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
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.
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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