March 17, 2025
Rome and Floyd County remain a significant player in Economic Development in the State of Georgia and the nation, currently recognized as having the sixth highest number of economic development announcements per capita for metros with populations of 50,000 to…Read more »
January 13, 2025
While healthcare continues to dominate the job market in Floyd County, housing also continues to be a stumbling block in attracting and retaining workers. “Healthcare employees are highly in demand in Rome and Floyd County,” Georgia Power data scientist Mike…Read more »
January 9, 2025
Fifteen acres of land along Highway 53, across from Lowe’s Distribution Center, could be added to nearby acreage for a new data center, dubbed Project Sassy. The project’s developers entered an option with the Rome-Floyd County Development Authority for the…Read more »
January 2, 2025
Looking at what is now a white hot area of development, plans to create a joint development authority comprising Floyd County, Bartow County and Polk County. Northwest Georgia has been a hotbed of economic activity over the past year with…Read more »
December 17, 2024
A second data center project is planned for Floyd County, this time on property behind Coosa High School, and it’s likely not the last. The Rome Floyd Development Authority, acting as a go between for the Floyd County Board of…Read more »
October 21, 2024
When beer goes bad, what do you do with it? One answer: turn it into renewable energy via natural gas. “What if that beer itself was recycled?” Synthica Energy CEO Sam Schutte asked. “We get the beer out of the cans, turn…Read more »
September 27, 2024
Please join us for an update on the EPA Brownfield Community-Wide Assessment project. Refreshments will be provided. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81270478827?pwd=Qisia91bgnac2bm73ukaa1exje0aiy Meeting ID: 812 7047 8827 Passcode: 493029
September 24, 2024
Demolition of buildings on the former Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital property, now dubbed the Battey Business Complex, is expected to begin in earnest early next year. The property is zoned for heavy industrial use and VT Industries is in the…Read more »
September 24, 2024
The Rome-Floyd County Development Authority announced Thursday that they received a grant from the Rome Area Heritage Foundation in the amount of $3,000. The money will be used to fund a documentary about the former Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital. RAHF…Read more »
July 22, 2024
Work to run water and sewer service along Cartersville Highway to the Enterprise Corner industrial property will likely begin in earnest in early 2025. The 200-acre property is located along U.S. 411 at 231 Bass Ferry Road. It was purchased…Read more »