December 20, 2021
The Downtown Development Authority awards celebrated downtown Rome businesses and influencers for 2021 with the organizer of the Rome Shakespeare Festival, Gail Deschamps, receiving a special nod. Deschamps was posthumously awarded the Quality of Life Award which was received by…Read more »
December 6, 2021
The first shovelfuls of Georgia red clay symbolized the beginning of what will be a 425,000-square-foot distribution facility by fall 2022. It took several years, a lot of cooperation and vision to get to this point. “Phillip (Hight) and I…Read more »
December 1, 2021
In an effort to facilitate a 40,000 square foot expansion at VTI of Georgia, the Rome Floyd Development Authority approved a $31.1 million bond resolution on Tuesday. VTI, located at 1351 Redmond Circle, makes a variety of architectural wood doors,…Read more »
October 28, 2021
October 25, 2021
As automakers and even heavy equipment manufacturers continue to go electric, the Rome-Floyd County Development Authority is working to create a task force to assist local businesses about changes in the industry. The plan is to pull together stakeholders, RFCDA…Read more »
October 20, 2021
Ball Corp. has closed on the sale of the last available lot at the North Floyd Industrial Park, a move that finalizes decades of work at the 110-acre property located at the intersection of Ga. 53 and 140. The company…Read more »
September 28, 2021
The Rome City Commission approved the use of $1.125 million in SPLOST funds as the city’s portion of the purchase price for the former Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital property. The question during the commission caucus and in the meeting Monday…Read more »
September 27, 2021
The Rome-Floyd County Development Authority and the Rome Floyd Chamber of Commerce’s Greater Rome Existing Industries Association are partnering to recognize local industries with a “Manufacturing Day” celebration. The online event is sponsored by Georgia Power, The National Association of…Read more »
September 27, 2021
So overgrown it looks as if nature has completely taken it over, a former manufacturing site in North Rome has the potential to be reused and reborn. In the quest for property to bring business to Rome and Floyd County,…Read more »
September 27, 2021
Plymouth Industrial REIT will build a 236,600-square-foot industrial spec building at 6785 Calhoun Highway in Shannon. For months, the Rome-Floyd County Development Authority has been seeking a developer to invest in a spec building in Rome and Floyd County, to…Read more »