Your weather in a word: Blazing
-Look for a high of 97 today in Rome and 96 in Cartersville. Rome's record for the day: 99 set on Sept. 21, 1955. Making it worse in Bartow County, metro Atlanta: yet another air quality alert. Weather below.
Mount Berry Square courting tenant(s) for empty anchor spot:
-The new management at Mount Berry Square isn't waiting for potential clients to call; they're going after them on the LoopNet real estate website. A just-added pitch offers "a vacant anchor position at the mall, facing Martha Berry Boulevard." Nearly 66,000 square feet, it features an outside entrance and two inside mall entrances. Clients also could split the spot if needed with one taking up to 25,000; the other more than 40,000 square feet. The spot--once home to Proffitt's and later, after a merger, a second Belk--is shown in the red box in the photo to the right from LoopNet. Details.
Rome among WXIA's new 'hypelocal' web page spinoffs
-Maybe its the association 11 Alive once had in Greater Rome with those reports from Don Hatcher, the can drive and the like. Whatever the reason, the Gannett Co. Inc. affiliate is rolling out 50 pages of suburban content and we're among them. Click Rome WXIA.
-Called "Where U Live," the sites are "about you! There is lots of information and content that is specific to a single area across Metro Atlanta, and which would not traditionally find a home on 11Alive News."
-The Where U Live initiative follows expanded high school sports coverage as well from Channel 11. That move comes as ESPN and SB Nation both seek smaller, more local venues. Plus, AOL's Patch is gobbling up journalists with a series of new community sites around metro Atlanta -- and the nation. .
-Is there a need for more locally focused sites? Competition is always good; we embrace it. That said, with the Rome News, WRGA, WLAQ, News Wire, Coosa, Grapevine, Hometown and others in play, what isn't being covered these days? It's like a veteran community banker once said: "all these new banks just mean the slices get thinner and thinner."
And what about the 'shop local' push? Try the 3/50 Project:
-We were intrigued by a posting last week on Facebook by Cartersville's Downtown Development Authority. The subject was "The 3/50 Project," a growing national push to visit three locally owned and operated businesses, and spend $50 at any of the three brick-and-mortar business. Click details.
John McClellan's high school picks. McClellan
-Sequoyah at Rome. Close win for Wolves.
-Mt. Paran Christian at Class A No. 9 Darlington. Big win for Tigers.
-HSD Panthers v. Unity Christian School at Cartersville. UCS gets first win.
-Model at Coosa (Saturday). Another Coosa win.
-Chattooga at Sonoraville. Indians win by two TDs.
-Mt. Zion at Trion. Big win for Trion.
-Who's off this week: Calhoun, Cartersville, Armuchee, Pepperell, Adairsville, Cedartown and Rockmart.
Tuesday's Buzz (subscribe here)
-Sept. 21/Ribbon cutting, The Comp Force, 338 Broad St. next to Jefferson's.
-Sept. 22/General Electric partners with Boys & Girls Club to support youth in Rome and Floyd County. GE will present at $10,000 contribution. Click
-Sept. 23/The Coosa River Basin Initiative will host a special Harvest Moon paddle on the Coosa River from downtown Rome to Lock and Dam Park. CRBI
-Beginning Oct. 15, Oak Hill and The Martha Berry Museum will celebrate Roosevelt Days: Bringing 100 Years of History to Life, honoring the anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt's visit to Berry College. Click
-Oct. 14/The Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation presents the Country Comedy Tour live on stage 8 p.m. Click
-The Women's Center at Redmond will be offering digital mammograms at a special rate in October through the end of the year. Digital mammograms will be offered at $49, down from the regular rate of $149. Click
Your latest forecast:
-Tuesday: High of 97, low of 63. (Record: 99 set in 1955)
-Wednesday: 20% rain chance. High 93, low 61. First day of fall (11:09 p.m.)
-Extended forecast: Click / Regional radar: Click
Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey
-Dan Houston is subbing for Norman today through Thursday.
-Dan's column today: Who shouldn't be in the NFL these days? Vick? Favre? Both of the above?
AP Top 25 College Football. Click
Shorter Hawks football. Hawks
-Home opener 1:30 p.m. Saturday vs. Georgetown, Ky., Barron Stadium.
Rome Braves. Click Sports
-Oct. 16-17/Rome Braves to host Second Annual Softball Slam. Braves
-Next: April 7 vs. Hagerstown. Check for events at State Mutual Stadium.
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