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Want to learn more about Georgia’s Rome? Our writers contribute regularly to this Rome blog. Keep reading to learn about local events, Rome landmarks and our community. Interested in having an event in Rome? Click here to contact the Greater Rome Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Foliage tours to sail on Coosa river

Monday, October 15, 2012 GRCVB Contact: Chris Cannon, Director of Communication 706.295.5576 Chris@RomeGeorgia.org www.RomeGeorgia.org  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Foliage tours to sail on Coosa river ROME, […]

Rome CVB wins statewide Tourism Smackdown

Friday, August 31, 2012 GRCVB Contact: Chris Cannon, director of communications 706.295.5576 chris@romegeorgia.org www.romegeorgia.org Caption: From left:  Katie Dempsey, member of the Georgia House of […]

Rome Roller Girls
Roller Derby in Georgia’s Rome

“Hi i’m Sweat ‘n’ Bullets” was my introduction to the Rome Rollergirls (RRG), the town’s only roller derby team.

Textile History Day to be held at Chieftains Museum

The Center for Public History at the University of West Georgia will host a Textile History Day at Chieftains Museum on this Saturday, July 21. Representatives will be collecting the history of Rome’s mill communities through oral stories and old photographs. Both former mill workers and family members are invited to bring their stories for inclusion.

The Mellow scene

Rome’s Mellow Mushroom restaurant located on Broad Street downtown is a glocal establishment -yes glocal: a mesh of global and local, or in this case, […]

Oak Hill: Go out and do

Oak Hill and the Martha Berry Museum: a historical time capsule dedicated to a southern and progressive woman of her time. Comfortably set in the […]