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 »
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 »
March 30, 2022
Driving around Rome and Floyd County over the last several months, people have seen construction equipment and crews working on much-needed housing developments for the area’s future. Assistant Planning Director Brice Wood said in February that around 1,700 housing units…Read more »
February 23, 2020
Does a community address housing issues before attracting new industry or does it wait to build until they’ve got the jobs and people to fill the homes? It’s a question important enough to draw an auditorium full of builders, bankers…Read more »