You want excellent, solid services and responsible management of resources and community concerns.  And, still, you should have more like “walkability” with the ability to touch the Earth and the freedom to be you whether your choice for a home is high-tech, space-saving chic or porch-at-the-sidewalk sweet.  You will find the combination that works for you in Smyrna.  

   Visit the neighborhoods section to get a feel for what makes living in Smyrna so sweet and complete.  Each neighborhood has a flavor, as each of our residents and businesses are different but with a united vibration – the chic and the sweet.   If you want high-tech, green living within walking distance of the only city owned library of its size in Georgia, or tree-lined streets with charming porches at sidewalk’s reach within walking distance of your community’s social center, or wide open space – all within a short commute of Atlanta – you want Smyrna. Such a delightful mix of lasting value and fresh opportunities takes planning and care.
   Smyrna is pro-business, committed to education and service-oriented; we are committed to business as well as the business of community and our residents, and it’s well known. Smyrna has long been an integral part of the strength of Cobb County and is often recognized as one of the most desirable places to live in the entire Metropolitan Atlanta area.   Smyrna’s downtown Market Village is the centerpiece of the community and a model for mixing multiple use and social verve for sustainable success.  The Market Village set the standard for others to follow. 
   We regularly sponsor downtown festivals to bring residents together in the Market Village and all around downtown. From Santa lighting the Great Smyrna Christmas Tree on the Village Green to Radio Disney's "Noon Year’s Eve" and the Smyrna Artist Business Association with emerging arts events, the Tree Board, the Keep Smyrna Beautiful Program, and various other community activities, there is something for everyone practically every month if not every weekend of the year. Organized events help showcase a strong sense of community and support a quality of life filled with small town charm. Social offerings go well beyond the average to include music and flavorful festivals as well as regular offerings from in-touch people showcasing new local, regional and national acts and talent.
   Sound like a place that you would like to call home, where you walk to cool social happenings and find outstanding citizen services delivered by friendly faces and warm welcomes – the real deal?  Use the Interactive Map to locate new housing and note the proximity to parks and other vital services and locations.  The Interactive Map may help you find your new home.  Please also explore the full citizen experience through www.smyrnacity.com and www.presentingsmyrna.com.  Connect with the only city owned library of its size at www.smyrna-library.com. 
   Get to know the Smyrna Success Story, the story that launched a multitude of other city revitalization efforts in the region, under the “Success Story” section of this website. 
   Use the City Demographics to help get a snapshot of this strong community, but know that the real story is in every neighborhood, in every office in City Hall, in every business in the downtown and beyond. 

• Need to know about schools/education?  View the Interactive map for locations and website links to schools and visit www.smyrnaedu.com to learn more about public education in Smyrna.  Smyrna is host to eight (8) public elementary schools, two (2) public secondary schools, one (1) public high school and one (1) charter school (Imagine International Academy).  Public Schools are operated by the Cobb County School System. 

The real experience in Smyrna will always go beyond numbers.  We encourage you to call City Hall for no reason at all but to find out what our quality service is about and how it feels to be welcomed.  Have lunch or dinner in a restaurant downtown.  Visit a park or gaze upon the giant Koi and the baby ducks (or the turtles soaking up sunshine by the water) at the downtown arboretum and pond.  Learn that from booking a wedding in the gazebo, to sending kids to a summer day camp, to attending open-air concerts, joining a wine tasting and art stroll or attending Council meetings, you are welcome and valued in Smyrna. 
   Recycle?  Smyrna does that, too, and like very few others.  Our Keep Smyrna Beautiful program and the Smyrna Public Works Department routinely win awards for service and achievement in beautification and waste reduction, with national as well as regional honors.  Do you like to hug trees and walk in the park?  You will be pleased.  Beyond the service, the “sweet,” and the “chic,” Smyrna is beautiful, covered in trees and loaded with community parks, too!