Fork in the Road

Sunday Edition July 22, 2018 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER $1.50 New GDOT headquarters on Cartersville pace for January completion Council BY JAMES SWIFT The roughly 30,000-square-foot building is postpones [email protected] being constructed in the Highland 75 industrial park, right in front of the voestalpine Automotive Brunch Bill Substantial progress is being made on the new Components facility. Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) GDOT broke ground on the new district office District 6 headquarters in White, which is expected in March. The facility is about eight miles north of referendum to be finished in about six months. the current GDOT District 6 office, which is lo- “We have already erected the steel structure,” cated slightly south of Cartersville at 500 Joe JAMES SWIFT/DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS for a year Construction is ongoing for the $6 million GDOT District 6 said GDOT District 6 Communications Coordina- Frank Harris Parkway. headquarters in White; officials say the facility will be finished by tor Mohamed Arafa. “The project is on schedule SEE GDOT, PAGE 7A BY NEIL B. MCGAHEE early 2019. to be entirely completed around January of 2019.” [email protected] The Cartersville City Council took action Thursday to correct an error that came down from At- Hebert to lanta. In February, the Georgia Gen- eral Assembly passed a law com- present FORK IN THE ROAD monly known as the Brunch Bill, which gave local municipalities that already have Sunday alcohol ‘Bartow sales the option to decide through a ballot referendum if they would like to roll back Sunday on- County’s premise consumption sale hours from 12:30 p.m. to 11 a.m. “When the General Assembly Civil Wars’ passed this law, no one realized that it didn’t provide a provision for it to be on the ballot for the No- Thursday vember general election,” Assis- tant City Attorney Keith Lovell BY MARIE NESMITH [email protected] said. “Because they didn’t include that, there are preexisting laws that Highlighting the “complex loy- require certain procedures for spe- alties of Bartow Countians during cial elections related to alcohol the Civil War,” Dr. Keith S. Hebert matters. Those procedures require will discuss his latest book, “The that if you had it on the ballot this Long Civil War in the North Geor- November, you would have to gia Mountains: Confederate Na- hold two simultaneous elections. tionalism, Sectionalism, and That means the voter would have White Supremacy in Bartow to go in, get a card and vote. Then County, Georgia” at the Bartow they would have to go out and go History Museum Thursday. Titled to another room or possibly even “Bartow County’s Civil Wars,” his a new location and vote again.” presentation will begin at 7 p.m. at Lovell said the cost to the city the Cartersville venue, 4 E. for staffing two different locations Church St. would be about $15,000. There are “Bartow County is an interest- two options, he said, either shift ing choice to do a local history of the referendum to the November the Civil War,” said Hebert, a 1995 2019 city election or hold a sepa- graduate of Adairsville High rate special election in March. School who currently serves as an Moving the referendum to No- assistant professor of history at vember 2019 wouldn’t incur any Auburn University. “First, the additional costs, but a special elec- county [experienced] a ‘boom’ pe- tion would also cost the city riod in the 1850s that aligned its JAMES SWIFT/DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS $15,000. interests with many areas in the Business owners, association leaders and authority representatives alike say they want to see more locally-owned concept Council voted to move the ref- South that owned significant restaurants within Bartow. erendum to November 2019. amounts of slaves. Second, as Council approved a request slaveholding states begin to vote from The Rotary Club of Bartow on whether or not to secede from Business owners, local leaders discuss County for the creation of a festi- the Union, Bartow Countians are val zone for the Cartersville Beer divided on the issue. Festival, with all proceeds going “Some believe that their inter- future of Bartow’s restaurant scene to local charities and causes. ests, primarily preserving a social “This is a resolution for a Ro- tary community festival on March order based on white supremacy BY JAMES SWIFT dustry on the Bartow economy, some esti- strip mall and vacant storefront fill-ins and black inferiority, would be 30, 2019,” Downtown Develop- [email protected] mates from the Cartersville-Bartow County throughout the county — Bartow’s restau- ment Authority Director Lillie best protected if they left the Department of Economic Development rant growth doesn’t appear to be showing Union. Others, however, saw se- Read said. “They want to create a For Jill Mitchell, general manager of nonetheless indicate it’s a significant player. any signs of slowing down. family-friendly event to include cession as too radical and pre- Johnny Mitchell’s Smokehouse, local According to some of their figures, the Which raises an intriguing question — dicted that the very system that kid’s activities, music and vendors restaurants aren’t just places where people local accommodation and food services in- are those food services jobs of tomorrow in addition to the beer festival. had created their society would be go to have a meal — to her, they represent dustry employed about 4,000 people last going to be in more upscale, locally-owned- lost if the South seceded. Third, This is the first time this festival is the very bedrock of the community. year — representing about 10 percent of the and-operated concept restaurants, or are the county endured a prolonged coming to Cartersville. They want “I think local, concept restaurants are the total Bartow County workforce as a whole. they going to be in national, fast food chain period of Union Army occupation to have a zone on both sides of the stalwarts of Bartow County society, and And the industry is growing. With 847 franchises? following the Atlanta Campaign. track.” that’s what we need to support,” she said. positions added over the last five years “I think it’s important to have both,” said This occupation led to many en- Public Works Director Tommie “It’s where families go and it’s the place within the local sector, Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of counters between local civilians Sanders asked permission of the where all the schools ask for money ... the accommodation/food services jobs in Bar- Commerce CEO Cindy Williams. “When and guerrillas and the Union council to allow mayor Matt San- tow appear to be growing at an average an- you think about our community and what army.” restaurant industry is a very generous in- tini to sign a Local Maintenance dustry.” nual rate of almost 5 percent. we would need with assets like LakePoint, and Improvement Grant (LMIG) SEE HERBERT, PAGE 5A While it’s difficult — if not impossible With major retail and mixed-use devel- for instance, you’re going to have people application and cover letter to the — to pinpoint a precise number outlining opments announced for Emerson and West SEE , PAGE 5A the total impact of the local restaurant in- Cartersville — in tandem with the usual RESTAURANTS SEE CARTERSVILLE, PAGE 2A Transportation committee mulls grants, long-term projects BY JAMES SWIFT maining $14,000. [email protected] “By February of 2020 we’ve got to have an up- date, and the process takes about a year and a half The Cartersville-Bartow Metropolitan Planning to actually get done,” Sills said. “There’s something Organization (CBMPO) Technical Coordinating like 202 traffic zones in the county, and for each Committee met Wednesday morning to discuss sev- zone we have to come up with the population of eral project updates and funding request proposals. school-involvement and faculty and employment — The TCC approved a motion to apply for Metro it’s that employment piece that typically causes the Planning (PL) funding to hire consultants to work most heartburn.” on updates to the county’s Long-Range Transporta- The previous LRTP contract with Arcadis, he “The Long Civil War in the North tion Plan (LRTP) and Transportation Improvement said, cost about $61,000. He also said the MPO JAMES SWIFT/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS Georgia Mountains: Confederate Program (TIP). Bartow Transportation Planner Tom would like to shift some funding around to increase How and where the proposed Rome-Cartersville Development Nationalism, Sectionalism, and Sills estimated the total cost of the updates would the current LRTP budget, which currently sits at a Corridor ties into the existing Cass-White Road infrastructure is White Supremacy in Bartow County, be $70,000 — the PL funding would pay $56,000 still up in the air; one potential scenario sees the end of the Georgia,” by Dr. Keith S. Herbert while the county would be responsible for the re- SEE MPO, PAGE 4A alignment lining up with Great Valley Parkway. 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