July 12, 2023
A new industry is coming to the Northwest Georgia Regional Industrial Park in Shannon. On Wednesday, the Gordon County/Floyd County Joint Development Authority approved the sale of 10.4 acres in the park to Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based Power and Rubber Supply for…Read more »
June 20, 2023
Rome and Floyd County’s newest employer could be up and running by October or early November. Harry Patel, managing partner with Swami Compounding, told the Rome-Floyd County Development Authority on Tuesday that the blueprints are expected to be delivered in…Read more »
April 26, 2023
As an EV boom continues in Bartow County, the interest in a 200-plus acre property near the border in Floyd County is high as the SPLOST-funded project moves through the site certification process. “If we don’t sell this site before…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 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 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 »
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 »
September 7, 2022
The walls are up at the 425,000-square-foot Hillman Group facility in Shannon, and two new spec buildings are nearing completion. The activity is underway on the former Florida Tile property, near Balta, at 6785 Calhoun Highway. MDH F2 ATL Shannon…Read more »
July 18, 2022
A firm that makes a variety of architectural wood doors, laminate countertops, butcher block countertops and similar products has recently completed a 40,000-square-foot expansion to its facility in West Rome. Holstein, Iowa-based VT Industries began their operations in Rome in…Read more »
July 11, 2022
Joshua Banks looks for the lesson he should learn in his life experiences — good or bad — and how he can use that knowledge for the better. Banks graduated from Georgia Northwestern Technical College in 2021 with a diploma…Read more »