The Marietta Daily Journal – Smyrnans irked with councilman

SMYRNA — Critics of a trash recycling center the city plans to put in their neighborhood say they aren’t satisfied with their councilman’s reason for choosing the spot across from a city park.

About 50 residents of the Lake Drive community near South Cobb Drive met with Smyrna City Councilman Corkey Welch on Wednesday night to ask questions and tour the center.

Some of those who attended say their minds haven’t changed, and Welch says he thinks opponents went into the meeting with a negative outcome in mind.

“It doesn’t need to be on our street,” said David Chanaberry, who lives two houses down from the center at 3475A Lake Drive, Smyrna.

Angela Ellis, who lives behind the property, points to the residential nature of the neighborhood and the park across the street. She says non-violent inmates will work at the center.

“We are not OK with that across the street from a playground,” Ellis said.

The recycling center operating now, about a mile away from the future site, has seen between 1,700 and 1,900 users each month this year.

via The Marietta Daily Journal – Smyrnans irked with councilman.