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LX Hausys America launches 22 new colors at IWF
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — LX Hausys America Inc., a manufacturer of building, interior, and decorative materials, and its BORTE panel brand introduced 22 new colors at IWF 2026. The 22 new colors were created from broad-based customer input and offer greater design options for residential and commercial cabinets, closets, furniture or other interior applications. Every new and existing BORTE color has a precisely matched ABS edgeband available in PUR/EVA and zero-joint edge types, helping create a unified finish.
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Bob Shaw receives FCNews Lifetime Achievement Award
Dalton—It’s been said that industry legend Robert E. “Bob” Shaw has the uncanny ability to know where the market is headed before anyone else. He proved it in the 1980s with industry consolidation, and again in 2010 with a totally new approach to carpet. Both have had lasting impacts on the carpet industry.
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Shaw Leader Inducted into WIM Hall of Fame
[Dalton, Ga.] Shaw Industries group Inc.'s (Shaw) Brenda Knowles, senior vice president of customer experience, has been selected for induction into the 2026 Women in Manufacturing (WiM) Hall of Fame, one of the manufacturing industry's highest honors recognizing leaders who have made significant contributions to manufacturing while supporting and inspiring women in the field.
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World's Largest Drive-Thru Pumpkin Opens at Dawsonville Farm Next Week
A 45-foot pumpkin big enough to drive through just got a ribbon-cutting in Dawson County, and it opens to the public next week. Burt's Pumpkin Farm held the ceremony Wednesday for what organizers are calling the world's largest drive-thru pumpkin, with the attraction officially opening to visitors on September 1.
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Offices make up over 50% of downtown Jasper businesses
The Jasper Downtown Development Authority (DDA) met for its monthly meeting on Monday, where members heard a breakdown of the different types of businesses in town and gave the go-ahead to begin the process of forming a 501(c)(3) in support of downtown revitalization. Brandon Hannah, both a city council member...
Furniture Today
New Georgia store lives up to Big Mattress Outlet name
DALTON, Ga. — Big Mattress Outlet‘s owners think their new store could be in the running for the largest standalone mattress shop in its region. “We think it is the largest mattress store in the Southeast. We thought that about our last one, and it’s about 11,000 square feet,” co-owner Kelly Charles told Furniture Today. “This one is 13,000 square feet. I don’t know of another independent or national chain, that isn’t also a furniture store, that is that size.”
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Ringgold business owners demand solutions as recovery from flash flooding continues
RINGGOLD, Ga. — As Ringgold businesses continue cleaning up from last week’s flash flooding, owners are pressing city leaders for answers on what can be done to prevent similar damage in the future. Ringgold took the brunt of last Thursday’s storms. On Friday, floodwater was still evident...
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Enterprise Corner now GRAD-certified
Enterprise Corner is now GRAD certified. Enterprise Corner is a 200-acre industrial site off of Highway 411 and Bass Ferry Road. The Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development Certification program establishes a portfolio of pre-qualified industrial sites across Georgia that are “shovel-ready.”. The sites must be approved by a board...
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Meetings with Databank Was Protocol
Cartersville city officials confirmed they met with Databank Hold Ltd. before the company applied for a rezoning request to build a data center on land of the former Lever Bros. building in the industrial park. Questions arose about the process leading up to the application during a public hearing Thursday...
Savannah Morning News
Georgia solar factory navigates policy whiplash
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist , a nonprofit environmental media organization. Inside the vast QCells factory in Cartersville, Ga, workers — and a bevy of robots — move ultra-thin slices of polysilicon through a lengthy series of machines and chemical baths to transform them into what are known as cells. In June, the plant, about an hour northwest of Atlanta, expanded beyond assembling the major components of solar panels. By the end of October, the company plans to have the whole production process under one roof. “The $2.5 billion, the 3.5 million gallons of water, the 90 megawatts of power, the 60 tons of chemicals on site, and all of the football fields worth of infrastructure you've seen is to arrive at this,” said Scott Bell, vice president of external affairs at QCells, holding up one of the paper-thin blue cells. It’s the basic building block of a solar panel. QCells’ expansion here is a major milestone for the U.S. solar industry. China has dominated solar panel manufacturing since the 2010s, flooding the global market with far cheaper panels than anyone else could make. For varying reasons — national security, labor practices, job
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Public Hearing on Data Center Held
Data center company officials and local opponents offered their opinions during a public hearing on the latest rezoning proposal at the Cartersville City Council meeting Thursday night. The council held the first reading of the rezoning and will vote after the second reading at the next meeting Sept. 3. Databank...
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Cherokee County Commissioners vote on plan for large industrial zoning
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Woodstock residents fight redevelopment over displacement fears
WOODSTOCK, Ga. - Residents of a Woodstock community are fighting a proposed redevelopment they fear could force more than 130 families from their homes. People living in Ansley Park are calling on Woodstock City Council to reject the redevelopment proposal and take steps to preserve the community as affordable housing.
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Jeremiah’s Italian Ice Developing Woodstock Location
Frozen dessert franchise Jeremiah’s Italian Ice has a Woodstock location in the works. Franchisee Nick Patel has inked a lease at 12186 Highway 92 in Woodstock. Gary Woodward, managing director at JLL, represented the tenant in the deal. Jeremiah’s Italian Ice opened its first location in 1996 in Winter...
Cherokee Tribune
Developer eyes Holly Springs for restaurant and coffee shop
A developer is looking to annex a little over six acres near River Park into Holly Springs to build three buildings featuring a restaurant, medical office and retail space, and a drive-thru coffee shop. BAMM Real Estate, LLC, is applying to annex 6.08 acres at 5142 and 5126 Holly Springs Parkway and 199 Misty Hollow Way into Holly Springs. The developer is also requesting the city to rezone single-family residential properties (R-40 and R-20) and general commercial (county) to general commercial (city). According to county documents, the applicant seeks to build a "neighborhood-serving commercial development." The properties in question are adjacent to Holly Springs Parkway, also known as Old Highway 5, and the River Park neighborhood. The properties are within the growth boundary agreement area between Cherokee County and Holly Springs. The applicant plans to build a 24,000 square-foot, two-story building with retail, professional office and restaurant space, as well as a 7,600 square-foot one-story building that would feature medical office and retail space. The site plan also shows a 986 square-foot Dutch Bros Coffee building with a drive-thru and parking throughout the development, according to county documents. Access to the development would be from Holly Springs Parkway and River