends Dec. 31.
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Housing
Marietta senior housing: 64 units to break ground Oct. 22
Evergreen, 64 affordable apartments for seniors at 879 Roswell St. NE, breaks ground Thursday, Oct. 22. The four-story building will have stores on Roswell Street.
City hall
Marietta council to weigh sidewalk waiver for 22 new homes
A builder wants to skip sidewalks at a 22-lot Marietta subdivision. City staff say Jordan Street and Roselane Street, by the M2R Trail, should still get them.
Schools
Marietta High hits record 95.1% graduation rate
Marietta High's Class of 2026 graduated at a record 95.1%, up 19.4 points since 2019, and posted a 1092 SAT average, 61 points above Georgia's public schools.
Utilities
Marietta Power's $3.96M grid upgrade aims to halve outages
Marietta Power's new automated switches are projected to cut outage minutes by more than half. The $3.96 million project is mostly federally funded.