August 15, 2025
A real estate development group from Atlanta has recently purchased an industrial property in West Rome on Kirton Street off Shorter Avenue. Hight Knox Properties purchased the former Foss Manufacturing site at 21 Kirton St. The property, more than 210,000…Read more »
June 26, 2024
We recently participated in a milestone celebration with Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. and the Rome Floyd Chamber which recognized the 500,000th ATV produced at their facility in Rome, Georgia. We are grateful to have Suzuki in Rome and look forward to the…Read more »
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 »
November 1, 2023
Georgia’s leading water protection coalition released its Clean 13 report for 2023. Floyd County’s Ball Corporation was named to the list for its production of infinitely recyclable aluminum drink cups and promoting recycling worldwide. The report highlights individuals, businesses, industries,…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 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 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 14, 2023
Looking ahead to how its products affect the environment, Rome-based Pirelli North America announced this week a partnership with an environmentally friendly highway testbed on an 18-mile stretch of I-85. The purpose of a highway testbed is to provide an…Read more »