Marietta travel guide

Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia and is its county seat.
As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,748, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs. Census estimates of 2005 indicate a population of 61,261. Marietta is the third-largest of three principal cities (by population) of and is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia metropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, Georgia-Alabama (part) combined statistical area.
Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU), Chattahoochee Technical College, and Life University are located here, and the city operates Marietta City Schools, its own school district separate from the Cobb County Public Schools. Dobbins Air Reserve Base is on the south side of town, separated from SPSU by a Lockheed-Martin manufacturing plant.
The major local landmark in Marietta is the Big Chicken, a large, metal, animated chicken structure atop what is now a Kentucky Fried Chicken, located east of downtown at one of the city's busiest intersections - Cobb Parkway and Roswell Street. Even as the city has become more urbanized, locals still give directions by referencing it.
The city also operates Marietta Power under the auspices of the Board of Lights & Water (BLW). The BLW is also party to the Cobb-Marietta Water Authority. The city formerly operated Marietta FiberNet, a fiber optic network, but was forced to sell the network to American Fiber Systems after substantial losses. (...) more....