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…
If you want to see the future of Gilmer County, it’s in the dirt – or rather the mounds of earth that are the harbingers of impending development. “It’s just like somebody has taken a little sleepy rural town and…
Few people in Rome compare the west Georgia city to its world-conquering namesake. However, they are fond of pointing out that for several world-class businesses many roads do indeed lead to Rome. At a time when communities across the country…
Downtown redevelopment and bustling business in carpet
About an hour north of Atlanta, I-575 becomes Highway 515 and the mountains begin. Here lies Pickens County, an area that’s looking south as it plans for the growth racing up the interstate. County officials recognize the challenges they face…
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.
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.
Haralson County is primed to explode with new people and big business.
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."
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