| Mableton, Georgia is the last best kept secret when | | | | Pebblebrook high school is an Arts Magnet School and |
| looking for a new home with a great location and | | | | is where the Cobb County Center of Excellence for |
| affordable pricing. And before you skeptics check this | | | | the Performing Arts is located. Many students have |
| area off your list, know that Mableton has quite a | | | | graduated and gone onto Julliard. Mableton |
| few gems in its schools. But I will cover that a bit | | | | Elementary is a Title I and School of Excellence in |
| later on. But it will surprise you to know just how | | | | Georgia. The International Academy of Mableton is |
| remarkable the schools really are. | | | | only one of two Charter Schools in South Cobb. The |
| What is Mableton? | | | | school offers a private school education at a public |
| Mableton is a town, not a city. So you only pay | | | | school price. Whitefield Academy is Mableton top |
| county taxes in about 95% of the 30126 zip code. | | | | rated private school. It offers top notch education |
| Mableton was discovered by Robert Mable, long, long | | | | programs and is nationally ranked among the top |
| ago and was actually Cobb County first city. Not long | | | | private schools. |
| after, Mableton was given back to the county where | | | | Who lives in Mableton? |
| it has stayed since then, thank goodness. (Who | | | | Mableton has its share of famous people who have |
| wants to pay those crazy city taxes?) | | | | invested and/or call Mableton home. From former |
| What Mableton is today! | | | | Governor Roy Barnes to athletes Mario West, Greg |
| Mableton used to be known as Smyrna and Vinings's | | | | Tolar, Alexander Courtney, Hines Ward to super |
| little cousin - a red headed step child of sorts | | | | producer Jazzy Pha, and entertainers like Q from the |
| because of it former life as a major truck route | | | | R&B group 112, and many local celebrities from |
| dotted with art frame shops, used car lots, and | | | | newscasters to high powered attorneys, political |
| ticky-tacky mom-n-pop stores with only a Kmart as | | | | activists, famous authors and Senior VP's of Fortune |
| its major retail store. Some would have called it a low | | | | 500 companies, Mableton has charmed them, it will |
| grade compost pile with trimmings and leftovers from | | | | charm you as well. |
| East Cobb and West Cobb. But as with any compost | | | | What kind of homes do average people buy in |
| pile in your garden, Mableton has sprung up with a | | | | Mableton? |
| string of healthy great shoots that the affluent have | | | | The average home that sells in Mableton is a 2 story |
| seem to notice early on and bought in early to watch | | | | 4 bedroom 2.5 bath brick front home built after 1995 |
| their investments grow over the past 8 years. Now | | | | for $217,000. Over 400 people moved to Mableton in |
| Mableton is dotted with million dollar homes, lined with | | | | 2009 and at the beginning of 2010 it looks that |
| popular retail stores like Target, Wal-Mart, Lowes, | | | | number will be beat. Most people moved to Mableton |
| Home Depot, Publix, Kroger and tons of restaurants | | | | because of the location, access to freeways, the low |
| like Red Lobsters, Chili's, Bay Breeze and many | | | | property taxes, proximity of the best schools in |
| others around its edges. | | | | South Cobb. |
| Where is Mableton? | | | | What about the commute from Mableton? |
| Mableton is saddled by Marietta, Austell, Atlanta, | | | | The Mableton area allows for some of the best |
| Smyrna and Vinings hitched by the Chattahoochee | | | | traffic commute times because the area is not as |
| River, connected to I-285, I-20 by major arteries, | | | | congested as other parts of the Atlanta area. |
| and well traveled by local residents going to and fro | | | | Mableton is a neighbor of Six Flags that technically is |
| to the many amenities that Mableton offers. | | | | Austell but offers quick access for the kiddies to |
| Mableton is 9.5 miles from downtown Atlanta and | | | | have fun during the summer. Mableton is within a 10 |
| you can get to the Delta ticket counter at Hartsfield | | | | minute drive to 2 golf courses, 2 hospitals, a major |
| within 20 minutes or Buckhead in 30 minutes. | | | | mall, 2 regulation soccer fields, 2 movie theatres, has |
| But what about the schools? | | | | its own Amphitheatre for national acts and nationally |
| Now as promised, a bit about the schools; Mableton | | | | recognized historical sites and homes. |
| has some of the finest schools in Cobb County. | | | | Want to find out more about Mableton? |