It is governed by the Technical College System of Georgia and has eight campuses in the north-northwest metro-Atlanta area, and another just outside the region. There are eight campus locations north and northwest of Atlanta.
North Metro Technical College was established in as one of the first institutions created under the direction of the new Department of Technical and Adult Education. Originally named North Metro Technical Institute, the college was in Acworth, GA, and officially served Bartow and north Cobb counties, but was also positioned to serve the populations in Cherokee and Paulding counties.
The campus was named the North Metro Campus following the merger. During the early s, three buildings were added on the other side of Sandtown Road, within the Marietta city limits. It shares a parking lot with the adjacent Mountain View Aquatics Center , an indoor public swimming pool run by the county.
The school's address is on Frank Gordy Parkway, a loop which allows access to these developments, but whose street name signs all indicate only Gordy Parkway.
It was dedicated in November A second building was constructed in , and dedicated on October 13, with keynote speaker Glenn Richardson. Gilmer north of Pickens is the only county within the school's official service area that does not have a campus of its own, but is served by the Appalachian Campus in Jasper , Pickens County.
