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Scott Smith named to River City Bank’s Board of Directors

Posted on March 9, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: C. King Askew, Chairman of the Boards of RCB Financial Corporation and River City Bank, announced that Scott M. Smith has been appointed to the Board of Directors. “We are delighted to welcome Scott to our board of directors,” said Mr. Askew. “We are fortunate to add a community leader with his depth of… Read more

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Hardy Realty’s open house gallery for Sunday: Four homes, from Rome to Kingston, from $76,200 to $239,900

Posted on March 8, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

This week’s open house hours are from 1 to 3 p.m., 2 to 4 p.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday. For more, just click Hardy Realty.

Grand opening, ribbon cutting for Cevian Design Lab in downtown Rome

Posted on March 6, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Given the amount of work on their collective plates, it was amazing Cevian Design Lab’s Mark Cochran and Jessica Bittle (center) had time to cut the ribbon at Friday’s Greater Rome Chamber event. Delayed eight days by wintry weather, Friday’s grand opening came off without a hitch as Cevian’s latest — perhaps final — downtown… Read more

Avatron’s Dave Garrett: Theme park built on special effects could come ‘out of the ground’ this year, open by 2018

Posted on March 6, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Avatron USA Development LLC plans to build a massive, high-tech special effects theme park in Emerson just of LakePoint Sporting Community. David Garrett, who’s the leader of the project, joined us on Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA on Thursday. Below please find a few of comments on what we can expect as the project moves forward.… Read more

Report: 2014 was a $129 million year for Rome/Floyd tourism

Posted on March 5, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: The Greater Rome Convention & Visitors Bureau has released its 2014 Annual Report on Tourism and the statistics are strong for Floyd County. The report shows an upward trend with an increase of more than 39.23% in tourism spending throughout the county since 2004. read more

Rome/Floyd tops 40,000-job milestone — and did so earlier than most knew. Georgia’s jobless rate lowest in almost seven years.

Posted on March 5, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

There’s probably some high fives being passed around town in the business community today has Rome/Floyd County’s work force has finally hit the 40,0000-job mark. Then again, revised reports from the Georgia Department of Labor show we hit said milestone during the final months of 2014 and even retreated a bit in January of… Read more

Look for Tractor Supply to open soon in Summerville off U.S. 27 in former Bi-Lo spot

Posted on March 5, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Tractor Supply is coming to Summerville, taking over nearly 21,300 square feet in the one-time home of Bi-Lo in Hurley Crossing near the new Bojangles, according to The Construction Journal. Bids on renovating the store are due by noon March 18. Tractor Supply has been growing in Northwest Georgia since the opening of the… Read more

Downtown Rome ‘We Validate’ campaign designed to ‘increase parking options’ for customers.

Posted on March 5, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: The Downtown Development Parking Office announces the launch of the “We Validate” campaign for parking in downtown. The purpose of the program is to increase parking options for customers by offering parking validations for parking off of Broad Street. Parking Services Manager Becky Smyth explains the benefits of the new program: “Our parking… Read more

Bartow has heard plans for other parks (Mythfaire, Six Flags) but that was before LakePoint. Why Avatron should be different

Posted on March 4, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

A month ago, some pretty impressive numbers were projected for Emerson and surrounding communities. By summer’s end, as many as 1 million visitors are expected to take part in some of the baseball action at Perfect Game South, based at LakePoint Sporting Community and Town Center. Those numbers came from Taylor McCollough, vice president… Read more

Mac McKnight named commercial banking president for Citizens First; Lynn Whatley honored as a top financial consultant

Posted on March 3, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: Citizens First Bank recently announced that Mac McKnight, Vice President, has been named Commercial Banking Manager. In his new role, McKnight will have overall responsibility for the bank’s Commercial Banking Division leading the commercial lending team in all business development efforts and sales activities. In addition, he will provide leadership to the bank’s Private Client… Read more

April 2: Northwest Georgia Regional Career Expo to feature up to 80 employers

Posted on March 3, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: The Georgia Department of Labor and the Catoosa County Board of Commissioners will co-sponsor the Northwest Georgia Regional Career Expo April 2 in Ringgold. The expo will provide employers in the 15-county area with opportunities to recruit qualified and skilled employees. And, the expo will give jobseekers chances to meet reputable employers and… Read more

Business: Rome’s Suzuki operation gets Off Road salute. Cevian ribbon cutting reset. Job fairs in Cartersville, Dalton

Posted on March 3, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

From Off-Road.com: Suzuki Manufacturing of America Corp. is marking 14 years of assembling ATVs in Rome in a campus that has grown to more than 130,000 square feet under roof atop 35 acres.Workers there now handle metal fabrication, injection molding and engine assembly in the process of assembling Suzuki’s complete line of award-winning KingQuad ATVs.… Read more

Updated Business Monday: Awaiting Cabela’s Fort O opening. A tough decision on closing; a tough job well done in a competitive financial market.

Posted on March 2, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Cabela’s continues to hire some of the 140 full-time, part-time and seasonal positions for its Fort Oglethorpe store opening this spring (careers). The outdoors giant, which opened a megastore in Acworth last year, has targeted a spring opening of the smaller, 70,000-square-foot store in Catoosa County near the intersection of Interstate 75 and Ga. 146. It looks… Read more

Gas prices up 30 cents a gallon in a month (spring break?) but still a buck below this time in 2014

Posted on March 2, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

A quick check of regional prices shows, courtesy of www.georgiagasprices.com: Rome/Floyd County: $2.12 at Quick Stop on Calhoun Avenue. Cartersville/Bartow County: $2.25 at Smart Mart on North Tennessee near Felton. Cedartown/Polk County: $2.15 at Tony’s. Calhoun/Gordon County: $2.17 at Kroger, Murphy Oil. Gas trends from aaa.com: Media release: The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline has increased… Read more

Ron Tomlinson retiring as CEO of Coosa Valley Credit Union, Andy Harris to fill the position

Posted on March 1, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Andy Harris and Robert Smyth from Coosa Valley Credit Union will join us at 7:10 a.m. Monday on Hometown Headlines Radio Edition (98.7 FM) to discuss the transition of leadership at the financial institution. Coosa Valley Credit Union President and CEO Ron Tomlinson has announced his plans to retire during the financial institution’s Annual Meeting… Read more