Fact Sheet

Attractions

24 city parks and recreation centers
Earl Smith Strand Theater
Home to three live theater stages and free concerts, annual festivals, farmers market.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art
Marietta Confederate Cemetery
Marietta Gone With the Wind Museum: Scarlett on the Square
Marietta Museum of History
Marietta National Cemetery
Theater in the Square

CNN Money top 25 places in the United States to retire in 2011.
National Civic League judged the city of Marietta one of the 10 best communities in the nation as a 2006 All-America City.

Balanced annually
Budget funds the day-to-day operations of the city
General fund budget for fiscal year 2012—July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012—is $47,532,038
Standard and Poor's long-term general obligation bond rating AA+ rating

Approve budget and appoint members of advisory boards.
Council meetings are open to the public and broadcast on the city's website and local cable television.
Each Council member is elected at large by the public to represent all residents within his/her ward.
Establishes policy through enactment of ordinances and resolutions.
Governing body is seven-member City Council and Mayor.
Mayor and Council's current terms extend through December 2013.
Mayor elected citywide.
Numbers of terms a member may serve are unlimited.
Regular Council meetings held the second Wednesday monthly at 7 p.m. in the Council chamber at City Hall.
Serve four-year terms.

Professional city manager oversees daily operations, managing department directors.
Approximately 734 employees in 10 departments including: