Long gone from Kennesaw and Marietta, here is what one of the internet sites has on file for them.

I have found such sites to be somewhat unreliable so don't bet that more than 60% of this will be accurate.

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3/19/17
State finally revoked the business registration (12/31/15).

7/9/13
A word from the blog site owner:
In blogosphere terms this is a relatively old blog. All the fireworks are over and there will be no new updates unless something 'newsworthy' about this issue comes up.

The material is good historically as just about everything I could find on the issue was copied and posted here. So if you are interested in the topic it is all awaiting your review.

So happy reading folks -

Cruchelow moves to Marietta

The new location is undergoing renovations and is not currently open for business. It is located behind the Bellemeade Shopping Center, directly behind the Dollar General Store. It is in a very downmarket minority neighborhood.

The Bellemeade Shopping Center is located at 1135-1171 Powder Springs Road, Marietta, Ga.  Bellemeads Dr runs along the South side of this center and the Pawn Shop is behind this center in an older building which is undergoing major repairs.

The Cruchelow business has now moved out of

Kennesaw and into Marietta.

This aspect of the matter is now finished.  There

remains a suit against the City of Kennesaw filed by

the property owner Venturi.

What can YOU do about this issue?

Here are direct links to both sites and officials, use them to inform yourself about this problem and also to contact people who might be useful in getting the problem taken care of, if you don't do it then no one else will!

Read about Cruchelows at the Bad Business Bureau:
http://tinyurl.com/75f6r7n

and read about the property Owner Venturi at:
http://tinyurl.com/7haf5gk

Mr. Celestino (Tino) Venturi and wife Linda, can be contacted at:
630 Willeo Road, Roswell, Ga. 30075
(770) 992-2264. You might drop him a line or phone to let him know that we are greatly disappointed in his conduct in this matter.

You can find all the press reports of the matter at: http://kennesawpawnproblems.blogspot.com  

and other information at:
http://jcruchelow.blogspot.com 

and an underused message board at
http://kennesaw.proboards.com/index.cgi

Tthe minutes of the City Council session of 3/19 are now available:
http://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/form-center/category/58-2012

If you would like to contact the City about this issue you can reach them at:
Kennesaw City Hall
2529 J.O. Stephenson Ave.
Kennesaw, Ga. 30144

or just email them:
Mayor Mathews:
mmathews@kennesaw-ga.gov

The City Council:
bthrash@kennesaw-ga.gov  
cwelsh@kennesaw-ga.gov
bjenkins@kennesaw-ga.gov
jduckett@kennesaw-ga.gov
tkillingsworth@kennesaw-ga.gov

City Manager Kennedy:
770 429-4544
skennedy@kennesaw-ga.gov

Zoning Administrator Simmons:
770 590-8268
dsimmons@kennesaw-ga.gov

Thank you for looking in -

This is a secondary site, the main site is found at: http://kennesawpawnproblems.blogspot.com/

and also you might take a look at:
 http://jcruchelow.blogspot.com/

and there is a 'message board' at:
http://kennesaw.proboards.com/index.cgi?

A broken promise -

The property owners near the Mack Dobbs Point strip mall put considerable time and effort into trying to limit the sort of businesses that would be allowed to open on the then undeveloped property.

Community meetings were held and agreements were made with the owner of the parcel to be rezoned, the Kennesaw City Council was involved and made sure that the agreement was binding and incorporated into the minutes of the October 2004 Council meeting.

Subsequently all this was undone in September 2011 by another City Council agreeing to allow the sort of business to open that had already been banned.

Unfortunately this 2011 action negated the considerable community involvment of 2004 and showed the property owners of Summer Stream and other developments that they could not count on their elected officials to keep their word.

"It seems a shame," the Walrus said,
"To play them such a trick,
After we've brought them out so far,
And made them trot so quick!"