News from October 2023
October 31, 2023
In the second big business announcement this week, one of Floyd County’s largest employers F&P Georgia announced that it will be conducting a $22 million expansion to its facility as a result of contracts with automakers Honda and Tesla. F&P’s…Read more »
October 30, 2023
Microsoft will invest $1 billion in a data center campus off Huffaker Road, it announced Monday during a Rome Floyd County Development Authority meeting. The project, dubbed Project Firecracker, encompasses a 347 acre property on Huffaker Road that Microsoft will…Read more »
October 23, 2023
Site Specific Cleanup BATTEY BUSINESS COMPLEX Former Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital (NGRH) 705 North Division Street, Rome, GA Rome-Floyd Development Authority (RFDA), the joint development authority for the City of Rome and Floyd County is seeking grant funds from the…Read more »
October 17, 2023
Key support for a $100 million expansion planned at International Paper Co. won quick, unanimous approval from the Rome Floyd Development Authority on Tuesday. It is the latest in a series of such expansions, including one announced in 2013 and…Read more »