Friday, February 19, 2010

Friday's updates

Business Buzz

-Applications sought for new Johnny's on Broad: Applications are being accepted for openings at Johnny's New York Style Pizza at 233 Broad St. Interviews will start next week, according to the item posted on the chamber's jobs site. Openings include: servers, bartenders and cooks. And this caveat is included: "Our main interest centers around outgoing personality types who are capable of providing excellent service in a team type atmosphere." The restaurant opens next month. Click Chamber

Graves' JOBS Act of 2010 OK'd by key commission: The House Committee on Small Business Development and Job Creation unanimously passed House Bill 1023, the Jobs, Opportunity, and Business Success Act of 2010 (JOBS Act of 2010) legislation, authored by state Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ranger. It is designed to stimulate the state's economy by providing tax credits, cuts and incentives to create, expand and attract new businesses in Georgia> Click

 

Sally Beauty Supply opening next to Panera at Riverbend Center: The shop has been a familiar one just across Turner McCall off Hicks Drive in the Etowah shopping center> Sally

Pirelli's Gravalos named to Georgia chamber tax committee> Business

Cartersville company matching employee contributions to Haiti relief dollar for dollar: Applied Thermoplastic Resources has pledged to match each dollar donated by its employees to relief efforts in Haiti. To date, a combined $2,200 has been raised. ATR is partnering with the American Red Cross in the relief effort. You can read the company's announcement by clicking Match.

Bartow chamber's Health & Wellness Showcase next Thursday: The show is at The Church at Liberty Square, 2001 Liberty Drive, in Cartersville. A business-to-business networking is from 3 to 4 p.m.; a business card required for entrance. The event is open to the public from 4-7 p.m. with an admission charge of $2 or two non-perishable food items. Click Chamber

Friday's Buzz:

-Floyd gets Ga.'s only American Heart Association Silver Plus Award>Health

-College basketball men's, women's tournament teams to conduct Champions of Character activities at area schools> Click

-Georgia DOT is advising motorists of a lane closure on I-75 between Exits 345 and 348 in Catoosa County scheduled for Friday.  The right lane of I-75 northbound between mile markers 344 and 345.7 will be closed from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. to allow the department's maintenance crews to work on repairing deteriorating asphalt patches. 

-Greater Rome chamber's workplace safety seminar is March 3. Click detail.

Your weekend forecast:
-Friday: Sunny, with a high near 58.

-Friday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.

-Saturday: Mostly sunny with a high of 62.

-Saturday night: Cloudys return, low of 32.

-Sunday: 20% chance of shower, high of 65.

-Sunday night: 70% chance of rain, low of 44.

-Extended forecast> Click  / Regional radar

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable> Arey?

-Tiger's much more important than Afghanistan and Iraq -- and that's the sad truth

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