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Around Kennesaw
Letter From the Editor
It’s been almost four years since my husband and I moved from Arkansas back home to Georgia, with our six-month-old daughter in tow. He had accepted a job in the athletic department at Kennesaw State University, and I immediately began job hunting. I was thrilled when I was hired as the title editor of Around Acworth. Since then, we’ve added another little girl to the mix, my husband is enjoying a change of pace away from college athletics, and we’ve moved out of Cobb County.
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As I say goodbye, I also want to say thank you. Thank you, readers, advertisers and writers, for choosing our publications each month. I have thoroughly enjoyed sharing the stories of community members, nonprofits and small businesses with you the last three and a half years. This truly is a special place to live, work and play. Also, thank you to the Aroundabout Local Media team, especially my fellow editors. Y’all are exceptional, and I’m thankful to call you friends.
Readers, it’s all about YOU this month! OK, it really is all about you every month, because we try our best to create content you’ll enjoy. But this month, what you think is doubly important as we launch Readers’ Choice 2022.
Please take time to go to the Readers’ Choice link at www.aroundkennesawmagazine.com and write in your favorites in the categories listed. If you nominate 25 or more, you’ll be entered to win a $500 Visa gift card. The top five nominees in each category will move on to the voting round that begins May 1.
The winners will be announced in the July issue, and a list of the winners and finalists will stay on each of our websites, giving you a perfect resource for whenever you need a recommendation for a service, restaurant or physician. Each winner will be in your area, so you can be assured they are local.
Good luck to each of you! Our community is filled with many exceptional businesses and organizations that work to make life easier for others. I look forward to seeing the results, and reading how this special Kennesaw community continues to grow and prosper.
Katie Beall
Join us in wishing Katie well in her new ventures. You’ll meet Donna Harris in the next issue. Until then, please send your comments or questions to edit@aroundaboutmagazines.com. Time to Nominate Your Favorites!
March 1-31
See Page 56 for more information. READERS’ CHOICE
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Welcome!
Donna Harris has joined Aroundabout Local Media as managing editor. We’re excited to welcome Donna, who has worked in this community and has considerable journalism experience. However, we are sad to say goodbye to former managing editor Katie Beall. We wish her well in her future endeavors!
Remember ….
You can watch the city council meetings from the city of Kennesaw’s Facebook page. If you are not able to attend a meeting in person and would like to provide public comment on a specific agenda item, you can email kennesawcouncil@kennesaw-ga.gov no later than 6 p.m. the night of the regular meeting. Your comments on a specific agenda item will be read aloud or grouped into categories for the record.
Stay up to date on the latest with the city of Kennesaw’s Comprehensive Plan, and don’t miss an opportunity to provide input. https://publicinput.com/B4807#0.
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Around Kennesaw, a publication of Aroundabout Local Media, Inc., is a community magazine with 17,000 free copies distributed monthly. Approximately 16,600 are direct mailed to homes and businesses and an additional 400 are placed in racks in the community.
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