At a glance: New year off to a busy start across Northwest Georgia
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Here’s what is going across Northwest Georgia:
The Goodwill Career Center is sponsoring the ‘New Year, New Chance to Connect with Employers’ event on Wednesday, Jan. 13, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Rome Career Center, 154 Hicks Drive. The event is no cost for you to participate. There will be space available for up to 25 employers and community organizations. You are welcome to bring supplemental signage, displays, application material, supplies and other items you may require at your station. Staff will be on hand to assist you as needed and candidates with their resume and online application. Participating employers and organizations will be provided one six-foot table along with two chairs. If you wish to participate, simply complete this form and return to the address above or via email to, Lead Facilitator, [email protected] or Facilitator, [email protected]. Phone: 706-292-3304.
FLOYD COUNTY
The Floyd County School Board meets at 5 this evening for caucus and then a regular meeting to follow at 6 p.m. The board will go into a closed meeting following the regular meeting to discuss superintendent search. Also, reminder: The Floyd and Rome City boards will meeting at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in Rome City’s board room to meet with the local legislators.
The Floyd County Board of Commissioners will break ground for the Floyd County Animal Control Facility and Special Operations Center on Jan. 6 at 9 a.m. The ceremony will be held at the project site, 99 North Ave. in Rome.
U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., will speak to a joint meeting of the Cartersville Rotary Club, the Rotary Club of Bartow County and the Rotary Club of Etowah at noon Wednesday, Jan. 6. He will provide an update from Washington, D.C., and give a preview of what to expect from Congress in 2016. The meeting is at Cartersville Country Club, 1310 Joe Frank Harris Parkway.
BARTOW COUNTY
The Georgia Department of Transportation’s Northwest Georgia (District Six) Office invites you to join us from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at the Komatsu Training & Demonstration Center in Cartersville to learn how the Transportation Funding Act of 2015 will drastically increase transportation investment in routine maintenance, capital projects and local governments. Additions in motor fuel funds thanks to the TFA infused an additional $757 million in the Fiscal Year 16 and $820 million in the FY 17 amended Georgia DOT budget requests. Commissioner Russell R. McMurry called the TFA the single biggest infrastructure vote in Georgia’s history. “Georgia DOT is thrilled to see the positive impact resulting from the Transportation Funding Act of 2015 as it will allow us to make a substantially higher investment in taking care of our aged infrastructure,” McMurry said. “HB 170 provides significantly more funding to make capital investments in safety, operations and mobility.” Topics to be discussed January 12 include:
- TFA/HB 170 and what this means for GDOT
- Statewide proposed work types and categories
- District proposed work types
- DBE/small business considerations
- Bidding and advertising processes
- Questions and contact information
- Where: Komatsu Training & Demonstration Center, located at 100 Komatsu Drive SE, Cartersville, GA 30121
GORDON COUNTY
The Baby Place at Gordon Hospital welcomed its first baby of 2016 at 3:28 p.m. on Jan. 1. Dr. Darla Morgan delivered Isabelle Pereira Antony, who arrived weighing 6 lbs., 14 oz. and measuring 19 inches long. Pictured are Renjini, holding little Isabelle, and Alex, holding Angelina. The hospital presented a gift card to the happy family.
POLK COUNTY
Chief Kenny Dodd of the Polk County Police Department would like to inform the citizens of the statistics for the department during the week of Dec. 24-31. The Patrol Division answered 311 Calls for Service during this week and the Criminal Investigation Division is currently working 86 Active Cases.
If you have any information about any crimes bring committed, please contact Polk County Police at 770-748-7331 or the Polk County Police Drug Task Force Tip Line at 678-901-4630
