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Coosa High Class of 1963 gathers for reunion
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Wednesday's weather: High near 87, slight chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms
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Tonight there is a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11 p.m.
Thursday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.
Click here to see an interactive weather map on Weather.com.
Light northeast wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.
Thursday Night A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Friday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. East wind around 5 mph.
Friday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.
Saturday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.
Saturday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.
Sunday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87.
Sunday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67.
Monday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88.
Monday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68.
Tuesday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89.
Funding OK’d for environmental study
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The Rome-Floyd Development Authority has decided to take on full funding of an environmental study at the 100-acre industrial site at the intersection of Ga. 53 and Ga. 140.
The RFDA and the Development Authority of Floyd County jointly own the site, but the DAFC is cash-strapped. Corblu Ecology Group will perform the environmental study at a cost not to exceed $7,800. RFDA Chairman Doc Kibler said the base cost of the study is $6,000, and it could increase to $7,800 depending on the number of soil samples and core drillings required.
The study is one of the final items needed to have the site certified under Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development status. GRAD status indicates to prospective industries that the property could be developed quickly.
Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce President Al Hodge told the RFDA board that industrial prospect activity continues to be very active.
“We are taking the offensive,” Hodge said. He reminded the board that the Chamber worked closely with Lowe’s for four years before landing the company’s regional distribution center now in operation in Shannon.
Hodge indicated that his staff has been working with a number of companies for at least two years and expressed hope that Rome and Floyd County might land one or more of those prospects sooner rather than later.
Hodge said he was in Atlanta Monday for a meeting with site selection consultants and statewide economic developers. “One of the things they focused on was making certain we’re prepared when we generate the leads,” Hodge said.
The RFDA board then went into a closed-door session to discuss property acquisition. At the end of that session, Kibler said a portion of the discussion involved property that could show up on this November’s special purpose, local option sales tax vote.
The RFDA also accepted its FY 2012 audit report from Read Martin & Slickman, which reported that total assets declined by $2.9 million — primarily from the sale of the Lowe’s site in Shannon. The authority’s total assets at the end of 2012 amounted to $6.1 million with more than half of it, $3.6 million, in real estate.
The RFDA and the Development Authority of Floyd County jointly own the site, but the DAFC is cash-strapped. Corblu Ecology Group will perform the environmental study at a cost not to exceed $7,800. RFDA Chairman Doc Kibler said the base cost of the study is $6,000, and it could increase to $7,800 depending on the number of soil samples and core drillings required.
The study is one of the final items needed to have the site certified under Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development status. GRAD status indicates to prospective industries that the property could be developed quickly.
Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce President Al Hodge told the RFDA board that industrial prospect activity continues to be very active.
“We are taking the offensive,” Hodge said. He reminded the board that the Chamber worked closely with Lowe’s for four years before landing the company’s regional distribution center now in operation in Shannon.
Hodge indicated that his staff has been working with a number of companies for at least two years and expressed hope that Rome and Floyd County might land one or more of those prospects sooner rather than later.
Hodge said he was in Atlanta Monday for a meeting with site selection consultants and statewide economic developers. “One of the things they focused on was making certain we’re prepared when we generate the leads,” Hodge said.
The RFDA board then went into a closed-door session to discuss property acquisition. At the end of that session, Kibler said a portion of the discussion involved property that could show up on this November’s special purpose, local option sales tax vote.
The RFDA also accepted its FY 2012 audit report from Read Martin & Slickman, which reported that total assets declined by $2.9 million — primarily from the sale of the Lowe’s site in Shannon. The authority’s total assets at the end of 2012 amounted to $6.1 million with more than half of it, $3.6 million, in real estate.
2 bodies found in Weiss Lake still unidentified
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One man has been identified as Bobby Dewayne Hyatt, 41, of Piedmont.
According to previous reports, a fisherman spotted the vehicle in the water off County Road 31 and called it in around 1 p.m. Thursday.
Sheriff’s investigators and deputies, the Cherokee County Rescue Squad and Alabama state troopers responded to the scene.
Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver said the incident is being investigated as a traffic accident.
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Wednesday's weather: High near 87, slight chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms
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Tonight there is a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11 p.m.
Thursday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.
Click here to see an interactive weather map on Weather.com.
Light northeast wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.
Thursday Night A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Friday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. East wind around 5 mph.
Friday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.
Saturday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.
Saturday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.
Sunday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87.
Sunday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67.
Monday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88.
Monday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68.
Tuesday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89.
Funding OK’d for environmental study
Jun 19, 2013 | 128 views | 0 | 5 | |
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The Rome-Floyd Development Authority has decided to take on full funding of an environmental study at the 100-acre industrial site at the intersection of Ga. 53 and Ga. 140.
The RFDA and the Development Authority of Floyd County jointly own the site, but the DAFC is cash-strapped. Corblu Ecology Group will perform the environmental study at a cost not to exceed $7,800. RFDA Chairman Doc Kibler said the base cost of the study is $6,000, and it could increase to $7,800 depending on the number of soil samples and core drillings required.
The study is one of the final items needed to have the site certified under Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development status. GRAD status indicates to prospective industries that the property could be developed quickly.
Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce President Al Hodge told the RFDA board that industrial prospect activity continues to be very active.
“We are taking the offensive,” Hodge said. He reminded the board that the Chamber worked closely with Lowe’s for four years before landing the company’s regional distribution center now in operation in Shannon.
Hodge indicated that his staff has been working with a number of companies for at least two years and expressed hope that Rome and Floyd County might land one or more of those prospects sooner rather than later.
Hodge said he was in Atlanta Monday for a meeting with site selection consultants and statewide economic developers. “One of the things they focused on was making certain we’re prepared when we generate the leads,” Hodge said.
The RFDA board then went into a closed-door session to discuss property acquisition. At the end of that session, Kibler said a portion of the discussion involved property that could show up on this November’s special purpose, local option sales tax vote.
The RFDA also accepted its FY 2012 audit report from Read Martin & Slickman, which reported that total assets declined by $2.9 million — primarily from the sale of the Lowe’s site in Shannon. The authority’s total assets at the end of 2012 amounted to $6.1 million with more than half of it, $3.6 million, in real estate.
The RFDA and the Development Authority of Floyd County jointly own the site, but the DAFC is cash-strapped. Corblu Ecology Group will perform the environmental study at a cost not to exceed $7,800. RFDA Chairman Doc Kibler said the base cost of the study is $6,000, and it could increase to $7,800 depending on the number of soil samples and core drillings required.
The study is one of the final items needed to have the site certified under Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development status. GRAD status indicates to prospective industries that the property could be developed quickly.
Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce President Al Hodge told the RFDA board that industrial prospect activity continues to be very active.
“We are taking the offensive,” Hodge said. He reminded the board that the Chamber worked closely with Lowe’s for four years before landing the company’s regional distribution center now in operation in Shannon.
Hodge indicated that his staff has been working with a number of companies for at least two years and expressed hope that Rome and Floyd County might land one or more of those prospects sooner rather than later.
Hodge said he was in Atlanta Monday for a meeting with site selection consultants and statewide economic developers. “One of the things they focused on was making certain we’re prepared when we generate the leads,” Hodge said.
The RFDA board then went into a closed-door session to discuss property acquisition. At the end of that session, Kibler said a portion of the discussion involved property that could show up on this November’s special purpose, local option sales tax vote.
The RFDA also accepted its FY 2012 audit report from Read Martin & Slickman, which reported that total assets declined by $2.9 million — primarily from the sale of the Lowe’s site in Shannon. The authority’s total assets at the end of 2012 amounted to $6.1 million with more than half of it, $3.6 million, in real estate.