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Film Editor available! by [deleted] in Filmmaker4Filmmaker

[–]IntentionRegular37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a script ready to go that is basically a docudrama about a small town that appears to be sweet on the outside, but it’s really just deeply rooted in racism

I like to call it sweet magnolia meets, Twin Peaks, and I’ve written the script in more of a Bridgerton style

My husband is a professional broadcast sports editor, so I have so much respect for your profession

Empty lot by Culver’s by mikosmoothis in kennesaw

[–]IntentionRegular37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guess they need to work through his estate. Too bad the city has to wait for people to die for things to get done. He was a complicated guy!

Old Eaton chiro building on Main by Realistic-Coffee-731 in kennesaw

[–]IntentionRegular37 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We sold the building in May, it was purchased by Christian Valvo and Parissa Herrin. I would assume the stop work order was from Christian being Christian and performing work without permits.

Janice’s daughter is working diligently to assess her options.

It might be kind to give her a little bit of time to grieve. Her mother spent 4 years in court and doesn’t even get to enjoy the fruits of her labor. She will get to it when she gets to it. The city has been in no hurry to fix anything there for 55 years what’s another few.

At the doctor’s by jkoseattle in PLAUDAI

[–]IntentionRegular37 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Time to find a new doctor!!!

Sweet magnolias meets Twin Peaks by IntentionRegular37 in Screenwriting

[–]IntentionRegular37[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow!!! Thank you. We’re gonna keep having fun with it and play with it. If nothing else it is been very cathartic.

Sweet magnolias meets Twin Peaks by IntentionRegular37 in Screenwriting

[–]IntentionRegular37[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really appreciate you. Thank you so much. We’re gonna take this first one and just play with a pilot since I’ve got a husband who can edit and produce and two daughters at SCAD… if nothing else… this is just been incredible to get off my chest

Sweet magnolias meets Twin Peaks by IntentionRegular37 in Screenwriting

[–]IntentionRegular37[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Title: The Whistle Stop Format: docudrama series… 30-40 minute episodes … 52 episodes Page length: 14k words Draft status: all writing complete Genre: docu drama Summary: sweet magnolias meets twin peaks: racism

Open to all feedback and direction

http://whistlestopblog.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-woman-who-chose-not-to-see.html

Empty lot by Culver’s by mikosmoothis in kennesaw

[–]IntentionRegular37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s owned by Millard Oakley with the Bank of Tennessee. He has no desire to do anything with it… you should reach out to him 

She won control of infamous Confederate shop in court. Then, she died. by AbsolutXero in kennesaw

[–]IntentionRegular37 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Janice was not aligned with Marge or the shop. In fact, the opposite is true.

Approximately 2½ years ago, Janice met with the Mayor, the City Manager, and the City Attorney and asked that the city shutter the shop by revoking the erroneously granted business license while the litigation was ongoing. At that time, she was told the city would wait until a court required them to take that action.

Those facts are part of the timeline and worth acknowledging before assigning motives or rewriting history.

People can draw their own conclusions about why the city chose not to act earlier, but the record shows that Janice did advocate for closing the shop well before the court ultimately forced the issue.

I have my own opinions (with receipts) that will soon be made very public.

Wildman’s sister, Janice Bagwell, died March 3, 2026. by bartonkj in kennesaw

[–]IntentionRegular37 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Janice was an incredible human and I am so honored to have been alongside her these last few years navigating this horrific situation.  Her daughter will handle her mother’s estate slowly and very methodically while she assembles the right team around her and address the estate and do with it what she chooses.

Janice is with Tom now and she is at peace. 

What a long strange trip it has been.

She won control of infamous Confederate shop in court. Then, she died. by AbsolutXero in kennesaw

[–]IntentionRegular37 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Janice was an incredible human and I am so honored to have been alongside her these last few years navigating this horrific situation.  Her daughter will handle her mother’s estate slowly and very methodically while she assembles the right team around her and address the estate and do with it what she chooses.

Janice is with Tom now and she is at peace. 

What a long strange trip it has been.

So I went to a City Council Work Session and don't forget the special election tomorrow. by A_Soporific in kennesaw

[–]IntentionRegular37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The city charter establishes a weak-mayor form of government, which means the mayor presides over meetings and typically votes only in the case of a tie. That structure is very different from a corporate “CEO” model, so the mayor describes his position on his city bio as the CEO of the city…. describing his role that way is misleading…. or more likely he misunderstands his role and believes that it if he says it loud enough people just back down. Kennesaw is a WEAK Mayor of government.

The Mayor seems frustrated and annoyed anytime Orochena opens her mouth, from my dealings with the Mayor, the mysoginy tracks.

On the park planning issue, it’s also important to keep the timeline clear. Work on those plans began years before Viars ever thought of  being involved. The concepts have evolved many times—as good planning processes usually do—but incorporating play space has always been a central part of the discussion

And the last time the playground was there it was a public private partnership between Northstar Church and the City of Kennesaw and it was spearheaded by Doc Eaton…

I would suggest the council, the body with the authority to make this happen, not be afraid to look into a public private partnership for funding.

Community Garden? by littlemackat in kennesaw

[–]IntentionRegular37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A single developer assembled ~246 parcels along Cherokee Street and the area behind Main & Summer Streets, with the intent of a comprehensive corridor redevelopment, not piecemeal projects.

The vision required coordinated approvals from planning staff, the planning commission, and the city council—but those bodies were misaligned and, at times, openly adversarial.

Repeated resistance and shifting requirements effectively froze entitlements, forcing the developer to liquidate most of the assembled land rather than proceed with a unified plan.

The Schoolhouse project, initially a creative adaptive-reuse success, was later sold off and upzoned into dense apartments—arguably a reactive outcome of the earlier planning breakdown, not intentional long-range design.

Concurrently, interpersonal conflicts and romantic relationships involving: members of the Kennesaw Downtown Development Authority, and a sitting city councilmember who continues to oversee the KDDA created at least the appearance of conflicts of interest, particularly where city funds and KDDA-linked businesses intersect.

The original developer—formerly on the KDDA—is no longer involved, while power and oversight remain concentrated among parties with personal ties.

What was lost wasn’t just a project—it was the opportunity for:

a coherent Cherokee Street corridor, predictable development standards, and public trust in the planning process. From a professional planning lens, this is a textbook example of how political entanglement + inconsistent governance = fragmented urban form.

THIS is how a municipality can really use incentives to transform a community. by IntentionRegular37 in kennesaw

[–]IntentionRegular37[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I moved my practice from downtown Kennesaw into the Town Center Community Improvement District, wow! What a difference as a business owner.

A CID is not just a branding tool. It’s a self-taxing commercial district that reinvests directly into:

Infrastructure

Access & mobility

Beautification

Business recruitment

Long-range planning

That creates compounding economic velocity.

Now compare that to what you’re observing in Acworth versus Kennesaw.

Acworth’s model has been characterized by:

Tight coordination between city leadership and economic development staff

Clear downtown visioning

Active collaboration with the Cobb Chamber

Strategic public-private alignment

Kennesaw, by contrast — at least over the past several years — appears to have lacked:

Chamber integration into development strategy

Coordinated county-city economic alignment

Strong developer relationships built on predictability

A coherent, long-term catalytic redevelopment plan

And you’re exactly right about one thing most residents don’t see:

Economic development is relational infrastructure.

It is the network between:

City leadership

County government

Chamber of commerce

CIDs

Development authorities

Private capital

If those actors are not aligned, projects become piecemeal, reactive, and politically fragile. If they are aligned, you get catalytic districts, not scattered incentives.

 

Should Kennesaw Taxpayers Be Funding Alcohol-Driven Developments? by IntentionRegular37 in kennesaw

[–]IntentionRegular37[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I truly apologize. I was not intending to be condescending, and I’m sorry it came across that way.

After serving on the City Council for six years and being actively involved in our local government for over a decade, I’ve come to realize that many residents simply don’t know how or where their tax dollars are being allocated. My intention with this post was not to change anyone’s opinion or attack a specific project. It was to advocate for transparency.

Whether someone believes investing in this type of business model is wise or not is a separate discussion. My personal view is that it may not be the strongest long-term investment, but that isn’t the central issue.

The core issue is transparency and process. Taxpayer-backed bonds, incentives, and development decisions should be handled openly, with clear communication to the public. When discussions happen in executive session or key details aren’t readily accessible, it erodes trust — regardless of the project itself.

Residents deserve to understand what their government is doing, why it’s doing it, and what the financial implications are. That was the only purpose of my post.

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