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Harry Brock starts his walk along
Broad Street, voluntarily picking up
litter on his way to walking along
the trail next to the river that flows
through the middle of Downtown Rome.
A City Commissioner, he volunteered
long before he was elected.
Boarding students from The Bahamas,
South Korea and Sweden walk to class
while watching a swan on the lake with
fellow students at Darlington School.
A new tire rolls off the line at
environmentally sustainable Pirelli as
robots made it with oversight from a
robotics engineer.
his morning is brought to
you by Rome, Georgia.
If you visit Rome you’ll
note that a continuously
restored historic downtown
and “rediscovered river” enabled the creation of the River District on
the redeveloped side of the river. It is anchored by Atrium Floyd Medical Center,
a new apartment complex and the aptly
named River City Bank.
Longtime restaurants like Schroeder’s
Deli, Harvest Moon and La Scala have
been joined by Aventine; clothing and
jewelry retailers line the streets as do
newest retailer Twigs, an interior décor
shop specializing in lamps and shades.
Cultural facilities, museums and the newly restored DeSoto Theater accentuate the
Rome Symphony Orchestra, Rome Little
Theater and other live performances.
Entrepreneurs’ offices for Harry
Pierce’s Hard Time Products and David
Parker’s Parker FiberNet are downtown.
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