The Week Ahead in Smyrna-Vinings

Halpern Enterprises will present their request for rezoning Belmont Hills at Monday’s Smyrna Planning and Zoning Board meeting. The development is still zoned for mixed use, but because the developer’s original plan was site-specific any changes made must be approved by the Planning and Zoning Board.

“We requested to change the layout of some of the stuff that’s on our previous zoning plans,” said Steve West, Halpern’s vice president of development. “That requires going back through the zoning process again so we’ve submitted to do that. On top of that there’s market studies and site studies that have to be looked and reviewed before we can move forward with anything.”

Halpern is proposing moving the site’s multifamily component to the back side of the site between the new elementary school being built at the back of the lot and Windy Hill Road. Patch will have coverage after the meeting.

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners meets Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the second floor board room at 100 Cherokee Street in Marietta. Meetings are televised on Cobb TV 23.

Cobb Board of Education meets for its monthly work session Wednesday, Sept. 12. Public comment begins at 8:30 a.m. The meeting is held at the central office located at 514 Glover Street in Marietta. Find other school news in Patch’s weekly School News You Can Use feature. http://patch.com/A-x83X

The week ends with a bang. Saturday is Taste of Smyrna plus a fireworks shows in downtown Smyrna. Local restaurants will have samples of their best dishes for sale beginning at 11 a.m. The event also features a kids area with inflatable slides and obstacle courses.

The event ends at 8 p.m. with fireworks shortly after. Traditionally Smyrna marks its birthday with a fireworks show, but this year’s celebration was rained out. The fireworks were rescheduled for Taste of Smyrna.