May 20, 2022
A $20 million investment in production facilities in Georgia by the parent company of TYM-USA and Branson Tractors will include a new 142,500-square-foot facility off Cedartown Highway in Floyd County. Dave Auten, the national sales manager for TYM-USA, said the…Read more »
May 20, 2022
The Savoy Automobile Museum in Cartersville is hosting a special exhibit celebrating tire manufacturing company Pirelli. In 1872, the 23 year old Giovanni Battista Pirelli founded “G.B. Pirelli & C.” in Milan, Italy. Fast-forward 150 years and Pirelli, an internationally…Read more »
May 16, 2022
The Rome Floyd County Development Authority has been awarded $500,000 in federal funds to start addressing hazardous materials on the former Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital site. It’s part of a $1.5 billion national allocation to “advance environmental justice, spur economic revitalization…Read more »
May 10, 2022
The Rome City Commission voted to rezone the former Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital property on Monday, amid protests from nearby residents. Commissioners rezoned the 132.5-acre complex on Division Street from Office Institutional to Heavy Industrial. The Rome Floyd County Development…Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »