Blog & Podcast

Proposed Cityhood Services

April 28, 2022

By Kaitlyn Ball, Cobb Collaborative Vote Your Voice Coordinator Want to know what services each proposed city will offer? When incorporating a municipality, the proposed city must offer at least…

Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast: Episode 21

April 28, 2022

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Ana Murphy, Supervisor of School Social Workers for Cobb County School District. We encourage…

Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast: Episode 20

April 14, 2022

In this episode, Cobb Collaborative Executive Director Irene Barton has a conversation with Gerald Moore who serves a Cobb County as an Assistant District Attorney representing the state in preliminary…

Cobb Collaborative Veterans Strategy Team

April 11, 2022

By Irene Barton, Cobb Collaborative Executive Director At the Collaborative, we characterize our work as focused on improving outcomes for all children and all families in our community. That also…

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

April 1, 2022

by Irene Barton, Cobb Collaborative Executive Director April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Cobb Collaborative is proud to have much of our programming align with other upstream…

Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast: Episode 19

March 31, 2022

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Jennifer Andersen Smith. A motivational speaker of rare power and an inspiring life coach,…

Primary Elections

March 29, 2022

by Kaitlyn Ball, Cobb Collaborative Vote Your Voice Coordinator Elections are an important way for citizens to make their opinions heard and voice what matters most. Our elected officials have…

Cobb Collaborative: Cityhood Series, Post 1

March 24, 2022

by Kaitlyn Ball, Cobb Collaborative Vote Your Voice Coordinator To kick off our cityhood series – we answer the question of what is a cityhood movement and why is it…

Mind Your Mind Speaks Podcast: Episode 18

March 17, 2022

In this episode, you will hear a conversation between Cobb Collaborative Executive Director, Irene Barton, and Laura Searcy, MSN, PPCNP-BC. Ms. Searcy is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with over 20…

Cobb Collaborative Events: Week of March 14, 2022

March 14, 2022

Here is a look at upcoming events with Cobb Collaborative this week. Tuesday, March 15 8:00-9:00AM: Cobb Marietta Early Learning Initiative – The Cobb Marietta Early Learning Initiative seeks to…