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News from April 2022

Ball Corporation expansion ready to start construction on distribution center

April 25, 2022

Construction is beginning in earnest on Ball Corporation’s 750,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center on the former Floyd County Industrial Park land. The original announcement made in April 2021 cited a $51.8 million price tag to build the facility near the…Read more »

Ball Corporation and Novelis Increase Recycled Content of the Ball Aluminum Cup to 90%

April 21, 2022

The infinitely recyclable Ball Aluminum Cup now boasts the highest recycled content rate of any beverage packaging in its category WESTMINSTER, Colo., April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL), a leading global provider of infinitely recyclable aluminum beverage packaging, and aluminum recycler…Read more »

Rome-Floyd County to seek $5.1 million from Congress for demolition, mitigation of NWGA Regional Hospital property

April 20, 2022

Rome and Floyd County are seeking a $5.1 million congressional appropriation to take care of asbestos mitigation and demolition costs at the former Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital property. Mayor Sundai Stevenson, alongside Rome-Floyd Development Authority and Rome Floyd Chamber of…Read more »

PIRELLI INTRODUCES ITS FIRST REPLACEMENT TIRE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES: THE NEW P ZERO ALL SEASON PLUS WITH THE ELECT MARKING

April 11, 2022

COMFORT AND LONG-LASTING PERFORMANCE ARE THE MAIN FEATURES OF THIS EV SPECIFIC NEW TIRE THE NEW P ZERO ALL SEASON PLUS COMES WITH PNCS: THE PIRELLI TECHNOLOGY DESIGNED TO LOWER THE NOISE INSIDE THE VEHICLE ROME, Ga., March 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ —…Read more »

Planning commission backs proposals totaling nearly 1,400 new residences

April 8, 2022

Two sites that almost have legacy status in the development community won needed backing to move forward from the Rome-Floyd Planning Commission on Thursday. Both projects now move to the Rome City Commission for public hearings on April 25, at…Read more »

2 new housing developments proposed off Cartersville Highway; more than 1,300 townhouses, apartments planned

April 7, 2022

Two potential large housing developments off U.S. 411 will go before the Rome-Floyd Planning Commission for a recommendation at their Thursday meeting. Fall Leaf Residential LLC and Rome Land Company Inc. are requesting to rezone 289.89 acres from Suburban Residential…Read more »

Pirelli receives J.D. Power Original Equipment Tire Award 2 out of 3 years

April 5, 2022

For the second out of three years, Pirelli has scored highest in the Passenger Car Segment in the J.D. Power 2022 Original Equipment Tire Customer Satisfaction Study. Pirelli achieved an index score of 813 in the study, which analyzes consumer…Read more »

Large construction projects continue out of the ground off Calhoun Highway near Balta

April 4, 2022

Concrete foundations cover about one-eighth of what will be a 425,000-square-foot Hillman Group distribution facility near Balta at 6785 Calhoun Highway. The leveled footprint for that massive — nearly 10-acre — the facility is already evident, and across a small…Read more »

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