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Marketing plan in the works for U.S. 27 ...
Found: 1 Week 13 Hours 16 Minutes ago
Catoosa County News - The Route 27 Association, an 18-county alliance that includes Catoosa, Walker, Floyd, Chattooga, and Polk counties, expects to learn in September whether a OneGeorgia Authority grant will fund a $78,000 strategic marketing plan for the corridor. The highway, which is Walker County’s main corridor, is one of two highways in Georgia designated as alternative tourism routes through the state. “The Georgia Department of Economic Development already has identified key assets,” said Lloyd Frasier, planning director for the Coosa Valley Regional Development Center. “This study will identify more, along with the best ways to promote them to vacation travelers.” Photo:Representatives of the Route 27 Association counties stand with Walker County’s Virgil Sperry, who was recognized for his leadership in the alliance. Pictured from front to back are: Denise Clopton, Sen. Isakson field representative; Jerry Jennings, Floyd County Commission chairman; Bill Collins, Rome city commissioner; Sperry, at-large RDC member; Bebe Heiskell, Walker commissioner; Billy Croker, Polk commissioner; Mark Fletcher, Catoosa RDC member; Scott Tillery, Cedartown commissioner; Martha Eaker, Catoosa Chamber of Commerce; Mike Garrett, at-large RDC member; and Lloyd Frasier, Coosa Valley RDC.The study will take six to eight months to complete, Frasier said. Meanwhile, signs already are going up along the route to mark a historic courthouse tour that starts in Ringgold and winds down along U.S. 27 to Bainbridge in South Georgia. The 15-year-old signs found in storage last year belonged to the original Highway 27 Association, formed to push for four-laning of the entire length of the road. On Thursday the Coosa Valley Regional Development Center gave its “Distinguished Coosa Valley Citizen” award to Virgil Sperry of Walker County for his work in reviving the alliance to take advantage of the completed widening. “He’s been a shining star for us,” said Walker County Commissioner Bebe Heiskell. “This new marketing initiative ought to take us to the next level.” The Regional Development Center also quickly and unanimously appointed Polk County Commissioner Billy Croker to a private-sector seat on the board, effective in January. Croker’s term on the board would have expired with his county Commission term in December — but Regional Development Center representatives from the 10-county region said they did not want to lose his experience and statewide connections. Bill Steiner, executive director of the Regional Development Center, said continuity will be especially important next year as the regional planning agencies reorganize. New legislation combines the Coosa Valley and North Georgia Regional Development Centers, but North Georgia members have so far declined to sign a resolution accepting the state-mandated change. Croker has been in talks with the Dalton-based agency, trying to work out a smooth transition. It is unclear what will happen if they balk, but Steiner said a loss of state funding is likely....
Prep scoreboard: Lady Falcons earn first region win
Found: 1 Week 21 Hours 8 Minutes ago
Gainesville Times - The Flowery Branch High softball team earned their first region win of the season, defeating Gilmer 4-3 on Thursday in Flowery Branch. ...
TVA rate hike means higher electric bills for many in Catoosa ...
Found: 1 Week 2 Days 2 Hours 5 Minutes ago
Catoosa County News - Thousands of people in Catoosa County who buy their electricity indirectly from Tennessee Valley Authority can expect higher bills, officials say.TVA on Wednesday raised its rates by 20 percent. The hike will take effect beginning Oct. 1.North Georgia Electric Membership Corp., which purchases electricity from TVA, has about 26,000 customers in Catoosa.The rate hike will be passed on to customers, officials said. The typical household can expect to see a $15-$20 hike on their electric bills.Ron Hutchins, North Georgia EMC president and CEO, addressed the issue recently at the company’s annual meeting in Dalton.Hutchins stressed that the rising cost of fuel and ongoing drought will continue to drive up customers’ energy costs.The fuel cost adjustment (FCA) portion of North Georgia EMC’s rates will rise in coming months because the fuels used by TVA to generate electricity continue to increase in cost, Hutchins said.Most of TVA’s 20 percent increase that was announced Wednesday is covered by a quarterly FCA, which will increase rates 17 percent. The TVA board on Wednesday also voted to raise its base rates by another 3 percent to cover growing expenses for inventory and forward contracts used to help minimize rising fuel costs.TVA is facing the same pressures from rising fuel costs as other utilities across the nation, Hutchins said at the annual meeting.“TVA, our power supplier, recovers fuel and purchased power costs through its quarterly fuel cost adjustment (FCA),” Hutchins said. “The FCA is necessary to recover the growing cost of fuels. Significant increases in fuel and purchased power will be reflected in future FCA adjustments, which mean your energy costs will be going up. Despite rising costs and tight supplies, I can confidently say that your cooperative has served you and its mission well with reliable, safe, quality power at the lowest possible costs.”Sixty percent of TVA’s power is generated by coal, oil and natural gas.TVA then must pass some of the costs to almost 9 million consumers it serves in the Tennessee Valley.“Specifically, coal prices have more than doubled since the beginning of the year and continue to rise,” Hutchins said. “In addition, the TVA region continues to suffer from extreme drought conditions, causing the replacement of its cheapest form of generation, hydro/water, with one of the most expensive — power generated by natural gas or purchased power from other generators.”Hutchins said North Georgia EMC strives to keep rates low while offering excellent service to customers on a very small margin.Hutchins said that 80 cents of every dollar North Georgia EMC collects is paid to TVA for power supply. The remaining 20 cents covers expenses for consumer services, operating, maintaining, upgrading and expanding the system.CLICK ON THESE LINKSFEEDBACK: Send a letter to the editorSUBSCRIBE: Get The Catoosa County News each WednesdayGO BACK:Return to our homepage...
Buford No. 1, North Hall No. 8 in Associated Press preseason football ...
Found: 1 Week 2 Days 5 Hours 5 Minutes ago
Gainesville Times - The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Georgia high school football pre-season poll of the 2008 season with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points: ...
Chickamauga mother and daughter killed in Catoosa wreck ...
Found: 2 Weeks 1 Day 15 Hours 45 Minutes ago
Catoosa County News - A Chickamauga woman and her teenage daughter died Saturday in a head-on collision in Catoosa County. According to the Georgia State Patrol post in Dalton: Cynthia Overby Baker, 40, of Chickamauga was driving a 2000 Nissan Maxima east on Mount Pisgah Road, while Matthew Barton, 20, of Ringgold was driving a 1998 Ford Ranger pickup truck west when the wreck occurred near Brock Circle. The pickup crossed into the opposite lane and hit the Maxima head-on. Baker was pronounced dead at the scene. Baker’s daughter Brittany Overby, 17, and her husband Rodney Baker, 36, were passengers in the Nissan and were flown to Erlanger hospital. Overby died while being transported. Barton and Rodney Baker on Monday were listed in critical condition at Erlanger. The couple and teen were not wearing seatbelts. Barton was wearing a seatbelt. CLICK ON THESE LINKSFEEDBACK: Send a letter to the editorSUBSCRIBE: Get The Catoosa County News each WednesdayGO BACK:Return to our homepage...
Mayfield/Gravitt
Found: 3 Weeks 4 Days 19 Hours 36 Minutes ago
Gainesville Times - Danny and Mary Mayfield of Chatsworth announce the engagement of their daughter Sara Danielle Mayfield to Gregory Roger Gravitt, son of Ann Greer of Gainesville and the late Roger Gravitt and the late Furman Greer. ...
Economic development leaders thrilled over VW plant announcement
Found: 1 Month 1 Week 4 Days 20 Hours 27 Minutes ago
Catoosa County News - The Volkswagen plant set to open in Chattanooga, Tenn. in 2011 will bring some welcome changes to North Georgia, too, officials said.Local economic development leaders said that although the plant is coming to Tennessee, Catoosa and Walker counties will be among the area locales that benefit from its presence.Catoosa County Chamber of Commerce president Martha Eaker described the announcement as awesome.“I think Catoosa County is going to have to get its ducks in row and get prepared for what is (to) come,” she said. “I did see where production is coming in 2011; that will give us a little time."Eaker said the county needs some industrial sites and spec buildings.“It will behoove us to come together to the table,” she said. “Chattanooga has done their job. I think it’s our turn now to come together and make something happen for our county based on the opportunity we have now. I think it will take all of us — government, business, private entities, working together. It’s got to be a collective effort here.”State Sen. Jeff Mullis, a Republican from Chickamauga, said the plant would mean about 2,000 new jobs in the Chattanooga area. “With the decline in the housing market and other industry in the area, this could potentially provide the relief that our local economy needs,” Mullis said.He said the plant’s arrival would bring about a need for support industries that supply specific parts for the cars being built. Many have speculated that as many as 14,000 of these support jobs could potentially be created in the wake of the plant’s construction.Volkswagen Group of America Inc. said it will produce a new midsize sedan designed specifically for the North American consumer and invest $1 billion in the economy. Sites in Alabama and Michigan were also considered for the plant, which is part of Volkswagen's strategy to increase its presence in America. Volkswagen, Europe's biggest automaker, closed its last U.S. production facility in 1988. Michael Thurmond, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Labor, said the announcement comes at an excellent time for Georgia.“North Georgia has lost thousands of manufacturing jobs over the last four years,” he said. “This is great news.”He said the plant will draw employees from a 50 to 60 mile radius and should have a positive impact on lowering the area’s unemployment rate.North Georgia has excellent schools and technical colleges, he said, which contributes to a desirable workforce. Northwest Georgia Technical College in Walker County and Dalton State College in Whitfield County have a strong emphasis on technical programs.However, Thurmond said the automobile manufacturer will likely do much of its own training. The key, he said, is having a workforce that is “trainable.”Thurmond said he would be working with officials from the Georgia and Tennessee departments of economic development over the next three years as the plant prepares to open.“We’re available however we’re called on to participate,” he said.Staff writers Randall Franks, Rachel Brown and Larry Brooks contributed to this report.CLICK ON THESE LINKSFEEDBACK: Send a letter to the editorSUBSCRIBE: Get The Catoosa County News each WednesdayGO BACK:Return to our homepage...
Skaggs: Biofuel from algae? Maybe
Found: 1 Month 1 Week 6 Days 5 Hours 41 Minutes ago
Gainesville Times - Wastewater generated by carpet production could be used to grow yet another crop for biofuel — algae. ...
County-by-county election results
Found: 1 Month 2 Weeks 4 Hours 40 Minutes ago
Access North Georgia - Here is a summary of election returns from counties in the immediate Gainesville area (see separate story for Hall County results)...
Wife looks back on life with longtime husband
Found: 1 Month 2 Weeks 5 Hours 43 Minutes ago
Athens Banner-Herald - As her 2-year-old great-grandson jostled with plastic golf clubs and occasionally knocked balloons around the floor, Virginia Myers looked outside as a summer storm loomed over her Bishop home. Suddenly, the rain came in a heavy, but brief downpour, that soaked quickly into the ground....
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