🌱 Millage Rate + Parking Date + New Housing + Museums Bring Business

Hi all! It's me, Josee Noble, your host of the Cartersville Daily, bringing you the relevant happenings around town. Let's get started!

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A heavy t-storm in the p.m.. High: 87 Low: 71.

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Here are the top four stories in Cartersville today:

1. A historically low millage rate was tentatively set by Bartow County's Board of Education. It unanimously set the 2022 tentative millage rate at 17.79. This new rate will lead to a 13.59% increase in property taxes. The millage rate in 2017 was 18.99, followed by 18.85 in 2018, 18.75 in 2019, 18.65 in 2020 and 18.116 in 2021. The Bartow County BOE will hold three public hearings on the millage rate and it is set to be adopted after the final meeting. (Subscription: Daily Tribune News)
2. Bartow County Administrator Peter Olson said March 2023 is the target completion date of Cartersville's new parking deck. Located in Downtown, across from the Legion Theater, there will be no charge to use the parking deck for non-electric vehicles. Electric car charging will be accessible, but payment for those services will be required. (Subscription: Daily Tribune News)
3. Alliance Residential Co. plans to build a new community in Cartersville near Pine Mountain Overlook. Prose Cartersville will be well situated to serve a high-growth employment corridor and will welcome its first residents next year. (Multi-Housing News)
4. Cartersville, known as "Museum City," collects art, history and wonder. Home to the Tellus, Booth, Savoy and other smaller museums, Cartersville draws in tourists and national attention. Smithsonian Magazine named Cartersville as one of the 15 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2022.(Reporter Newspapers)

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Today in Cartersville:

• Make Your Own Blow Gun Darts - Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site 813 Indian Mounds Road SE (11 a.m.)
• Unloading truck for Red Door Food Pantry: We could use the help!! Red Door Food Pantry, 201 W Cherokee Ave. (11 a.m.)
• The 2022 Century Bank of Georgia Business After Hours Series hosted by Weaver Heating & Air is at Las Palmas, 140 Main Street Market Pl SE (4 p.m.)
• Movie Night at the Booth is showing "Bitterbrush" at Booth Western Art Museum, 501 Museum Dr. (6 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Your favorite 5K is BACK! The 6th-Annual Downtown Cartersville 5K supporting the Backpack Buddies Program!! We'll see you all Downtown August 27!(Downtown Cartersville via Facebook)
• Cool off in the summer heat by renting a kayak, canoe or tube in the city of Euharlee. Take in the beauty of the river while floating down Euharlee Creek. (Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau via Facebook)
• Your children can get $2 credit for existing fines on their library cards for every 30 minutes they read in the library! See the children's desk at the Cartersville Library or the main desk at the Adairsville or Euharlee Library for all the details. (Bartow County Library System via Facebook)
• The city of Cartersville is searching for a lineman to join the electric system team. A lineman's job duties include installation, maintenance, operation and repair of overhead electrical lines, underground cables, street lighting and other electrical equipment. (Cartersville-Bartow Chamber via Facebook)
• Four Cartersville area new open houses are coming up soon. (Cartersville Patch)

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Now you know the score and you're ready to tackle this Thursday. I'll see you around!

— Josee Noble

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