Northwest

Metro Atlanta residents who get an itch to head for the hills have been increasingly drawn to Gilmer County. “We’re a long weekend destination for a lot of people,” says Paige Green, president of the Gilmer County Chamber of Commerce.…

For many years, it was the land bypassed by the interstates. It was over there somewhere on the drive up the never-ending expanse of I-75. No more. Walker County is fast becoming a destination for both history-seeking tourists and, in-creasingly,…

They’re calling it Rome’s summer of 42 million – that’s dollars of new business expansions that have unfolded in recent months. “That’s a pretty good investment in this economy during a recession summer,” declares Heather Seckman, director of economic development…

When you’re known as the “Carpet Capital of the World,” what do you do for an encore – after the industry that fueled your growth for decades matures and stabilizes? For Dalton and Whitfield County, the answer is not simply…

When you live in a city named after one of the most famous places on earth, thinking big just comes naturally. So when Georgia’s Rome celebrated its 175th birthday earlier this year, it did so in style, cutting the ribbon…

Known for years as the Carpet Capital of the World, Dalton has seen its fortunes affected by both the national decline in homebuilding brought about by the recession and the gradual consolidation of an industry that has shrunk from 400…

You’ll forgive civic and business leaders in Catoosa County if they’re still smoothing out their pronunciation of farfegnugen. But the German marketing slogan for driving pleasure, made popular by Volkswagen, may soon become the catch phrase for the northwest Georgia…

If you want to understand why Rome, Georgia, has become home to so many industries, look no further than the boardroom of Coosa Valley Technical College. On one wall a framed plaque commemorates four major manufacturers that the school helped…

Situated on Metro Atlanta’s outer rim in Bartow County, Cartersville was long considered just another sleepy small town. But thanks to Metro Atlanta’s ever-expanding growth and the efforts of shrewd and energetic local boosters, those days are long gone. This…

Chattanooga-based developer Jack Webb knew about the natural beauty of his neighbor to the south, Walker County. But it wasn’t until he and three other business partners made the easy drive down U.S. 27 to examine a 180-acre parcel of…