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| Are you seeing that mileage? Today was our longest day by 17 miles! |
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| The whole crew assembled for send off this morning at Northminster Presbyterian Church. |
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| Today I got creative and made a peanut butter and Nutella pancake taco for first lunch. It was probably the best idea I've had yet. |
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| Every Bike & Build route has a trailer that they get to paint. When we got our trailer it had last year's paint on it, so we started by painting the entire thing white. In doing so we covered up a memorial for Christina Genco, a route leader who was killed on the route in 2012. In a meeting about trailer design I was pretty adamant about wanting to put the memorial for her back on the trailer. Tonight I was watching TV when one of the painters came and asked if I would be okay with putting Harrison's name on the memorial too. I was moved that my team would want him to be included and I was honored to paint not just his name but also Christina's and Paige's, another Bike & Build leader who was hit and killed on route. |
Background Information/Demographics
Founded
in 1834
Named
after Rome, Italy, which was built on seven hills with a river running between
them
29.4
square miles
Largest
city in Northwest Georgia and the 19th largest city in Georgia
Population
of 36,159 in 2012
3.4%
increase in population since 2000
98%
urban, 2% rural
Sex:
47.6% male, 52.4% female
Median
resident age: 35.1 years (Georgia: 40.0 years)
Race:
White 52.8%, Black 28.1%, Hispanic 15.3%, Asian 2.1%
Religion:
Southern Baptist 71%, United Methodist 11%, other 19%
Income Statistics (2011)
Per
Capita Income: $19,004
Median
Household Income: $32,026 (Georgia: $46,007)
Median
House Value: $114,040 (Georgia: $147,100)
Median
Gross Rent: $674/month
Unemployment
(2013): 11.7% (Georgia: 9.1%)
Fair
Housing Wage (calculated from Median Gross Rent): $14.04/hour; $2,247/month;
$26,964/year
Minimum
Wage: $7.25/hour
Economy
Manufacturing – General Electric
(medium transformers)
Rome Plow Company (armed vehicles for US Military)
Carpet mills
Education – Shorter College
(founded in 1873; 3,500 students enrolled)
Berry College (founded in 1902; 2,250 students enrolled)
Healthcare – Floyd Medical Center
Redmond Regional Medical Center (#1 midsized hospital in Georgia)
Harbin Clinic
Technology – Brugg Cables
Telecom
Suzuki Manufacturing of America
Neaton Rome (auto parts makers)
F&P Georgia (auto parts makers)
Peach State Labs
North American Headquarters of Pirelli Tire
Sports tourism – Rome Braves (home
of the Class A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves since 2003)
Georgia Fire (team that plays in Professional Indoor Football
League)
Host of NAIA Football National Championship
Host of various tennis tournaments
Fun Facts/Things to See and Do!
Seven
hills: Blossom, Jackson, Lumpkin, Neely, Shorter, Myrtle, and Mt. Aventine
Three
rivers meet in Rome at the bridge with the flag on it (US 27): Etowah, Coosa,
and Oostanaula
Statue
of Romulus and Remus (mythological founders of Rome, Italy) in front of City
Hall given to Rome, GA by Benito Mussolini in 1929
Oak
Hill & the Martha Berry Museum – where the founder of Berry College lived, where
Sweet Home Alabama was filmed
Ford
at Berry (castle-like building to the right of main campus named after Henry
Ford) – where Remember the Titans was filmed
Broad Street – Harvest Moon Cafe, Honeymoon Bakery (local
eateries)
The Reservoir at Berry – all natural reservoir that
provides Berry College with drinking water, beautiful hike
City Clocktower & Museum (E 2nd St & E 5th Ave)
Chieftains
Museum – official site on National Trail of Tears (501 Riverside Pkwy NE)
The Catty Corner:
Erin ate cereal at second lunch and used sweet tea because she couldn't find any milk. The South will rise again!
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