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Unemployment At Highest Rate In 15 Years

Posted under Jobs, State Of Georgia, Economy on August 14th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

There is bad news from the Dept. of Labor today. Georgia’s unemployment rate for July checked in at 6.2%, the highest figure in 15 years.
First time claims for unemployment assistance in Floyd County shot up 80% from June. 948 first time claims were filed in July. 189 of those were what the […]

Development Groups Reduce Payscale Target for Industrial Tax Breaks

Posted under City of Rome, Jobs, Floyd County, Business Development, Taxes, Community Development, Labor, New Businesses, Chamber of Commerce, Economy on July 22nd, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

The Rome Floyd Development Authority and Floyd County Development Authority have agreed to reduce the payscale target for companies seeking to locate in Rome.
Chamber Economic Development Specialist Heather Seckman says that companies, to qualify for tax breaks will have to agree to start employees at 10.50, rather than 175% of minimum wage.

Rome Unemployment Drops in April

Posted under Jobs on May 22nd, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

Floyd County’s unemployment rate two tenths of appoint to5.3% for April.
The ten county Coosa Valley regional rate was also down, by eight tenths of a point to 5.3% in April.
Rome’s rate was the lowest in the middle Coosa Valley with Chattooga County high at 9.4%, Bartow at 6.4%, Gordon at […]

Unemployment In Rome Drops

Posted under Jobs, Labor on April 24th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

Some good news for Rome and Floyd County from the Ga Dept. of Labor as unemployment dipped from 5.8% in February to 5.5% for March.
Floyd County was the lowest among the mid Coosa Valley counties as Chattooga registered a 14.8% rate in March, Bartow was at 6.2%, Gordon County at 6.4 and Polk […]

Coosa Valley Gets Jobs Grant

Posted under Jobs on April 15th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

A $250,000 workforce development grant has been awarded to the Coosa Valley Regional Development Center. The ten county region has lost over 6300 jobs in the past year, many of them in industries related to the housing market.
State Rep. Barbara Reece said “First, I want to express my appreciation […]

More Bad Economic News, Unemployment Claims Up In Rome

Posted under Jobs, Labor on April 11th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

More people filed first time claims for unemployment insurance in the Rome area last month.
According to the Georgia Department of Labor, 839 first time claims were filed in March, up 9.7-percent from the 765 reported in February.
Statewide, 42,550 laid-off workers filed first-time claims for benefits last month, up 3.9 percent from the […]

Unemployment Up Across The Coosa valley

Posted under Jobs on March 27th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

Chattooga County’s unemployment rate went up almost 8% in February, to 14.5%. Layoffs at Mohawk in Floyd County and Mt. Vernon Mills in Trion accounted for a large percentage of the increase.
The Ga Dept. of Labor says metro Rome’s unemployment rate for February was 5.7%, up from 5.4% in January.
Bartow County was 6% in […]

More Job Losses As Adairsville Plant Moves Operations

Posted under Jobs, Bartow County on March 13th, 2008 by RomeNewswire0 comments

Adairsville, almost on the verge of a commercial boom two years ago, didn’t get Cabelas, hasn’t gotten a Moms Bakery as promised and is now losing one of it’s manufacturers.
Stair Parts Inc., which was bought out by an Alpharetta company last May, is having their production moved from Adairsville to their Alpharetta plant.
The […]

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