Billion-dollar indoor ski resort for Red Top Mountain? Sounds familiar
-Radio station WBHF 1450 AM of Cartersville reports a developer wants to build a 750-acre project at Red Top Mountain to house a complex four times the size of the Ski Dubai indoor resort. The station says three hotels, restaurants, shops and competition areas would be included.
-Developer Steve Winters is behind the project and pitched it to lawmakers on Monday, according to WBHF. It could create up to 2,000 jobs.
-At issue: Tax incentives from the state. For more, click WBHF
-Familiar-sounding project?: Winters also was behind a bid to build a very similar resort, called Mount Pegasus, in Dawson County in Northeast Georgia several years ago. It also was shopped to state officials but fizzled. Click Business Chronicle.
-An earlier run at Bartow?: There was speculation several years ago, during the Cabela's near-miss in Adairsville, that property near the Ga. 140/I-75 site of the massive outdoor retailer was being studied for a similar venture. Those talks began as the Dawsonville/Mount Pegasus project started to come apart.
-Bartow and theme park options: The ski plan is the latest in a series of large tourist attractions kicked around for the community. There have been rumors of a Busch Gardens near the brewery, a transplated Six Flags and later came actual plans for a "Mythe Fair" village building on medieval-type themes.
Transportation
-411 Connector six to 10 years off? That's the comment WRGA 1470 AM's news team got Thursday night from DOT spokesman Mohamed Arafa during the final public hearing on the project linking U.S. 411 to I-75> WRGA
Retail
-TJ Maxx grand opening at 8 a.m. Sunday in Cartersville's Main Street Shopping Center: Retailer fills void left following the shut down of Goody's> Click
-Downtown Rome merchants look for kick from third annual St. Petrick's Day parade, 11 a.m. Saturday: Gem and mineral show, My Fair Lady, dinner theatre also combine for big weekend push> Downtown
Politics
-House passes Dempsey's specialty tag bill benefitting zoo, sorority> HB
-State Rep. Barbara Massey Reece's legislative report> Updates
-March 24/Libertarian gubernatorial candidate John Monds at Georgia Highlands, Floyd campus, 2 p.m. Sponsored by the Georgia Highlands College Libertarian Club, the Black Awareness Society and the Political Science Club.
Weekend Weather
-Spring arrives Saturday to a perfect forecast--72 and sunny. Enjoy it as Sunday's high will be 63 with a 80 percent chance of rain. Weather below.
Friday's Buzz:
-New honors of Rome cooking whiz Mary Louise Lever: The Better Homes and Gardens Annual Challenge Recipe winner's prize recipe this time is for holiday cookies, specifically Rosemary-Kissed Orange Thumbprint Cookies Tuscano. For the recipe, click here. For a Q&A, click BHG
-Downtown churches unite for Holy Week services> Details
-Local volunteers sought for free Atlanta C.A.R.E. Clinic at the Georgia International Convention Center March 27: The National Association of Free Clinics and the Georgia Free Clinic Network will be sponsoring a one-day free medical clinic for the uninsured. It will offer basic medical care and health education. Volunteers from all walks of life are sought. Click CARE
-Reminder: March 20/The American Red Cross will be offering a free CPR and First Aid training from 8:30 a.m. until noon at Krannert Center, Berry College. To register, call 706-291-6648.
-March 31/Georgia Highlands College Alumni Association and Student Services Department sponsor a day of workshops, a career fair and a college transfer fair from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the student center and solarium, Floyd Campus.
Your latest forecast:
-Friday: Sunny, with a high near 72.
-Friday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.
-Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 72.
-Saturday night: 30% chance of showers, low around 49.
-Sunday: 80% chance of showers and thunderstorms; high near 63.
-Sunday night: 40% chance of showers, with a low around 40.
-Extended forecast> Click / Regional radar
Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable> Arey
-Tebow is a changed man; Obama picks Kansas; good idea losing green jacket at Masters.
Sports/Rome Braves/State Mutual Stadium> Sports
-Rome Braves' single-game tickets go on sale Saturday: The box office opens at 10 a.m.; ticket prices remain the same: $10, $8,. $6 and $4> Sports
-Braves announced 2010 promotional schedule.
-Redneck Rummage Sale at State Mutual Stadium March 20> Click
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