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Friday, February 15, 2013

Weekender: Arbor Day Celebrations, Candy Land Dance, 'Dracula'

Take a look at this roundup of events in Cobb, Douglas and Paulding Counties, Feb. 15 through Feb. 17.

Douglasville Arbor Day Event What: Keep Douglasville Beautiful invites you to celebrate Arbor Day with tree plantings at Jessie Davis Park. The event will include an educational workshop led by a certified arborist, a tree planting demonstration and free pecan seedlings. Where: Davis Park, 7775 Malone St, Douglasville When: Friday, Feb. 15, 9 a.m. "Beehive: The 60's Musical" What: Beehive is a rockin’ musical celebration of the girl groups who left their mark on 60’s music and on many of our lives. Relive music’s golden era and an empowering time in history with "The Name Game," "The Beat Goes On," "Respect," "Natural Woman," "My Boyfriend’s Back," "One Fine Day," "To Sir With Love," "It’s My Party," "Proud Mary," "Downtown" and more. …

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Davis Park (in Douglasville Patch), Earl Smith Strand Theatre (in Marietta Patch), Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre (in Smyrna-Vinings Patch), and 2 more ›

Friday, February 24, 2012

Kennesaw Named Tree City USA

For the fourth year, the city continues to participate in a nationwide effort to plant trees.

For its fourth year, Kennesaw was named a Tree City USA community by the Arbor Day Foundation, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to planting trees. The Tree City USA initiative is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters. The program provides direction, technical assistance, public attention, and national recognition for urban and community forestry programs in more than 3400 communities. In order to achieve Tree City USA status, Kennesaw had to meet four standards: having a tree board or department, a tree care ordinance, a comprehensive community forestry program, and an Arbor Day observance and proclamation. “We all benefit …

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Kennesaw Goes Green and City Increases Recycling by 15 Percent

Shelly Browne

5:53 pm on Friday, February 24, 2012

I'm planting fruit trees - 4 apple trees and two pear trees! in our food pantry garden site.   more ›

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