🌱 Hurricane Ian Forecast + New Businesses Develop + Games Rescheduled

Hey, neighbors! I'm back with your fresh edition of the Cartersville Daily. Here's all the community news you need to know right now, including:

• How Hurricane Ian is impacting us
• Hot developments in town
• Clays for a Cause coming up

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But first, today's weather:

Nice with sunshine. High: 73 Low: 45.

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Here are the top stories in Cartersville today:

1. How Hurricane Ian may affect us: We expect to see rain of 3+ inches and some sustained wind gust. We are in an area of 20% probability for Tropical Storm Winds greater than 40 mph. If we see any impact, that should occur Thursday or Friday. (cityofcartersville.org)
2. Hot corner in Cartersville: The area near the intersection of Tennessee Street and GA-Hwy 20 has seen rapid construction recently. The soon-to-open Big Time liquor store and Mach-1 car wash is quickly coming together between Harbor Freight and Speedway. The tract of land in front of Tractor Supply will include the yet-to-be-built Varsity restaurant and drive-through as well as a site for future development. Georgia Highlands College is also planning a new baseball complex next to Savoy Automobile Museum. These new projects will join the huge multi-use development already underway across from the Savoy. (Northwest Georgia News)
3. Inclement weather postpones games: Forecasts of inclement weather has resulted in high school football games being bumped to Thursday, Sept. 29. Cartersville will host Calhoun and Woodland will host Cass and both games are scheduled to kickoff at 7:30 p.m. (Daily Tribune News via Twitter)

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Today in Cartersville:

• CBC Coffee & Referrals Networking - Unity Grounds (8:30 AM - 9:30 AM)
• DIY Coffee Body Scrub - Cartersville Library (3:00 PM)
• Sip and Paint Class - Big Door Vineyards (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• A big THANK YOU for snack donations to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bartow County members and CSL members for serving the snacks and helping with crafts! (Cartersville Service League via Facebook)
• Join us for our next Relational Values training session: Building A Relational Culture of Approval (Cartersville-Bartow Chamber via Instagram)
• We are looking forward to our Clays for A Cause sporting clays tournament coming up on October 7th! (Cartersville Service League via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday! See you all tomorrow morning for your next update.

— Josee Noble

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