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unincorporated Cobb around Truist Park and
the Battery.
The district was part of a list of consent
items that the council decided with one vote.
Six of the council members voted to
approve the district, which will go into effect
immediately. Councilman Joseph Goldstein,
whose family owns a majority of properties
on the Marietta Square, abstained from
voting.
The district, called an entertainment
district, allows visitors to walk with alcoholic
drinks served from businesses with an
alcohol license in a clear plastic cup within
a prescribed area. In Marietta’s trial run, the
drinks are limited to 12 ounces, smaller than
the 16 ounces allowed in cities like Smyrna
and Kennesaw.
The boundaries of the district exclude
Glover Park, which means those who partake
can take their drinks along the sidewalks
around the park, but not through it, except for
special city events. The district extends south
and west out to South Marietta Parkway,
including La Cubana, and north to Polk Street,
including The Brickyard and The William Root
House. It also includes a block east of Atlanta
Street at Roswell Street that includes The
Marietta Local and Johnnie MacCracken’s
Celtic Firehouse Pub.
Hours for the district will be 5-10 p.m.
Thursdays, 5-11 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 11
p.m. Saturdays.
It appears that the third time was the
charm for Marietta officials attempting to
pass an open container district. In 2019, the
council failed to adopt the district after Mayor
Steve Tumlin vetoed it. The year before, an
open container proposal didn’t make it out
of committee. This time, the proposal was
revived by council members Michelle Cooper
Kelly and Cheryl Richardson as a way to
boost local businesses that have been hit by
the coronavirus pandemic, and the mayor
approved it this time around.
Kelly told city officials at an earlier
meeting she thought the district should be
considered “given the times we are in right
now, and especially for our businesses on the
Square being able to lure in guests, being
able to help those businesses thrive, and
just the popularity in our residents wanting
to see an open container allowance in our
entertainment district.”
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