Thursday, October 7, 2010

Latest updates from Cartersville, Bartow County: New jobs, new home for welcome center, DDA. Great forecast.

 

Changes for Welcome Center, Downtown Development: The Cartersville Welcome Center at the Depot is open. The "official" opening is Saturday, Oct. 16. Hours of operation are: Monday-Friday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (and Saturdays from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. beginning Oct. 16.) The Cartersville Downtown Development Authority offices are now on the first floor of the train depot with office hours from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Phoenix Air expanding in Cartersville, to add up to 50 jobs, Daily Tribune News reports.

What's ahead in Bartow County:

-Now-Oct. 9: The nonprofit National Fire Protection Association is promoting 'Smoke Alarms: A Sound You Can Live With!' as the theme for this year's Fire Prevention Week campaign, Oct. 3-9.  NFPA has been the official sponsor of Fire Prevention Week for 88 years, and the City of Cartersville Fire Department supports the campaign. Details 

-Oct. 7: Cartersville City Council, 7 p.m. Hear it live on WBHF 1450 AM or Web cast here on Bartow Headlines. Work session begins at 6 p.m. Agenda.

-Oct. 7: Cartersville City Board of Education meeting, 6 p.m.

-Oct. 7: Tickets are now available for the sixth annual Legacy Awards Luncheon – the preeminent fundraising event hosted by the Chattahoochee Tech Foundation. This year's ceremony honors Andrew Young, former United States Ambassador and mayor of Atlanta. Click

Dining

Arby's, once stellar performers, closed; corporate cites financial woes:

-The Arby's locations 805 Martha Berry Blvd. and 2885 Martha Berry Highway in Rome, and 1301 Nathan Dean Parkway remain closed today. Cathie Koch, a spokeswoman with Arby's Atlanta office, says the owner either is in bankruptcy or that such a move is coming. It will take several weeks to sort the situation out, she says. The state corporation's site lists PRP Inc. of Robertsdale, Ala., as the owner. Calls to PRP were not returned. The company owns other Arby's stores in the Southeast. The mall-area location has been listed as available on the LoopNet commercial real estate site as recently at last November. Click

-Local background: Developer Charles Ables and Don Evans formed the Avenue C Corp., which opened "their flagship store, located in downtown Rome ... (which) was listed in the Arby's Inc. 'Million Dollar Club' from 1994" until recently. They added the Mount Berry Square store in 1999 and "this store's sales have consistently been above the systemwide national Arby's store sales average."  A third store was added in 2007 (Rockmart; it had been a Hardee's) "before the company was sold in 2008." (Source: Ables Realty)

-Latest public health restaurant inspection scores: Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Chattooga counties. Click

-What's new at the North Georgia wineries. New wine release. Click

Lance new president of Greater Rome Bank: Veteran Calhoun-area banker David J. Lance Sr. is the new president of Greater Rome Bank. Details

Wednesday's Bartow County Jail reports. Click

Your latest forecast:

-Thursday: Back to 80, low of 50.
-Friday: High of 82, low of 50.
-Weekend: Low 80s, sunny; lows near 50.

-Extended forecast: Click / Regional radar: Click

Norman Arey's sports commentary. Click 

-Hey, Les Miles haters: He wasn't the one who had 13 players on the field for the final play.

John McClellan's high school picks for week seven. Click

-Adairsville at Armuchee: Adairsville wins by 6.

-Cartersville at Gilmer: Purple Hurricanes win by 15.

-Forsyth Central at Cass: Colonels win by 11.

-Woodland at Chattahoochee. 30-plus point win for Woodland.

-Inside: A look at all the local games.

Shorter Hawks football. Hawks

-Oct. 9: Hawks (3-2) at Cumberland, 2:30 p.m.

Rome Braves/State Mutual Stadium. Click Sports

-Oct. 16-17: Second Annual Softball Slam.

-Oct. 23: Montgomery Gentry concert.  

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