Downtown Development Director Amanda Carter, Building Inspection chief Howard Gibson, and commissioners Bill Irmscher and Evie McNiece listen to reports about changes to a housing repair program in the Rome Community Development committee meeting Tuesday.
Source: Rome News-Tribune | Posted: Feb. 13, 2019
Downtown Rome will go smoke-free April 1.
Source: Rome News-Tribune | Posted: Feb. 12, 2019
It is entirely appropriate that we begin Black History Month paying tribute to Rome’s new mayor, Bill Collins, Rome’s first-ever African American mayor.
Source: Rome News-Tribune | Posted: Feb. 7, 2019
The Rome-Floyd County Development Authority formally agreed to a plan Monday morning to make it the lead agency for the recruitment of new industry to our area.
Source: Rome News-Tribune | Posted: Feb. 5, 2019
Plans are being circulated for a mixed-use retail and residential development dubbed River's Station along Avenue A off North Fifth Avenue.
Source: Rome News-Tribune | Posted: Feb. 4, 2019
The Rome-Floyd County Development Authority has approved a motion to take on the responsibility for industrial recruitment.
Source: Rome News-Tribune | Posted: Feb. 4, 2019
A caucus discussion about the proposed smoking ordinance Monday showed Rome City Commissioners are not uniformly behind all the provisions.
Source: Rome News-Tribune | Posted: Jan. 29, 2019
The Rome City Commission voted unanimously, 7-0, to work with the Floyd County government and Rome-Floyd County Development Authority on the development of a new plan for industrial recruitment.
Source: Rome News-Tribune | Posted: Jan. 29, 2019
Rome's Alcohol Control Commission is slated to consider package sales permits Tuesday for a new convenience store rising on the corner of Redmond Circle and Redmond Road.
Source: Rome News-Tribune | Posted: Jan. 22, 2019
City Commissioner Bill Collins was voted in as Rome's mayor Monday night, making him the first black mayor in the city's history.
Source: Rome News-Tribune | Posted: Jan. 16, 2019