Produce affordable homes at a greater level to create healthy, accessible, and sustainable neighborhoods

Reserve a share of new development for affordable housing to support low and moderate-income residents

Create residential zones to increase housing options such as smaller lots, tiny homes, multifamily developments, and mixed-use developments

Preserve and maintain existing homes by investing, scheduling, and timely making improvements and repairs

Provide a tax credit to renters who pay most of their salaries to rent

Incentivize the building of market rate apartments

Work with various community leaders in the municipalities of South Cobb to share in resolving the affordable housing issues

Urge the federal government to work with local and state governments to make affordable housing a quality of life issue

- Produce affordable homes at a greater level to create healthy, accessible, and sustainable neighborhoods
- Reserve a share of new development for affordable housing to support low and moderate-income residents
- Create residential zones to increase housing options such as smaller lots, tiny homes, multifamily developments, and mixed-use developments
- Preserve and maintain existing homes by investing, scheduling, and timely making improvements and repairs
- Provide a tax credit to renters who pay most of their salaries to rent
- Incentivize the building of market rate apartments
- Work with various community leaders in the municipalities of South Cobb to share in resolving the affordable housing issues
- Urge the federal government to work with local and state governments to make affordable housing a quality of life issue

Housing & Urban Development

Ensure good-paying jobs for Cobb residents

Encourage more economic development targeted at South Cobb

Work with South Cobb, the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, various business groups and other stakeholders to develop 21 century solutions and incentives to attract businesses

Create a land bank for the empty buildings in our community and then work with bankers, realtors, stakeholders and perspective businesses to fill these spaces with reasonable rents and incentive plans

Create easy access to downtown Atlanta, the airport, and three major interstates

- Ensure good-paying jobs for Cobb residents
- Encourage more economic development targeted at South Cobb
- Work with South Cobb, the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, various business groups and other stakeholders to develop 21 century solutions and incentives to attract businesses
- Create a land bank for the empty buildings in our community and then work with bankers, realtors, stakeholders and perspective businesses to fill these spaces with reasonable rents and incentive plans
- Create easy access to downtown Atlanta, the airport, and three major interstates

Economy

Find and incorporate best practices related to the utilization of technology and security cameras to fight crime which will lead to a reduction in drug related crimes, violent crimes, and sexual assault

Develop more effective policies and tools to build trust between law enforcement and the communities

Incentivize housing opportunities for all public employees, including public safety officials and schoolteachers

Have difficult conversations and do the work necessary to break the burdens of distrust that will allow us to create a greater level of understanding

- Find and incorporate best practices related to the utilization of technology and security cameras to fight crime which will lead to a reduction in drug related crimes, violent crimes, and sexual assault
- Develop more effective policies and tools to build trust between law enforcement and the communities
- Incentivize housing opportunities for all public employees, including public safety officials and schoolteachers
- Have difficult conversations and do the work necessary to break the burdens of distrust that will allow us to create a greater level of understanding

Public Safety

Our transit system must serve all Cobb County residents between population’s centers such as Public Service agencies, Cumberland Mall, Town Center Mall, Hospitals, area Colleges, the Braves Stadium, and the Battery

Develop a renewed commitment to transportation accessibility

Examine best practices to determine how best to incentivize residents to utilize mass transit and ride-share options

For existing bus stops, we must add shelters to more stops to protect riders from inclement weather.

- Our transit system must serve all Cobb County residents between population’s centers such as Public Service agencies, Cumberland Mall, Town Center Mall, Hospitals, area Colleges, the Braves Stadium, and the Battery
- Develop a renewed commitment to transportation accessibility
- Examine best practices to determine how best to incentivize residents to utilize mass transit and ride-share options
- For existing bus stops, we must add shelters to more stops to protect riders from inclement weather.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Ensure that South Cobb is getting the same level of infrastructure services as the rest of Cobb

Ensure maintenance issues in our community are addressed once and for all

- Ensure that South Cobb is getting the same level of infrastructure services as the rest of Cobb 
- Ensure maintenance issues in our community are addressed once and for all

Infrastructure

Lobby the members of the Board to align the actions taken by the County with environmentally sustainable practices

Attract businesses to our community that express and embrace sustainability

Not compromise our values around the environment, regulations, or processes as we encourage new companies to come to our community

Offer tax incentives to environmentally friendly businesses

Embrace and lead more recycling initiatives across Cobb

- Lobby the members of the Board to align the actions taken by the County with environmentally sustainable practices
- Attract businesses to our community that express and embrace sustainability
- Not compromise our values around the environment, regulations, or processes as we encourage new companies to come to our community
- Offer tax incentives to environmentally friendly businesses
- Embrace and lead more recycling initiatives across Cobb

Environment

Shelia Edwards

The County Board of Commissioners is the legislative branch of your county government. That means they pass laws, much like your state legislature or city council; howver, they do so at the county level. Legislation passed by the Board of Commissioners usually focuses on issues that are more local, such as housing, zoning, infrastructure, public transit, taxes, and (more recently) mask mandates.

Impacts roads, public transit, zoning, and taxes