State of Georgia News & Updates
Governor Brian Kemp has issued a new executive order, declaring a State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery as well as regulatory suspensions. For full details, read the executive orders here: State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery - in effect until September 28Regulatory Suspensions Senate Bill 359 [...]
City of Roswell News & Updates
Roswell Mayor Lori Henry’s current Executive Order was issued on July 7, 2021, renewing the Public Health State of Emergency and revised COVID-19 safety measures in conjunction with Governor Kemp’s Executive Orders, which now extend through September 28, 2021. Mayor Henry's Executive Order and Proclamation (July 7, 2021) While recognizing that [...]
Welcome to Roswell | July 2021
Bayou'Q on Canton Street Happy 1-year Anniversary, Bayou’Q! Owner Marcus Dickman was born in Roswell and grew up in New Orleans where he spent many hours in his family's kitchen, experiencing Louisiana culture and cuisine firsthand. After many years of working in the restaurant industry, Marcus debuted Bayou'Q Bistreaux & [...]
Two New Distilleries and a Meadery add to Roswell’s Growing Craft Beverage Industry
Roswell’s first microbrewery, Gate City Brewing, opened just six years ago following the establishment of the city’s microbrewery ordinance, which Roswell Inc helped to bring about. Since then, the city’s craft beverage scene has grown to include nine craft beverage destinations—including breweries, craft beer and wine markets as well as [...]
Q&A: Select Fulton’s New SizeUp Tool
For this month's Q&A, we sat down with Select Fulton's Deputy Director, Samir Abdullahi, and Project Researcher, Alvin Darden, to discuss their new FREE business intelligence tool—SizeUp. We discuss the tool's purpose, how to access it and the most popular and beneficial data functions. For readers that are unfamiliar, can [...]
Roswell Inc’s New Site Selection Tool Helps Signs of Significance Expand
In Fall 2020, through our partnership with Georgia Power, we launched our newest site selection tool powered by REsimplifi—a local commercial real estate marketplace with a mission to collect, connect, and distribute accurate data to commercial real estate professionals, business prospects, and economic development organizations. REsimplifi’s site selection tool is [...]
Welcome to Roswell | June 2020
Immeasurable Soul Food & Bar Welcome to Roswell, Immeasurable Soul Food & Bar! Located on Mansell Road, Immeasurable works hard to ensure that every customer they serve experiences the intentionality and love that they put into every bite. They offer breakfast, lunch and dinner menus that feature southern favorites such [...]
Board Member Spotlight | July 2021
In October of 2014, Lisa Stevens formed MKT Collaborative, a boutique marketing firm specializing in the built environment. She has spent over fourteen years immersed in the commercial real estate industry learning the essentials of what makes great, effective marketing for design and construction firms. She has had the good [...]
Pop’s Coffee Co. Fuels Customer’s Need for Speed and Caffeine
Pop's Coffee Company—an expansion of family-owned, custom motorcycle shop Pop's Garage Fabrication—began work on the concept after securing the second half of their building in early 2020. Pop’s Garage Fabrication has gained significant attention and notoriety over the years among Harley Davidson riders and motorcyclists around the country. Co-founders of [...]
Roswell Economic Development & Tourism, Inc. Announces New President and Welcomes Nine New Members
Roswell Economic Development and Tourism, Inc.—the board of directors that oversees our organization as well as destination marketing organization Visit Roswell—has announced that Jon-Paul Croom, president of Wellstar North Fulton Hospital, will take on the role of board president, after four years on the board. Former Board President Kenneth Davis, [...]
Gate City Brewing Co. Launches The Artillery Room
Gate City Brewing Co. celebrates the grand opening of The Artillery Room — historic Roswell’s newest gathering space and craft cocktail experience. The newly renovated 3,700-square-foot space boasts upstairs loft seating and an outdoor terrace for the community to enjoy. The expansive roll-up garage door opening on Canton Street becomes [...]
Welcome to Roswell | April & May 2021
Urban Skin Care Welcome to Roswell, Urban Skin Care! Located in the Salon Lofts on Woodstock Road, Urban Skin Care specialize in preventative and corrective skincare solutions. They are committed to providing clinically-proven and results-driven treatments with the highest integrity of customer service in the aesthetic industry to help their [...]
Growth & Expansion are on the Horizon for Uncle Jack’s
In April 2020, a prime Canton Street restaurant location became vacant, and although many worried this space would remain empty, the location immediately caught the attention of former Food Network host and restaurateur Willie Degel. Degel first brought his Uncle Jack’s concept to Georgia in 2016 when he opened Uncle [...]
Driving Roswell’s Economy for One Hundred Years
Roswell Motor Company, now home to Gate City Brewing Company & Rock N' Taco Elaine Deniro, Certified Archivist for the Roswell Historical Society, joins us to give an overview of the history of Roswell's automotive industry, which was established one hundred years ago. The Roswell Historical Society, established in 1971, [...]
Board Spotlight | June 2021
Mike Prewett is the President and Managing Broker of Century 21 Connect Realty and has been an Atlanta area Realtor for over 34 years now. A graduate of The University of Georgia, Mike then moved to the Roswell area and made a commitment to becoming involved in our community. He [...]
Roswell DDA Selects West Alley, LLC for Historic District Hotel Project
The Roswell Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board voted on May 4th to recommend West Alley, LLC as the private developer to bring its boutique hotel concept with multi-use office, retail and restaurant space to the City of Roswell’s Historic District. The vote was 6 to 1 to move forward with [...]
#ComeBackSafely with TYSOD
Due to the onset of COVID-19, Tolbert Yilmaz School of Dance (TYSOD) had to close its studio in mid-March. However, the studio began virtual classes just one week later, allowing dancers to join them via Zoom from their garage, basement, kitchen and even the backyard when the weather was nice. [...]
Wellstar’s COVID Awareness & Prevention Efforts Make a Big Impact
Shortly after the onset of the pandemic, Dr. Karim Godamunné, Chief Medical Officer at Wellstar North Fulton Hospital, began reviewing the hospital’s data and discovered a disproportionate number of North Fulton’s Hispanic residents were falling ill from the virus. Dr. Godamunné enlisted the help of his colleague Felix Soto-Izaguirre, Chief [...]
Board Member Spotlight | May 2021
Kevin Bamford has been in the Banking/ Financial industry serving the Roswell and North Fulton Community since 1998. Currently he is the manager of the Roswell and East Cobb offices of Renasant Bank where he manages a team of retail bankers focused on deepening customer relationships, customer retention, and is [...]
GreyOrange Relocates Its Global HQ to Roswell
Official State of Georgia Press Release Governor Brian P. Kemp recently announced that GreyOrange, a global leader in AI-enabled software and robotics for fulfillment automation, is investing more than $1 million in relocating its global headquarters to Roswell. This move will create 200 additional jobs in the area. “I am [...]
#ComeBackSafely with Roswell Eye Clinic
Roswell Eye Clinic is just one of hundreds of businesses that have taken Roswell’s “Come Back Safely Pledge” to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our community. Businesses that take the pledge promise to wash hands frequently and have hand sanitizer available, wear face coverings when interacting with guests, follow [...]
A Year of Growth & Success for 3 Hermanos Supermarket
Located at the corner of Holcomb Bridge and Highway 9 in the recently renovated Roswell Village shopping center, longtime Roswell business 3 Hermanos Supermarket relocated to its new store in February. The new facility allowed the supermarket to more than double the size of its Roswell location—going from 7,200 square [...]
Board Member Spotlight | April 2021
Allen Barker has more than 25 years of retail and commercial banking experience that began with C&S National Bank. He joined Bank of North Georgia (now Synovus) in 1997 as Vice President and Commercial Lending Officer. In 1999, he was promoted to Senior Vice President in Corporate Banking and became [...]
Welcome to Roswell | March 2021
Texican Barbecue Welcome to Roswell, Texican Barbecue! Located on Atlanta Street in Historic Roswell, Texican is a locally-owned, Tex-Mex barbecue restaurant. The restaurant features a spacious outdoor, sun shaded patio in addition to indoor seating. Their menu offers an array of delicious dishes including barria tacos, BBQ nachos, burgers as [...]
State of the City 2021 Recap
The 9th Annual Roswell State of the City was held virtually in mid-March, with nearly 250 attendees streaming in live! Roswell Inc recapped projects from the previous year, gave an overview of current market trends and provided insight into what’s to come for the business community in the year ahead, [...]