Authority News
January 31, 2023
ROME, Ga. / ACCESSWIRE / January 25, 2023 / TYM USA and Branson Tractors, two leaders in the agricultural tractor manufacturing space, have officially merged and rebranded as TYM North America. The merger, which went into effect on Jan. 1,…Read more »
January 4, 2023
A three-dimensional marketing agency headquartered in Atlanta and Las Vegas, Nevada, announced that they will consolidate operations in an 80,000 square-foot facility located off Ga. 140 in Armuchee. Think 360 Inc. designs and manufactures tradeshow displays of corporate interiors and demonstration…Read more »
December 28, 2022
Rome, GA December 28th, 2022- The Rome Floyd Development Authority announced today that Congress has allocated $5.1 million in their 2023 budget for the redevelopment of the former Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital Property. The Rome Floyd Development Authority applied for…Read more »
December 19, 2022
Rows and rows of packed products fill the shelves of the Hillman Group’s largest distribution facility in the U.S., located in Shannon. The massive 450,000 square foot facility will consolidate the company’s operations in Northwest Georgia and serve as a…Read more »
November 21, 2022
The flat farmland off Bass Ferry Road dubbed Enterprise Corner, already ideal for industrial prospects, is just one of several SPLOST funded property acquisition projects beginning to move forward. The 202-acre property just off U.S. 411 near the Bartow County…Read more »
November 17, 2022
An Ohio-based company that converts organic industrial byproducts into natural gas will be opening its newest facility in the Northwest Regional Industrial Park in Shannon. The Synthica Energy facility in Floyd County will apply an anaerobic digestion process to organic…Read more »
November 7, 2022
November 4th, 2022 The Chairman of the Rome Floyd Development Authority called Missy Kendrick “a home-run hire” when the Authority voted unanimously to bring her on board in July 2019. “I saw this job as an opportunity to work in…Read more »
October 26, 2022
Floyd County commissioners approved on Tuesday the rezoning of Enterprise Corner for heavy industrial development. The 202-acre parcel of land just north of U.S. 411 at Bass Ferry Road had been part of the former Braden Farm. The original farm…Read more »
October 18, 2022
The Appalachian Regional Commission announced a $50,000 planning grant for the Rome-Floyd County Development Authority as part of its Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization Initiative. Overall the ARC awarded nearly $47 million to 52 projects in 181…Read more »
October 6, 2022
The Rome Floyd Planning Commission voted unanimously 9-0 to approve a rezoning request for a property at 231 Bass Ferry Road. The property, part of the former Braden farm, sits on both sides of Bass Ferry Road North of Highway 411….Read more »