Ashley Garner to return to Community Foundation
Ashley (Ellington) Garner will return to her former post as the executive director of the Community Foundation for Greater Rome. Garner served as the foundation’s original chief executive for several years until leaving the position in May of 2018.
“We’re glad Ashley has been able to return to a position where she had done a great job before, and has such passion,” said Ed Watters, chairman of the foundation board of directors in a press release.
Joel Snider, the retired pastor of Rome First Baptist Church who has served as executive director since last May, will return to the Board of Directors and continue as a coordinator for special projects.
“I could not be happier with Ashley’s decision to continue her mission here,” said Snider. “Personally, I look forward to easing back toward the schedule I had in retirement.”
Snider will continue to coordinate special projects such as the “Blooms on Broad” initiative started this year.
Garner will assume her duties on Oct. 1.
“I am delighted to return to working with the donors and committed volunteers who have established our Community Foundation,” Garner said. “We continue working each day to demonstrate the positive impact our foundation has for our donors, local non-profits, and the local community.” Special
Fire Marshal shuts down hotel in Adairsville
The Bartow County Fire Marshal has shut down the Magnuson Countryside Inn, 100 Georgia North Cir. in Adairsville for multiple violation of the Life Safety code.
The hotel is a 50-room property behind the Burger King on a hill about a quarter mile west of I-75.
A lengthy report filed September 3 states that the hotel cannot operate until a long list of violations are corrected.
Violation include doors that are not rated to a one-hour minimum for fire protection, a majority of the rooms that were inspected did not have a working smoke alarm, additionally the alarm system as a whole was out of service at the time of the inspection.
None of the doors in the hotel are self closing or self latching including doors that are required fire doors. There were no emergency plans posted in any of the guest rooms and no evidence of plans, policies or training for emergencies at the property.
The report lists additional violations for an upstairs apartment that was not a part of the original design and a rodent infestation.
Mini-BRAG coming through Floyd
Scores of bicyclists will be riding through western Floyd County on Saturday September 28 on one of the weekend Bike Ride Across Georgia events.
The U.S. Bicycle Route 21 event begins Friday, Sept. 27 in Chattanooga. The ride will start on the Tennessee Riverwalk just east of the Amnicola Highway and go south for 59.4 miles to Summerville where the participants will overnight at Dowdy Park.
Saturday the riders will saddle up depart Summerville at 8 a.m. and come down Georgia 100 to Coosa for a rest stop at the Old River Road boat launch. They will come east on the Alabama Highway to Highway 100 South. The route turns east on Livingston Road and hen into Cave Spring and Rolater Park before heading south again to Cedartown.
Riders will join the Silver Comet Trail on the west side of Cedartown and ride to the Skydive Spaceland facility in Rockmart and complete the 58.4 mile middle section of the event.
The Sunday finale will traverse some 40.4 miles, virtually the entire route along the Silver Comet Trail ending on Macedonia Road in Powder Springs.
Interested riders can still register online at www.brag.org/21 or call 404-382-7747 for additional information.
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