🌱 Plant To Bring Business + BCSO Needs Your Help + CHS Honors Benton

Hello, neighbors. It's Wednesday in Cartersville and I'm back in your inbox with everything that's fit to print about what's happening locally, including updates on...

• An EV battery plant will bring secondary business to Bartow.
• Help BCSO locate three people caught on camera stealing.
• STEM building honors late school board president.

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But first, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 56 Low: 38.

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Here are the top threestories today in Cartersville:

1. Upcoming business outlook for 2023: With 3,500 jobs and a $4.5 billion to $5 billion overall investment, the planned SK On and Hyundai Motor Group EV battery plant in Bartow Centre off of U.S. 411 west will change our business model. What we're sure to see soon is a second-tier development of suppliers, housing and retail. (Northwest Georgia News)
2. Three people were caught on camera stealing from a gambling machine. Bartow County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying three people connected to stolen money from gambling machines at a Texaco gas station on Cassville White Road on Nov. 20. Deputies say two men and one woman took money from the gambling machines and redeemed their store credits from the machines for lottery tickets. Upon checking the machines the next day, an employee discovered approximately $2,664 missing. (WSB-TV Atlanta)
3. A STEM building was named in honor of former president of the school board, Linda Benton. Cartersville High School's new STEM building was named in honor of the late Linda P. Benton. At her retirement in 2017, Benton had served on the Cartersville City School Board for 23 years and 18 of those years were as board president. The three-story building is located where the old gym was and will house a gymnasium, cheer storage and locker room, JROTC classrooms and facility on the first floor, two computer labs and 14 math classrooms on the second floor and 11 science labs on the third floor. (Subscription: The Daily Tribune News)

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Today in Cartersville:

• Cartersville Business Club: Collaborate & Caffeinate - Southern Muggs (8:30 AM)
• Highlights Tour - Savoy Automobile Museum (11:00 AM)
• Weekly Wednesday Cornhole - American Legion Post 42 (7:30 PM)

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From my notebook:

• "Join us in congratulating Jackson Jordon on his promotion to Lieutenant." (Bartow County Fire & Emergency Services via Facebook)
• Mark your calendars for Beer and Legos on January 17! What could get better than an adult Lego competition at Drowned Valley Brewing Company? (Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau via Facebook)
• "Happy Kwanzaa to all that celebrate from your local United Way." (United Way of Bartow County via Facebook)
• To be an encouragement to those around us, we must do so intentionally everywhere we go, with everyone we know. Look around you and live it out! • Share words of support, "I've noticed that you are really working hard. How can I encourage you?" • Send a handwritten note, "I believe in you!" • "I am inspired by you!" (Cartersville-Bartow Chamber via Instagram)
• Cartersville Area Real Estate Roundup (Cartersville Patch)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Wednesday. I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning with your next update!

— Josee Noble

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