Around Acworth

Letter From the Editor

September is here! Which means, pumpkin spice lattes are back, football season is here, and you survived the August back-to-school rush! (Insert your favorite celebratory emoji here – I’m a big fan of the red dress dancing lady or the raised hands.)

My husband and I entered a new phase, as our lives now are dictated by the school calendar and not our work schedules. I’ve already learned that pre-K doesn’t care if it’s my deadline week – my daughter’s “about me” one-pager of photos and stickers isn’t going to finish itself. We did this to ourselves as our little firecracker started K4 early. And, yes, my un-crafty self spent at least two hours filling out that cute back-to-school chalkboard like any good Pinterest mom.

We love sharing those first-day photos, images you snapped just before walking your student to the bus, or heading out the door for carpool. See Pages 38-41 for this month’s dose of cuteness. Don’t miss Parker Grace’s uniform-clad self – and check out that chalkboard art!

To commemorate National School Picture Day, which is Sept. 9 this year, each member of the Aroundabout Local Media team found an elementary school picture to share on our staff page (Page 56). We’d love for you to get in the spirit by sharing your school photos on Facebook or Instagram — use the tag @AroundAcworthMagazine on Facebook and @around_acworth on Instagram. Let’s see if we can start a social media wave of pictures of awkward adolescents with toothless grins and bad hairdos.

I’m hoping the collection of breakfast recipes on Pages 16-17 will give you some new ideas for fueling your family at the start of each day. And, don’t forget to have fun in the kitchen! On Page 18, Lauren Bolden encourages us with her experiences.

As we move into fall and start to think about Thanksgiving and Christmas, take a moment to show your thankfulness for the small businesses that make our community great. And, as always, I’m thankful for our readers and advertisers who support us each month.

Kindness Challenge of the Month

Two Thumbs Up: Write a positive review for a local, small business that you love. Reviews can be posted on various websites or on the business’ individual social media pages. This benefits the local business and potential customers.

Katie Beall

Katie Parker attended Walker Park Elementary in Monroe, Georgia. Little did this kindergartener know she would be managing editor for Aroundabout Local Media one day. Share your school photos with Around Acworth on Facebook.

Kelly Black is joining the Aroundabout Local Media (ALM) team as chief strategist. Kelly will be developing and implementing strategies for the growth of ALM and will be responsible for sales for Around Canton.

Kudos!

On Aug. 16, Chuck Groover with the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police presented the Acworth Police Department with its state certification renewal. Sgt. Lisa Montcalm took the lead with this program to ensure the police department met all the certification standards. With more than 600 law enforcement agencies in Georgia, 137 are state certified. Read more about this in Chief Wayne Dennard’s article on Page 14.

Kim Watt was recently named the new director of Acworth’s Parks, Recreation and Community Resource Department. Perviously, she served as the assistant director for the department and director of the Acworth Tourism Bureau Authority.

Kim Watt Ribbon Cuttings

The Fountain

4843 N. Main St. 678-403-8898. On Facebook: The Fountain – Acworth

Westside Farm at Cobblestone

4416 Westside Farm Place. 678-388-1400. www.westsidefarmatcobblestone.com

Caribbean Soul Bar & Grill — 11:30 a.m. Aug. 25

3365 Acworth Oaks Drive, Suite 1 678-909-2058. www.caribbeansoulbar.com. (Photo not available at press time.)

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Around Acworth, a publication of Aroundabout Local Media, Inc., is a monthly community magazine. The magazine’s mission is helping local businesses grow and prosper by offering affordable advertising opportunities in a quality publication that provides positive, relevant information to our readers. It distributes a total of 17,000 free copies. Approximately 16,600 are directly mailed to homes and businesses, and an additional 400 are placed in racks around the community. Around Acworth also has many digital viewers of the magazine online each month.

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