The new Workforce Development Service Center will be the preeminent resource for education, employment, and economic development for residents and employers in Cobb County. The service center will alleviate poverty by improving employment and education outcomes for residents and building talent pipelines for employers. The new service center will provide access to workforce services for the South Cobb area job seekers and businesses. It will offer co-working spaces for businesses, meeting rooms, and employment and education services.

The event will include community and business leaders, such as Cobb County Board of Commission Chairwoman Lisa Cupid and District 4 Cobb Commissioner Monique Sheffield, Cobb County Government leaders and staff, CobbWorks board members and staff.

“I am thrilled about the opening of Cobbworks Service Center in Mableton. CobbWorks provides a tremendous service in improving the skillsets and marketability of residents and in supporting employers with their hiring needs. Establishing a CobbWorks site in South Cobb has been a vision of mine that I shared with its leadership before entering the office in 2012. Words cannot describe how thrilled I am that the organization is more accessible to where its services are needed most. None of this would have been possible without Cobbworks Director Sonya Grant, also seeing the vision and seizing the opportunity as soon as she came on board the organization. No good work is done alone, and I am also truly grateful for the Cobbworks Board and for Cobb Fire, whose first fire station in the county is being repurposed for this use.” Quote from Lisa Cupid, Chairwoman.

The free event is by invitation only and sponsored by MAPP, LLC, and PGAL, the construction and architect team responsible for the project, it will take place at the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce,1100 75 Circle Pkwy, Atlanta, GA. With customer impact stories, a welcome from Dana Johnson, Executive Director Select Cobb/Chief Operating Officer Cobb Chamber of Commerce, and Sonya Grant, President/CEO of CobbWorks as the e mistress of ceremonies, CobbWorks will present a 5D tour of the building design and share an overview of services and programs. The event will show the commitment of the county and CobbWorks to Cobb residents and businesses.

Established in 2000, CobbWorks, Inc. is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization governed by a board of directors. CobbWorks provides workforce strategies through programs and services to Cobb County, GA residents and businesses under the WorkSource Georgia umbrella. CobbWorks mission is to promote employment and education

opportunities that strengthen the workforce and economic development of our community.