Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Wednesday's updates

 
Banking updates/Second quarter financial reports. The release schedule:

-Regions losses $244 in second quarter; made $206 million year ago> Regions

-SunTrust second quarter financials due this morning> SunTrust

-Wells Fargo, parent company of Wachovia, to release financials today> WF

-Synovus (Citizens First; GB&T) to post quarterly report Thursday> Synovus

-United Community Banks second quarter financials due Friday> Details

Planning commission OK's Park Village in Cartersville: Another local residential (and then some) community has received development approval. The Northwest Georgia Regional Commission has blessed plans for Park Village community, including commercial space and a new home for Trinity Baptist Church, on 135 acres near Douthit Ferry Road and Pine Grove Road (Google Map).

>The commission has deemed Park Village to be "in the best interest of the region and therefore of the state."

>The group also issued a "go" on Foster Glen in Calhoun this month. >As for Park Village:  

-135.3 acres for mixed use.

-19.1 acres would be set aside for 230,000 square feet of commercial use with potential for loft/townhome residences (no more than 40).

-49 acres for 156 single-family lots.

-12 acres for 115 senior residences.

-56 acres for Tabernacle Baptist .

-The project would be built in several phases over a decade.

-The developer is NPO Investments. For more, click DRI files One and Two.

Annual People's Choice Awards voting now under way: The Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau has opened voting for the 2009 People's Choice Awards.  The Best Restaurant, Best Shoppe and Best Attraction are chosen annually by online voting at http://www.notatlanta.org.

Wednesday's Buzz:

-Floyd School Board meets Thursday: A called Board Meeting has been scheduled for the Floyd County Board of Education on Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. in the Board Room at the Floyd County Board of Education office on Riverside Parkway.  The purpose of the meeting will be to name a new assistant principal for Johnson Elementary School and other personnel items.

-Mendoz, Gonsalves join Floyd Primary Care Network> Health

-Mike Lester exhibit set for RACA Aug. 4-28> Downtown

-Georgia Northwestern's Michael Johns earns Crawford Scholarship> CH

-Coosa High freshman soccer player invited to Olympic Soccer Camp> CHS

Weather:

-Wednesday: 40% rain chance of rain, high of 88; low of 63. 20% rain chance.

-Thursday: High of 89, low of 61.

-Your extended forecast> Weather -Local radar > Radar

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable

-Chaos in college football? The spread offense has been around for 51 years.

Rome Braves' updates:

-Braves off Tuesday; open eight-game road trip tonight in Hickory.

-Latest Braves' photos by Mills Fitzner> Gallery

Georgia High School Football Daily

-Preseason predictions continues.

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