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Floyd County, Georgia
Located 65 miles northwest of Atlanta.
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| Year | County | GA (millions) | U.S. (millions) | | 2007 | 95,618 | 9.5 | 304 | | 2005 | 94,198 | 9.1 | 296 | | 2004 | 94,009 | 8.8 | 296 |
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| Year | County | GA | U.S. | | 2006 | $29,730 | $32,095 | $36,714 | | 2005 | $28,698 | $30,914 | $34,471 | | 2004 | $27,412 | $29,782 | $33,050 |
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| COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: 19 county public schools with 720 teachers, 10,066 students, and 506 high school graduates in 2005; 5 private schools with 1,502 students in 2005; Rome had 10 city public schools with 386 teachers, 5,235 students, and 234 high school graduates in 2005. 1 vocational high school jointly run by city and county boards of education. | HIGHER EDUCATION:
Technical College: Coosa Valley at Rome (local) with 3,116 students.
4-yr: Berry College at Rome (local) with 2,033 students; Shorter College at Rome (local) with 2,139 students.
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PROPERTY: Property taxes are determined by tax rates and assessment ratios which vary by location. The only realistic way to compare property taxes from different locations is to use 'effective tax rates' (tax rate multiplied by assessmen ratio). Effective tax rates combine city, county, school, and state tax rates into one convenient figure -- the annual tax for each $1000 of property at its fair market value. This rate applies to all property: land, buildings, machinery, equipment, and inventory. | Effective Rates: | | City | | Year | | Within City | | Outside City | | Rome | | 2007 | | $13.11 | | $13.11 |
| | SALES: City and county have 3% local sales tax in addition to the 4% state sales tax. |
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| | INVENTORY (Freeport): Freeport is the general term used for the exemption of ad valorem tax on inventories as defined by Georgia law. The law offers manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and warehouse operations an attractive inventory tax exemption on three classes of property. | | Rome and Floyd County exempt 100% on all classes of certain business inventory from property taxation. | JOB TAX CREDIT: Tier: 3, Amount: $1,250 as of 2009
Tier refers to the economic well-being of a county. For more information go to http://www.dca.state.ga.us/economic/TaxCredits/programs/taxcredit.asp
JOINT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: Yes
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| FIRE PROTECTION: 144 full-time personnel. Protection outside city limits. Fire insurance classification 3 in city and 6 outside. | | ZONING: City has zoning ordinance and subdivision design standards. County has limited zoning. Building inspection: one-stop permitting for Rome and Floyd County. |
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COMMERCIAL AIRPORT: Atlanta Airport (65 miles) service by Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air France, AirTran, America West, American, ASA, British Airways, Continental, Comair, Corporate, Delta, Frontier, Hooters, Korean Air, Lufthansa, Midwest, Northwest, South African, United, US Airways. Home of Phoenix Air Group, an international light jet transport service.
GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT: Atlanta Airport (65 miles) with a 11,889 feet Bituminous runway, aircraft tiedown, airframe & power plant repair, hangar, lighted runway, VOR, ILS, NDB, 24-hour manned control tower; Rome Airport (local) with a 6,000 feet bituminous runway, aircraft tiedown, airframe & power plant repair, hangar, lighted runway, VOR/DME, NDB. 16 "T" hangars with 16 more under construction. VASI on runway 36. PLASI on runway 18. | | RAIL: CSX piggyback - Atlanta (65 miles); Norfolk Southern piggyback - Dalton (41 miles); Norfolk Southern rail - Rome (local). | WATER:
Navigable River: Tennessee River (9 foot channel depth) with public barge dock at Chattanooga (62 miles).
Seaport: Savannah Seaport (333 miles) with maintained channel depth of 42 feet. |
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ELECTRICITY: A part of Georgia's modern integrated electrical transmission system, Floyd County has excellent ability to supply industrial demands. Compared to 47% for the U.S., coal accounts for 84% of fuel used by the state's power generating plants. This assures long-term continuity. If demand exceeds 900kw, any supplier can step in and offer service.
| | NATURAL GAS: Supplied by Atlanta Gas Light Company and available on an interruptible basis. | | WATER: Plant capacity: 18,000,000 gal/day. Consumption: 10,000,000 gal/day average. Source: Oostanaula River and Etowah River. | | SEWER: Plant Capacity: 18,000,000 gal/day; Plant Load: 8,000,000 gal/day; Secondary, activated sludge treatment plant. |
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