The latest from GEORGIA TREND: Click here for more: Below are today’s top business and political stories from sources around the state of Georgia. June 3, 2015 | WABE Tri-State River Group Hopes New Plan Will End ‘Water Wars’ Read more. June 3, 2015 | Georgia Trend - Exclusive! Georgia Trend Wins Green Eyeshade Awards Read… Read more
Media release: The Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce that Nancy Haight has agreed to serve as Interim President and chief executive officer beginning July 1. Nancy moved to Cartersville in 1986 as a part of her family’s textile printing business, A.S. Haight & Co., until it’s closing in 2001. She served on… Read more
Work is under way on what will be an interest set of dominoes. Step one: Combine two units on the Sweet Frog Premium Frozen Yogurt/Ichiban end of Charles Hight Square by removing the center wall. Step two: Once refurbished, Wells Fargo will move from its 501 Broad St. building to the shopping center anchored by Publix… Read more
In mid-2013, Dalton-based Shaw Industries announced plans to bring 500 jobs to Adairsville by building an $85 million modular tile plant on 117.6 acres off Ga. 140 and Hall Station Road. The footprint for that plant — covering some 600,000 to 700,000 square — has been seen for several months but now the first steel is… Read more
This relatively new “food truck,” Koko-Nut Hut, received a 100 on its Public Health restaurant inspection on Monday. Click here for all the scores Harbin Clinic’s ‘Gal Talk’ returns July 10: From Facebook - “We’re gearing up for Gal Talk 2015 - the region’s only health, wellness, leadership conference for women! Make plans to join… Read more
Media release: The Coosa Valley Credit Union American Flag Project returns today through July 3. This year’s project kicked off with the donation of 19 flags to the Rome Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority in conjunction with the Americanism Committee of the Exchange Club of Rome. Coosa Valley asks that its members be on the lookout… Read more
A quick check of regional prices shows, courtesy of www.georgiagasprices.com: Rome/Floyd County: $2.59 at Murphy USA, Virgil’s Market on Chateau. Cartersville/Bartow County: $2.72 at Kangaroo at Joe Frank Harris, Country Corner at Hamilton Cross, Citgo at Rockmart Highway. Cedartown/Polk County: $2.49 at Murphy USA (Walmart in Cedartown), Citgo and Kroger Calhoun/Gordon County: $2.49 at Murphy USA, Citgo… Read more
Media release: The Georgia Department of Labor continues to help staffing company TiDra recruit manufacturing workers for a textile plant in Calhoun. GDOL’s next recruiting events for the company will be held Monday and Tuesday, June 1-2, at the Gordon County Agricultural Service Center, 1282 Highway 53 Spur S.W., Calhoun. Both events will be held… Read more
Overview: April’s unemployment rate in Northwest Georgia was down almost a full point in each county vs. the same time last year, if not more. The Floyd County jobless rate for last month was the lowest in at least 13 months (see graph below). A county-by-county snapshot shows: read more Read more
From WRGA: “Plans for a new Wendy’s on Cooper Drive got a frosty reception during Tuesday’s Rome City Commission meeting. Commissioners, in a unanimous vote, denied a rezoning request for the proposed restaurant after residents of the area packed City Hall to express their opposition. John Tarpley, principal at nearby St. Mary’s School, shared his concerns about… Read more
This update Tuesday night from WRGA’s David Crowder: “City Commission denies rezoning for Wendy’s restaurant on Cooper Drive after large crowd turns out to oppose the application.” PREVIOUSLY: As changes continue for local Wendy’s franchises, one surprise is what’s rising in Calhoun. A new Wendy’s is well under way just outside the Calhoun Premium Outlets on… Read more
A quick check of regional prices shows, courtesy of www.georgiagasprices.com: Rome/Floyd County: $2.55 at Murphy USA. Cartersville/Bartow County: $2.45 at Enterprise Oil at Joe Frank Harris and Peachtree. Cedartown/Polk County: $2.50 at Murphy USA (Walmart in Cedartown). Calhoun/Gordon County: $2.49 at Wilco Hess, Murphy USA, Race Trac and Marathon. Gas trends from aaa.com: Media release: AAA forecast that 33 Million… Read more
Media release: GE’s Power Generation Services (PGS) business has renovated space at the former GE medium transformer manufacturing facility in Rome, Georgia, and has begun reusing it to warehouse refurbished and new parts such as rotors, compressor discharge casings, turbine shells and generator fields. The first GE power generation components arrived May 18, 2015, to… Read more
Rome-Floyd County saw a 500-job increase in April vs. the same month last year, according to the Georgia Depratment of Labor. The labor force stood at 40,400, up from 39,900 a year earlier. That’s also a 300-job increase from March of this year. read more Read more
Media release: The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) will help staffing company Aerotek recruit about 45 workers for The Hon Corporation’s manufacturing plant in Cedartown. The company manufactures office furniture. The recruiting event will be held Wednesday, May 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Rome campus of Georgia Northwestern Technical College, 1… Read more