November 16, 2023
CALHOUN — One of two land deals bringing new industrial facilities to the Northwest Georgia Regional Industrial Park closed this week, while a second remains in its due diligence phase. Jointly owned by Floyd and Gordon counties, the park’s property…Read more »
November 2, 2023
Rome Floyd County Development Authority announced today the purchase of approximately 347 acres on Huffaker Road in Rome and Floyd County for the development of a datacenter campus, creating 150 high paying new jobs and investing over $1,000,000,000. The company…Read more »
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 »
August 24, 2023
Local development authority President Missy Kendrick has been chosen as the Georgia state director for the Southern Economic Development Council. “The Southern Economic Development Council is a very well respected and powerful voice for economic development in our 17 state…Read more »
August 21, 2023
Two companies looking to open new facilities in the Northwest Georgia Regional Industrial Park near Shannon expect to close on the property in the next few months. The industrial park is jointly owned by Floyd and Gordon counties. It’s bordered…Read more »
August 15, 2023
A grant administrator was approved Tuesday by the Rome Floyd County Development Authority Board to oversee work at the former Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital property on Division Street. Eventually, most of the buildings on that property — dubbed the Battey…Read more »
July 31, 2023
The Rome-Floyd County Development Authority is using a federal grant to not only assess current properties with potential environmental hazards but also to compile a list of additional properties for future development. A presentation Wednesday outlined some of the work going on…Read more »