MomentumDecember 2014

PERIODICALSPOSTAGE

PAIDRome, GA

30161

*LoveJoy Baptist Church Celebrates 100 years*Newcomer Profiles - The Kirchhoffs - Buckle*Joyeux Nöel from Paris

G R E A T E R R O M E C H A M B E R O F C O M M E R C E

In this Issue...Letter from the Chairman ........................................4

Nonprofit Spotlight:Lovejoy Baptist Church ...................................... 6-7

Newcomer Profiles:Logan and Bo Kirchhoff ...................................... 8-9Joyeux Nöel from Paris ......................................... 10

Membership Report:Ribbon Cuttings ...................................................... 12New Members and Renewals ............................ 13Advertiser’s Index ................................................... 13Visitor’s Guide .......................................................... 14

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents

For Advertising and Editorial Information:

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On the Cover

Shorter University StudentsAurelie Gaborit de Montjou

Jacob Bean

Santa comes to town in Rome’s Annual Christmas Parade. The community has enjoyed the parade for over 60 years. We express our sincere gratitude to Janet

Byington for coordinating the parade every year. Rev. Carey Ingram is the 2014

Grand Marshal, see page 6.Photo credit: Tracy Page

LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN

C h e c k t h e co m m u n i t y c a l e n d a r a t w w w. r o m e g a . co m fo r e ve nt d e t a i l s .

Dear Chamber Friend,It is a pleasure to be a part of an organization dedicated to its mission, to promote

prosperity and growth in Rome and Floyd County for and through its business memberships. During the course of the year we have highlighted this mission along with focusing on education, community marketing and more. We are truly proud of the continued improvements to this great community.

This edition has a Nonprofit Spotlight on Lovejoy Baptist Church, a Newcomer Profile on Logan and Bo Kirchhoff, and a “French Christmas” article by Chamber intern Aurelie Gaborit de Montjou. This edition also contains New Members and Renewals.

As the 2014 Chairman of the Board of Directors, I would like to extend an invitation for you to visit the Chamber of Commerce located at 1 Riverside Parkway and meet the Chamber staff. You will find an incredible group who are committed to the future of Rome and Floyd County.Sincerely,Anne H. Kaiser

Georgia Power Company2014 Chairman of the Board, Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce

Community Events December4-7Berry College Theatre’s A Taffeta ChristmasLocation: Berry College’s E H Young TheatreRome, GA 30161

Time: Varies (Check Community Calendar at www.romega.com)

6-7Winter Art MarketLocation: 402 Civic Center DrRome, GA 30161 (Rome Civic Center)Time: 12:00p.m.

7Christmas Concert - Rome Symphony OrchestraLocation: 601 Broad StreetRome, GA 30161 (Rome City Auditorium)Time: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00p.m.

9Sign and Song on Broad Street (Christmas Caroling)NWGA Center for Independent LivingLocation: Parking Deck at 5th Ave and Broad St Rome, GA 30161Time: 5:00p.m.

16Three Rivers Singers’ Christmas Concert Location: Berry College Chapel Rome, GA 30161Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00p.m.

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The first 100 Years1914-2014

Lovejoy Baptist Church

Lovejoy Baptist Church II Rev. Carey Ingram

View of Lovejoy Baptist Church. Founded in 1914, the church continues to expand in the Light of Faith.

Founded in 1914, Lovejoy Baptist Church celebrated this year its 100th anniversary. The Reverend Carey Ingram devotedly sat

with us and told us more about his history, the history he has with the Church and the mission carried out by Lovejoy through its members.Ingram’s story Born and raised in Rome, GA, Rev. In-gram has been pastor at Lovejoy for 27 years. Since his arrival in 1987, he has li-censed seven young men to be ministers.

Raised primarily by his grandmother who was a churchgoer, there was no choice but to go to church in his younger years. “I would tell her, Grandma I got a headache,” she would say “take an aspirin, we’re going to church.” “Grandma I got to turn in a paper today, I got-ta study,” she would say “Sure! Take an aspi-rin, we’re going to church,” Rev. Ingram said. For Rev. Ingram, church became his life in Christ but also his social life. He would do everything at church because it became his home. Eventually, Rev. Ingram met his childhood sweetheart, Judy at church and they have been married for 39 years.

Text by: Aurelie Gaborit de MontjouPhotos by: Jacob Bean

During his younger years, all his surroundings claimed he was going to be a preacher one day. After graduating from Shorter University and inspired by people like his grandmother, he decided to go into ministry.After 27 years with the Church, Rev. Ingram says the church and its members live by their name, Lovejoy.

The practice at the Church is to love each other and to be there for each other. For the ‘joy’ part, Rev. In-gram assures that Love-joy has one of the most dynamic choirs and musi-cians in Northwest Georgia.Celebration of 100 years Lovejoy Church celebrat-ed its 100th anniversary this past August. To honor the event, the Church held three services instead of two services on that day. A special guest was also pres-ent to celebrate the Church.“Reverend Darrell Shaw from New Corinth Mis-sionary Baptist Church in Euharlee, GA, did an awesome job of defin-ing the Church and I pray

now what God has called on us to do,” Rev. Ingram said. In commemoration of the anni-versary, the Church also decid-ed to create a book filled with stories, images and memories of the past 100 years. “Also, the Church asked their members to give a “cup of coffee’s worth” to an extra offering each week.

We raised about $25,000 thatwe are going to use at the endof the year to make improve-ments around the church. The church has several pro-grams to reach out and help the community across Rome, GA, such as a drug awareness program and a food and cloth-ing pantry. The Church also has a dance ministry, a praise and worship team, and a mime ministry. Every fourth Sunday is the Youth Sunday at Lovejoy. Rev. Ingram has been chosen to serve as Grand Marshall for the 2014 Rome Christmas Parade.

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“We have a saying here: I love you a bushel and a peck, and a hug around the neck. And there’s nothing you can do about it.”

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Newcomer Profiles

Both from small towns in Missouri, Logan and Bo Kirchhoff met in college and got engaged when Logan was finishing up his managers program.

Bo was not on the path of management in college. However, she does not regret her decision one second considering that she loves working with her husband and her passions, which are clothes and fashion. Buckle timeline

Logan – “When I went to school for management, I found an internship with Buckle the Summer before I graduated from college. I worked with Buckle that Summer and worked part-time my last semester. After, I went into the managers program because I loved it.”

Why Rome, Ga.Logan –“I think WE picked Rome, but Rome chose us

too. I’m from a very small town of about 400 people and Bo’s town does not have a population. I knew I didn’t want to go anywhere big to manage; it’s just not my thing. My culture is small towns. Even though I can get along with anyone, it’s the type of people I love being around the most. When this store came open, we thought it was a good opportunity.”

Bo- “We’re not used to big cities. We are used to college towns. I could not see myself doing something away from Logan and not following my true passion with fashion. I have loved working here since the beginning. Now I am an assistant in training.” Buckle Experience

Logan –“If you want clothing, you can expect to find everything. We are a denim specialty store with so many fits. ‘A jean for everyone’ is our mission. We also have our specialty brand that always follows the trends.” Buckle not only carries denim, but a wide variety of shirts, blouses, outerwear and accessories. “The day is rare when I’m not head to toe Buckled out.”

Bo-“With everything that we offer in the store, we could literally cover somebody head to toe if they walked in wanting a complete new outfit.” What do you think of Rome so far?

Logan –“We love it. We have made friends. It was overwhelming at first working from open to close. It was a pretty easy transition. We have our friends and our usual places where we go out and eat.”

From Missouri to Rome, Logan and Bo Kirchhoff have seized the opportunity to open their dream store and follow their true passions: managing and fashion.

Buckle Manager & Assistant II Logan & Bo KirchhoffText by: Aurelie Gaborit de Montjou

Logan and Bo’s wedding day

Favorite TV Show“The Walking Dead”

Favorite movieLogan - “Forgetting Sarah

Marshall.”Bo – “Pretty Woman” and “The Lion King.”

Favorite Recent song

Tim McGraw & Faith Hill‘Meanwhile Back

at Mama’s’

Favorite book“Aragon series and Game of Thrones.”

hidden skillsBo - “Logan is a

professional Yu-Gi-Oh player.”

Logan - “And ping-pong.”Bo - “If I have hidden

skills, I don’t know it yet. It’s a real secret!”

Fun Facts

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Welcome to Rome,Logan and Bo!

photo by: Jacob Bean

Bo-“We also have our regular servers when we go out! We have fully submerged ourselves into the Rome culture. We love it here and we love the people, they are so nice.”

“Southern hospitality is a real thing and everybody has accepted us with open arms. We also have a mall family, which is great.”

Joyeux Nöel from Paris

Aurelie Gaborit de Montjou (center) is a senior communica-tions major at Shorter University and has been an intern with the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce and Q-102 radio.

The Champs-Elysees by night.

Aurelie interned at the Chamber during her last semester at Shorter University. The Cham-ber staff has benefited immensely through Aurelie’s hard work and dedication to each task she was charged with, especially this edition of Momen-tum. As a true Parisian, we asked Aurelie to share her Christmas memories and traditions with our readers. Movies don’t lie; Paris is truly a beautiful, magical city. Not only is it an iconic city, it’s my home. The city is beautiful all throughout the year, but if I had to chose my favorite season, it would be the winter, accompanied by Christmas. Christmas in Paris is nothing like I have ever seen anywhere else. I love numerous things about Christmas at home. Even when it gets dark in the evening, there are so many lights displayed that the city comes to life when the Christmas lights start to shine. For this special oc-casion that is Christmas, the boutiques and stores will display their best Christmas decorations and lights. People literally gather in front of window dis-plays in order to have a chance to see the animated Christmas spectacular that stores offer. One of the unique things to do in Paris during Christmas is to walk along the Champs-Elysées. This is where the Christmas market takes place all throughout the month of December. People from all around travel to Paris to have a chance to see it. It stretches all the way up the avenue and all the booths are so cute.

A hot chocolate is a must have. How-ever, my favorite thing during Christmas is the family life. Because my fam-ily is so spread out and busy all year, Christ-mas is always the one time that everyone will be gathered in the same place. Christmas is a big event to organize and is always a mas-sive chaos during that time, and I LOVE it!! It is usually right at the start of December that everyone will email and call each other in panic to know what we are doing. Where are we doing Christmas? What time are we go-ing to mass? Who is bringing what for dinner? Who is getting what for Christmas? Are we going to see an Opera? Are we going to the movies? So many questions to answer and so much to organize. Once Christmas is finally here, is it a joyful moment where the fam-ily gets to sit down together and talk about things and catch up on each other’s lives. Af-ter enjoying a nice Christmas break together, we all resume our busy lives, until next year.

Story by: Aurelie Gaborit de Montjou

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Cartridge WorldMs. Missy Alford cuts the ribbon as the new

owner of Cartridge World located at 315 Riverside Parkway NE STE 160.

Kitchen and Bath DepotMr. Mike Finnegan cuts the ribbon for

their new showroom located at249 N 5th Ave SW.

Walmart Care ClinicWalmart officials cut the ribbon for

the new clinic located at2510 Redmond Cir NW.

Ribbon Cuttings

Sienna & BelliniMr. William Deason and staff cut the ribbon

for Sienna & Bellini located in Mount Berry Square Mall at

2770 Martha Berry Hwy.

Vapor CraftMr. Mark Crowe cuts the ribbon for

Vapor Craft located at 1850 Redmond Cir NW STE 400.

What If Comics and CollectablesMr. Jason LeCroy cuts the ribbon for

What If Comics and Collectables located at 1850 Redmond Cir NW STE 700.

New Members2Work Staffing

 Ms. Melinda Espinosa1838 Redmond Circle NW STE H

Rome, GA 30165(706) 591-8700

www.2workstaff.com

Cornerstone Concrete DevelopmentMr. Garrett Jones

15 Granite Way NERome, GA 30161 (770) 324-1033

www.conercrete.com

Dave Ward AgencyMr. Dave Ward108A E 5th Ave

Rome, GA 30161(706) 291-1012

Allied Food ServiceATCO Fire Protection, Inc.Barnes Autobody, Inc.Ben Hill RoofingCHASE StaffingChulio Hills Health & Rehab CenterComcast SpotlightEmployer Support of Guard and ReserveEtowah EmploymentExchange Club Family Resource CenterFirst Baptist Church of LindaleFirst Choice RestorationFP - PigmentsHanson Pipe and Precast Southeast, IncHawthorne Suites, Ltd.High Voltage Prints

Honeymoon BakeryJEM MFG, LLCJunior Service LeaugeKiwanis Club of RomeLaw Office of Daniele Tedesco, LLCLiverett Fabricating Co. Longhorn SteakhouseMcRae, Stegall, Peek, Harman, Smith & Manning LLPO’Neal, Inc.Pattillo Construction Company.Publix Super Markets, Inc.Ringer’s Limousine of Rome GARolan Business Machine Co., Inc.Roman Trading LLCRummel Stampings, Inc.

STEMCO RomeThe Big Matress OutletWilliam S. Davies Shelter, Inc.Winthrop West Senior LivingWire Tech Ltd.

Advertiser’s Indexpage 2

Harbin Clinic1825 Martha Berry Highway

www.harbinclinic.com706-295-5331

page 5Greene’s Jewelers328 Broad Street

www.greenesjewelers.com706-291-7236

Berry College Campbell School

of Business MBA Program

2277 Martha Berry Highwaywww.berry.edu/mba

706-238-5896

River City Bank228 N 2nd Ave SW

www.rivercitybankonline.com706-236-2123

Back CoverFord, Gittings

& KaneJewelers

312 Broad Streetwww.fgkjewelers.com

706-291-8811

page 11Georgia Power

800 Broad Stwww.georgiapower.com

(888) 660-5890

page 15Southeastern Mills

333 Old Lindale Roadwww.semills.com

Lifeshape, Inc.Ms. Rhonda Sadler

2277 Martha Berry Hwy Mt. Berry, GA 30149

(706) 383-9890www.lifeshape.org

Northwest Exterminating CompanyMs. Gail Jones

1003 Merchants DrDallas, GA 30132(678) 888-0639

www.callnorthwest.com

David PrusakowskiState Farm Agency

Mr. David Prusakowski8 E 3rd Ave

Rome, GA 30161(706) 291-9650

www.davidprusakowski.comRodan + Fields

Ms. Cheryl Dacey4188 Roswell Rd NEAtlanta, GA 30342

(404) 660-4400

Renewals

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Visitor’s GuideDowntown Rome

Floyd County

Points of Interest1 Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce2 Rome and Floyd County Library3 City Hall4 Clocktower5 Historic DeSoto Theatre6 Old Courthouse7 Myrtle Hill Cemetery8 Heritage Park9 Tennis Complex Barron Stadium10 The Forum11 Rome Area History Museum12 Harbin Clinic Tony E. Warren Cancer Center

Points of Interest13 Oak Hill & the Martha Berry Museum14 Chieftain’s Museum15 Greater Rome Convention & Visitors Bureau and Rome Visitors Center16 Ridge Ferry Park17 Shorter University18 Mt. Berry Square Mall19 Cave Spring20 Lock & Dam Park21 Coosa Valley Fairgrounds22 Stonebridge Golf Course23 Berry College24 Floyd Medical Center25 Harbin Clinic26 Redmond Regional Medical Center27 Darlington Lower School28 Darlington Upper School29 Georgia Northwestern Technical College30 Unity Christian School31 State Mutual Stadium32 Saint Mary’s Catholic School33 Georgia Highlands College34 Richard B. Russell Regional Airport35 Georgia School for the Deaf

312 Broad Street, Historic Downtown Romewww.fgkjewelers.com 706.291.8811

Wishing you a Bright Christmas