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A $17 million spring in Rome/Floyd County with projects from Berry College to Redmond Regional to across town.
Dining: Swift & Finch grows, adds roaster (and space). Quick updates on East Bend -- and Shorter McDonald's. Casting call for fast food restaurants.
Sad milestones: Almost 1,300 deaths in Georgia, 30,000 people now 'positive' for the virus and some of the 200,000 tested still awaiting results.
New: GHC's Community Watch interviews Dr. Gary Voccio, director of NW Georgia Public Health, on coronavirus testing and the latest updates.
'One of the hardest parts is losing young patients' -- Respiratory care graduates from GNTC talk about their careers and the challenges caused by the pandemic.
Joint Services Committee: Opening dates for county, city offices; thoughts about Independence Day events; election updates.
RANT OF THE DAY: Betting on the future.
Sure, there are some big fish in our update today about nearly $17 million worth of projects in Rome and Floyd County now armed with building permits.
The whopper is the animal science building Berry College is preparing to build with a permit value of more than $11 million (it will cost even more to equip, furnish, etc.) And then there was the $4 million upgrade scheduled for Redmond Regional Medical Center. And then there are the smaller but still major projects like Dr. Stephan LaPointe's new office planned for Martha Berry Boulevard. Or a series of projects up and down Broad, from what Wayne Robinson is doing to the 241 building with a new facade and overall gutting to even smaller improvements.
These people and others are betting major dollars on the future of Rome and Floyd County. As we continue to thank our front line workers and educators and clergy, let's also keep those investing in our community's promise of tomorrow in mind as well.
