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OVER 60,000 MILITARY VETERANS IN COBB COUNTY

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Cobb County Veterans Memorial

This memorial will stand as a dynamic living tribute to say "Thank You" to all veterans and their families for their willingness to protect and defend our great nation…

The Cobb County Commissioners had a vision to build a memorial for veterans and their families as a way to help pay respect for their service and sacrifices to this country, Georgia and Cobb County in particular.

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Our Story

We are SUPPORTING the construction by Cobb County of the Cobb Veterans Memorial as a living tribute HONORING all people who have honorably served our Nation.  Providing a wonderful venue for patriotic events, it will SERVE our community as a “Hub of Service” for Veterans needing assistance, an accessible center for EDUCATING others on the sacred history of the Veterans honored by the Memorial and the Military Services that keep our great Country the land of the free, and as a patriotic LANDMARK DESTINATION for visitors and citizens of Cobb County and Georgia.  Because of its location, this Memorial will be an enduring symbol of the importance of the military-civilian partnership that exists between the citizens of Cobb County and Dobbins Air Reserve Base.

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Memorial Renderings

The Cobb County Veterans Memorial will be a beautifully inviting park and transformational setting to the people of Cobb County, Georgia. Having a dedicated site, whose simple motto is to say “Thank You” to those who have served, will not only stand as a beacon to recognize the sacrifice of those who made freedom possible, but will inspire future generations to lives of service.

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News Articles

CVMF on Marietta Square

July 15, 2026

Our CVMF “Table” was on the Square on July 4th, celebrating the 250th Birthday of our great Nation.  We were remembering all the patriots in the past Two Hundred and

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CVMF and Rosie the Riveter

May 18, 2026

Many thanks to everyone who came out on May 14th to the Ice Cream Social to meet Ms. Eileen, who built bombers during WWII, and to support Cobb Veterans Memorial

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

September 2, 2025

Dear Sponsors, Donors and our Veterans,

After the happenings of the last week and the vote of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners not to dedicate additional SPLOST (RAP) money to the Veterans Memorial, I feel it is required that I send you all a letter to help clear up some of the misinformation and the misleading statements that have been seen in the Printed Press, the Television News and the coverage on the various social media platforms.

First, I want all our Sponsors and Donors to know that the CVMF Board of Directors has and without question totally adhered to the obligations and requirements place on the CVM Foundation in the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding Agreement) executed in Sept 2020/Oct 2021. Unlike the reports in the Media accusing the CVM Foundation of failing to raise the required funding as stated in Exhibit “C’ of the MOU; to the contrary, the CVM Foundation has EXCEEDED the required “$25,000 per month” in the 47 months sense the MOU was executed by all parties; and has averaged over $34,000 per month in the past 47 months period. Also, it should be noted that the CVMF Board of Directors takes very seriously our duty to our donors and our veterans, hence watching every precious dime and only spending on necessary administrative part-time help to assure our adherence to our 501c3 status and judiciously watched every expenditure to make sure CVMF is ready to help support the building of this promised Memorial. Keeping in mind the County asked us, the Veterans, in 2015 to form the Foundation to handle donations and to act in an advisory role to the County in building the Veterans Memorial.

There also seems to be a misconception that CVM Foundation is just a “Brick & Mortar Project”, and not connected to helping and assisting our veteran community and their family. To the contrary, this is a most false belief as can be attested to by our CVMF Event Committee with the Board of Directors having helped over 200+ veterans or veteran’s family member in need of help or assistance with a problem. We have helped homeless veterans with items needed for a cold winter or the hot summer months, we have help families get DD214s in order to have their beloved veteran get an Honors Funeral; we have assisted veterans that needed a ramp or wheelchair repair. The list goes on and on, so when we hear we’d rather “spend the money on servicing veterans”, CVMF has and is already doing that without using a dime from the County funds.

I also want all our supporters to be aware that the Croft Design that has been shown and promised was APPROVED by the Cobb County Board of Commissioners on April 12, 2016 with the County being the legal guide and procurer on the Request for Proposal (RFP) bidding process. CVM Foundation was NOT the initiator of the RFP, but acted solely in an advisory capacity to Cobb County Parks Depart and hence the County Commission.

During the timing of the Design selection and the following MOU (signed by all parties) it was estimated the cost of the Memorial in 2017/2018 would be $2.5 to $3 Million. Obviously in the passage of 7 to 8 years we have major factors influencing that cost estimate. COVID, 7% Inflation with mounting material and labor cost have now pushed the cost to between $6.8 to $7.5 Million (estimated). The Memorial has a Design Factor so the Memorial can be built in three (3) Phases as indicated on the “Phase Plan” by the architect. CVM Foundation is ready to implement this Phase “Build” once we have clarification on any legal SPLOST restrictions.

As for the money, let it be clear that Commissioner Birrell and Chairwoman Cupid have both designated some or all of their discretionary funds to the Memorial totally $2 Million for which the Foundation and our veterans are most appreciative for their support. The 2022 SPLOST general fund has $1 Million for the Memorial and the CVM Foundation has $1.1 Million for the Memorial. All which brings the total to $4.1 Million. CVMF Planning (Strategy) Committee and the CVMF Campaign (Fundraising) Committee are presently at work on a “Plan Forward” with additional conversations anticipated with the County leadership. The CVMF Board of Directors is continuing using other avenues to acquire the now $1 Million needed to start a Phase. This hopefully will allow one of the Phases in the Design Plan approved in 2016 to move forward in the next few months and hiring of a General Contractor by the County bidding process will be swift, hence allowing an expediated start time.

In closing, I want to extend to all of you the CVMF Board of Directors’ sincerest thanks and appreciation for your unwavering support not only of the Memorial but the dear veterans and their families we will honor. We will keep the “Promises Made”.

My Best Regards and Sincere Thanks,

Donna C. Rowe
President & CEO
Cobb Veterans Memorial Foundation

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