Sunday Edition August 11, 2019 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER $1.50 Commissioner approves incentive Euharlee agreement for Shaw expansion approves BY JAMES SWIFT At a Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of [email protected] Commerce event in February, Shaw representative sweeping Nolan Howell said earthwork on Phase II expan- Bartow County Commissioner Steve Tay- sion began late last year. At full buildout, he said lor gave his approval to amend an incentive the expanded Plant T1 would have a capacity of overlay agreement with Shaw Industries Group, Inc. 20,000 square yards per year and add much-need- at Wednesday morning’s public meeting — in ed warehouse space for Shaw’s inventory. ordinance turn, giving Bartow’s largest employer the “au- “One of the reasons why we made addition- thority of investing up to $158 million” into ex- al expansion space, we added to it, was so that BY JAMES SWIFT pansion of Adairsville’s Plant T1. we could store yarn that is used by the Bartow [email protected] “Shaw has already announced it and the con- County plants,” Howell said. “We’re going to struction’s underway, but this is the formality have about 20-25 million pounds of yarn stor- Members of the Euharlee City to amend the [memorandum of understanding, age capacity here … the economy’s going real Council voted unanimously at Tues- or MOU] with the Development Authority,” good, some people may have noticed that.” day evening’s public meeting to ap- JAMES SWIFT/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS From left, Bartow County Commissioner Steve Taylor and Bar- Bartow County Administrator Peter Olson said. Shaw is “an employer of choice for so many,” prove the adoption of the Euharlee tow County Fire Department Deputy Chief Dwayne Jamison “They’re going from 700,000 square feet to 1.2 Olson said, with great partnerships with the lo- Road Corridor Design Overlay — recognize fi refi ghters Taylor Forsyth, Landon Sutton and Caleb million square feet up there. They’ve got around cal school systems. or, as City Planning and Zoning Ad- Forsyth, all of whom recently completed training, at a public 320 employees right now, this will allow them ministrator Charles Reese dubbed it meeting Wednesday morning. to go to 650 within the next three years or so.” SEE SHAW, PAGE 5A earlier this year, “ERCDO.” The overlay ordinance encom- passes the bulk of the southern sec- tion of Euharlee Road, from the City limits entrance near McCormick Road to the property in between Advocates’ Woodland Middle School at Euhar- lee and the Etowah River bridge. A FIRST-CLASS DAY Reese, at an April meeting, de- Matthew scribed the ERCDO as “a regulato- ry tool that creates a special zoning First day of district placed over an existing zon- 19:14 ing district, which identifi es provi- sions of the community.” 2019-20 school Ultimately, Reese said the in- Breakfast tent of the overlay ordinance is to year goes promote economic developments in Euharlee, but in a manner that kicks off smoothly for maintains its “character.” The ordinance creates stricter standards for things such as land- Friday both systems scaping, signage and architectural design. Although Reese said exist- BY MARIE NESMITH BY DONNA HARRIS ing properties within the corridor [email protected] [email protected] would be considered “non-con- forming,” he also said those prop- Striving to connect Bartow’s By all accounts, the fi rst day of 2019-20 erties will be grandfathered in church community with Advo- school year for both systems in Bartow upon the ordinance taking effect. cates for Children’s mission, the County was “fabulous,” “successful” and “There’s not a situation where inaugural Matthew 19:14 Break- “virtually fl awless.” we’re saying ‘OK, this residential fast will be presented Friday. And if there were any problems after property is going to have to abide Along with their fi rst meal of the the school doors opened Wednesday, they by the new regulations,’ that will not day, attendees will be treated to a were minor – kids not knowing which happen, they will carry on as they message from Michael Tutterow, homeroom they were in, a phone system do,” Reese told The Daily Tribune lead pastor of Heritage Baptist and internet outage at a couple of schools, News last month. “Whatever’s ex- Church in Cartersville, and a pre- teary-eyed parents having separation anx- isting out there is what it is, unless sentation from Advocates Presi- iety. down the road that property is going dent and CEO Rachel Castillo. “I was very excited about what was go- to be rezoned … that’s when that “The stories of children are ing on in all of our schools,” Bartow Su- ERCDO becomes activated.” woven throughout the stories of perintendent Dr. Phillip Page said. “The Reese said he’s optimistic that, in the Bible,” Tutterow said. “We tremendous energy from students and staff addition to drawing more econom- might think it’s an ‘adult’ book, was good to see and a great way to start ic investments to the community, but so many key moments of the year.” the ERCDO will also lead to more Scripture involve children. The Cartersville Superintendent Dr. Marc mixed-use and residential develop- patriarchs and matriarchs give Feuerbach also had a glowing report of his ments coming to Euharlee. birth to children of promise. district’s launch of the new school year. “That’s pretty much the em- Long before he became king of “When walking through the schools phasis surrounding the overlay RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS Israel, David was a young boy [Wednesday], it felt more like the third Emerson Elementary School pre-K student Giovanni Santiago gets a good- ordinance, we’re doing it in a way who somehow managed to topple month of school instead of the fi rst day,” bye hug from his mother, Natalie Hammond, Wednesday morning, the fi rst where you still recognize the fact the giant Goliath. It’s a child who he said. “There was an overall comfortable day of class for the 2019-20 school year. you’re in Euharlee, you’re not in shares his lunch one day with Je- and confi dent feeling among the staff and metro Atlanta, so that’s why we sus, who then turns around to use students. Our entire staff’s commitment to went so smoothly. We appreciate everyone “We also shared with them how this wanted to have more say in our it to feed a multitude of people. making the transition to a new school year making the adjustment, which will allow year will be the ‘Year of Firsts’ at RTMS,” zoning ordinances in terms of what “And of course, Jesus comes as fl awless as possible shined [Wednes- our teachers to collaborate and provide he said. “We wanted the students to know comes out here,” he said. “We’re into the world fi rst as a child — day].” intentional interventions during offi ce what they would wear and how they could trying to ensure that those cer- an infant, totally helpless. When Students and parents in Bartow County hours.” become a part of those ‘fi rsts’ at Red Top.” tain developments are not going troubles arise, Jesus and His began the year with new starting and end- The fi rst day in the “Year of Firsts” for Dickey said reactions from the students to come into this area. Industrial parents have to fl ee to avoid vi- ing times for the school day – 8:05 a.m. the newly rebranded Red Top Middle was about the renovations were “very positive would have to be something that’s olence. Somewhere along that to 2:30 p.m. for elementary schools and “unbelievable,” according to Principal Dr. throughout.” planned down the road, that’s not family’s journey there were peo- 8:30 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. for middle and high Wes Dickey, who started the day with an “It was exciting to hear the students really the plan of the overlay ordi- ple who helped and protected schools – but there were no issues resulting assembly in the gym to share with students cheer and applaud the changes to their new nance at this time — we want the them and enabled them, fi nal- from the change, Page said. all the changes that had been made to the school as I announced them and described type of uses that are compatible ly, to return to their own home “It was evident that our building lead- school over the summer and to show them them individually,” he said. with what’s already here.” of Nazareth where Jesus would ership teams prepared very well for the the Red Top fl ag, miner’s helmet, pickaxe then grow up. My hope is that the day,” he said. “It was not an accident that it and fall sports uniforms. SEE FIRST DAY, PAGE 8A SEE EUHARLEE, PAGE 2A breakfast meeting will rekindle the passion for the attendees to share in the work of Advocates, to be the kinds of people who serve as the caregivers and pro- tectors of children, especially at Adairsville City Council approves 2019 millage rate times of crisis.” Ongoing from 7:30 to 8:30 BY JAMES SWIFT they can,” she continued. a.m., the complimentary gath- [email protected] Prior to Thursday’s second reading of the or- ering will take place at the First dinance, the City held a fi rst public hearing on Presbyterian Church of Carters- Members of the Adairsville City Council vot- the millage rate reduction Tuesday.