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Take a walking tour of Marietta’s murals with a neat interactive map

You can see "Fountain of Peace and Love" by McKenzie Snow in downtown Marietta.

Credit: Courtesy city of Marietta/Photo taken by Stokes O'Shields

Credit: Courtesy city of Marietta/Photo taken by Stokes O'Shields

You can see "Fountain of Peace and Love" by McKenzie Snow in downtown Marietta.
By Ben Brasch
June 11, 2018

If you’re a lover of public art with time and calories to burn, the city of Marietta has something for you.

The city's Geographic Information System (GIS) team of online mapmakers created an interactive tool to tour 20 downtown Marietta murals.

You can check it out here. It should work on any device with a web browser.

READ | An honest-to-goodness hipster's guide to Cobb County

The art installations came to downtown during the M2R (Mountain To River) Trailfest in April.

The Cobb County GIS team put together a similar map this time last time of breweries and distilleries around Cobb.

Between alcohol and public art, it seems that GIS teams have their priorities in order.

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From vegetables and fruit to locally sourced meats and treats, farmers markets around Atlanta have as much selection as your local grocery store. Summertime means a visit to your local farmers market for the freshest ingredients of the season.

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Ben Brasch is the reporter tasked with keeping Fulton County government accountable. The Florida native moved to Atlanta for a job with The AJC. If there's something important to you going on in Fulton, he wants to know about it. Help him better metro Atlanta by dropping a line, anonymously or otherwise.

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