Commissioner Birrell, Chairman Lee, Commissioner Goreham, Commissioner Thompson, CDOT Director DiMassimo and Deputy Director McDuff stand behind TCACID Chairman Mason Zimmerman, Executive Director Lanie Shipp, and Communications Director Mary Lou Stephens, holding the a commemorative sign and the proclamation.

We, the CobbCounty Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the residents of Cobb County, do hereby name the proposed connector between Frey Road and Busbee Drive, the Skip Spann Connector in recognition of his contributions to the people of Cobb County."

And, with that proclamation, a well-deserved honor came to T.E. "Skip" Spann, vice-chairman of the Town Center Area Community Improvement District.

Spann moved to Cobb County in 1986 as the General Manager of the Town Center at Cobb Mall and quickly found a place of service in his new home county. By 1995 he had become aware of how the fast-growing area around the mall had exciting challenges. He was part of a group who asked themselves, "How would the growth affect traffic, and how would congestion impact growth?"

Along with other community leaders, Skip worked to create the Town Center Area Community Improvement District (TCACID) that received its charter in April 1997.

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners appointed Spann to the board of the TCACID, where he was annually elected chairman from 1997 to 2007. In 2008 Spann declined re-election as chairman and has continued his service to the TCACID as vice-chairman to the present.

During his time as chairman, Spann guided the development of a Master Plan for the Town Center Area. He has helped steer the implementation of the plan resulting in $27 million being leveraged into $106 million in local, state and federal funding for projects benefiting all Cobb County citizens and those who travel through the Town Center Area.

Upon retirement from the mall, Mr. Spann became the Associate Director of Development for Athletics at KSU. He retired from that position 2011 and has devoted the majority of his efforts to the TCACID and his family.

As the County Resolution states, "Spann has made a lasting and significant contribution to the Town Center Area and to Cobb County resulting in the well being of the people of Cobb County." Indeed, his legacy spans a cross section of the North Cobb community, as this proposed connector is designed to do.

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