December 2014 Momentum Magazine

Momentum

December 2014

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

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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS December 2014

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Published monthly by the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce, 1 Riverside Parkway, Rome, GA 30161.

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Table of Contents

In this Issue...

Letter from the Chairman......................................... 4 Content by: Shorter University Students Aurelie Gaborit de Montjou Jacob Bean For Advertising and Editorial Information: 706-291-7663

On the Cover

Nonprofit Spotlight:

Lovejoy Baptist Church....................................... 6-7

Newcomer Profiles:

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

Membership Report:

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

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LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN 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 Company 2014 Chairman of the Board, Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce

Community Events 4-7

December

Berry College Theatre’s A Taffeta Christmas Location: Berry College’s E H Young Theatre Rome, GA 30161 Time: Varies (Check Community Calendar at www.romega.com)

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

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Winter Art Market Location: 402 Civic Center Dr Rome, GA 30161 (Rome Civic Center) Time: 12:00p.m.

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Christmas Concert - Rome Symphony Orchestra Location: 601 Broad Street Rome, GA 30161 (Rome City Auditorium) Time: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00p.m.

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

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Lovejoy Baptist Church

The first 100 Years 1914-2014 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.

Text by: Aurelie Gaborit de Montjou Photos by: Jacob Bean

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ounded 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. Ingram has been pastor at Lovejoy for 27 years. Since his arrival in 1987, he has licensed seven young men to be ministers.

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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 gotta study,” she would say “Sure! Take an aspirin, 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.

“We have a saying here: I love you a bushel and a peck, and a hug around the neck.

And there’s nothing Celebration of 100 years you can do about it.”

Lovejoy Church celebratThe practice at the Church is to love each other and to be there for each other.

For the ‘joy’ part, Rev. Ingram assures that Lovejoy has one of the most dynamic choirs and musicians in Northwest Georgia.

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.

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 present to celebrate the Church.

“Reverend Darrell Shaw from New Corinth Missionary Baptist Church in Euharlee, GA, did an awesome job of defining the Church and I pray now what God has called on us to do,” Rev. Ingram said.

In commemoration of the anniversary, the Church also decided 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 that we are going to use at the end of the year to make improvements around the church.

The church has several programs to reach out and help the community across Rome, GA, such as a drug awareness program and a food and clothing 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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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.

Newcomer Profiles

Buckle Manager & Assistant II Logan & Bo Kirchhoff Text by: Aurelie Gaborit de Montjou Why Rome, Ga.

Logan and Bo’s wedding day

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oth 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 –“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 – “When I went to school for management, I Logan –“We love it. We have made friends. It was found an internship with Buckle the Summer before overwhelming at first working from open to close. It I graduated from college. I worked with Buckle that was a pretty easy transition. We have our friends and Summer and worked part-time my last semester. After, our usual places where we go out and eat.”

I went into the managers program because I loved it.”

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

Fun Facts Favorite TV Show “The Walking Dead”

Favorite movie

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.”

Welcome to Rome, Logan and Bo!

Logan - “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 skills

Bo - “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!”

photo by: Jacob Bean

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Joyeux Nöel from Paris Aurelie interned at the Chamber during her last semester at Shorter University. The Chamber staff has benefited immensely through Aurelie’s hard work and dedication to each task she was charged with, especially this edition of Momentum. 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 occasion that is Christmas, the boutiques and stores will display their best Christmas decorations and lights. People literally gather in front of window displays 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.

The Champs-Elysees by night.

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

A hot chocolate is a must have. However, my favorite thing during Christmas is the family life. Because my family is so spread out and busy all year, Christmas 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 massive 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 going 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 family gets to sit down together and talk about things and catch up on each other’s lives. After 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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Ribbon Cuttings

Cartridge World Ms. Missy Alford cuts the ribbon as the new owner of Cartridge World located at 315 Riverside Parkway NE STE 160.

Walmart Care Clinic Walmart officials cut the ribbon for the new clinic located at 2510 Redmond Cir NW.

Vapor Craft Mr. Mark Crowe cuts the ribbon for Vapor Craft located at 1850 Redmond Cir NW STE 400.

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Kitchen and Bath Depot Mr. Mike Finnegan cuts the ribbon for their new showroom located at 249 N 5th Ave SW.

What If Comics and Collectables Mr. Jason LeCroy cuts the ribbon for What If Comics and Collectables located at 1850 Redmond Cir NW STE 700.

Sienna & Bellini Mr. William Deason and staff cut the ribbon for Sienna & Bellini located in Mount Berry Square Mall at 2770 Martha Berry Hwy.

2Work Staffing Ms. Melinda Espinosa 1838 Redmond Circle NW STE H Rome, GA 30165 (706) 591-8700 www.2workstaff.com

New Members

Lifeshape, Inc. Ms. Rhonda Sadler 2277 Martha Berry Hwy Mt. Berry, GA 30149 (706) 383-9890 www.lifeshape.org

Cornerstone Concrete Development Mr. Garrett Jones 15 Granite Way NE Rome, GA 30161 (770) 324-1033 www.conercrete.com

Dave Ward Agency Mr. Dave Ward 108A E 5th Ave Rome, GA 30161 (706) 291-1012

Northwest Exterminating Company Ms. Gail Jones 1003 Merchants Dr Dallas, GA 30132 (678) 888-0639 www.callnorthwest.com

David Prusakowski State Farm Agency Mr. David Prusakowski 8 E 3rd Ave Rome, GA 30161 (706) 291-9650 www.davidprusakowski.com

Rodan + Fields Ms. Cheryl Dacey 4188 Roswell Rd NE Atlanta, GA 30342 (404) 660-4400

Allied Food Service ATCO Fire Protection, Inc. Barnes Autobody, Inc. Ben Hill Roofing CHASE Staffing Chulio Hills Health & Rehab Center Comcast Spotlight Employer Support of Guard and Reserve Etowah Employment Exchange Club Family Resource Center First Baptist Church of Lindale First Choice Restoration FP - Pigments Hanson Pipe and Precast Southeast, Inc Hawthorne Suites, Ltd. High Voltage Prints

Renewals

Honeymoon Bakery JEM MFG, LLC Junior Service Leauge Kiwanis Club of Rome Law Office of Daniele Tedesco, LLC Liverett Fabricating Co. Longhorn Steakhouse McRae, Stegall, Peek, Harman, Smith & Manning LLP O’Neal, Inc. Pattillo Construction Company.

Publix Super Markets, Inc. Ringer’s Limousine of Rome GA Rolan Business Machine Co., Inc. Roman Trading LLC Rummel Stampings, Inc.

STEMCO Rome The Big Matress Outlet William S. Davies Shelter, Inc. Winthrop West Senior Living Wire Tech Ltd.

Advertiser’s Index page 2 Harbin Clinic 1825 Martha Berry Highway www.harbinclinic.com 706-295-5331 page 5 Greene’s Jewelers 328 Broad Street www.greenesjewelers.com 706-291-7236

Berry College Campbell School of Business MBA Program 2277 Martha Berry Highway www.berry.edu/mba 706-238-5896 River City Bank 228 N 2nd Ave SW www.rivercitybankonline.com 706-236-2123

page 11 Georgia Power 800 Broad St www.georgiapower.com (888) 660-5890 page 15 Southeastern Mills 333 Old Lindale Road www.semills.com

Back Cover Ford, Gittings & Kane Jewelers 312 Broad Street www.fgkjewelers.com 706-291-8811

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1 Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce 2 Rome and Floyd County Library 3 City Hall 4 Clocktower 5 Historic DeSoto Theatre 6 Old Courthouse 7 Myrtle Hill Cemetery 8 Heritage Park 9 Tennis Complex Barron Stadium 10 The Forum 11 Rome Area History Museum 12 Harbin Clinic Tony E. Warren Cancer Center

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Wishing you a Bright Christmas

312 Broad Street, Historic Downtown Rome www.fgkjewelers.com 706.291.8811