Sunday Edition February 16, 2020 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER $1.50 Ex-landlords Chamber hands out 2019 acknowledge awards at annual meeting slurs, settle discrimination BY JAMES SWIFT business of the year.
[email protected] “The selection committee looked at sustainabil- suit over ity, business growth, creativity and innovation,” The Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of said outgoing CBCCOC Board Chair Jayce Stepp. Adairsville home Commerce (CBCCOC) handed out three awards at Last year, Williams said the company complet- the organization’s annual meeting at the Clarence ed a four-year business plan, which included a sub- BY KATE BRUMBACK Brown Conference Center Tuesday afternoon. stantial expansion and numerous enhancements to Associated Press Kaysi Darrah, of Darrah Photo, was named the company’s employee retention efforts. the Chamber’s 2019 volunteer of the year. “Owner Frankie Johnson and his team of A Georgia couple has ac- “When I think of the perfect volunteer, Kaysi 27 employees have grown their footprint from knowledged using racial slurs Darrah comes to mind,” said Chamber CEO Cin- three buildings totaling just over 14,000 square and violating civil rights and fair dy Williams. “She has served on our ambassador feet to fi ve buildings with a total of 27,000 housing laws when they evicted committee and through that, she has mentored square feet,” she said. “The business expan- a tenant who had invited a black over 30 businesses throughout the year to help sion marked a capital investment in excess of family to visit the Adairsville RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS them grow, develop and understand what it means $1.5 million, with over 90% of the expenditures home she was renting.