Northwest Archive

Jasper/Pickens County: In The Path Of Growth

Karen Kennedy

Rome/Floyd County: Staying on Top

No geography courses are offered at Rome’s Coosa Valley Technical College, but that hasn’t kept the school’s president from developing an intense interest in the subject.

Ed Lightsey

Haralson County: Doing It Up Right

Haralson County is primed to explode with new people and big business.

Ben Young

Haralson County: The Fiber Footprint

The irony of a telecom company kicking off GeorgiaWest Technology/Business Park is a great indication of Haralson's offbeat ability to conquer the odds, considering the industry's boom went bust at the turn of the millennium.

Ben Young

Rome/Floyd County: Championship Strategy

What do the much-celebrated rookies of the 2005 Atlanta Braves season have to do with economic development in Rome/Floyd County? Mike Pennington hopes the answer is, "A lot."

Carol Carter