🌱 Georgia Power Agreement Filed + Cartersville Farmers Market

Hello again, everybody! It's me, Danielle Fallon-O'Leary, your host of the Cartersville Daily. Let's get this Wednesday started off right, with a quick review of everything you need to know about what's happening in town.

First, today's weather:

Very hot. High: 98 Low: 73.

Here are the top five stories today in Cartersville:

1. By the beginning of August, Georgia Power would retire two coal-burning units and two gas-fired turbines at two power plants under an agreement filed with the state Public Service Commission (PSC) Monday. The Atlanta-based utility would also put the brakes on a proposal to develop 1,000 megawatts of energy-generating capacity through battery storage by 2030. Last January's original IRP update called for retiring nine coal-burning units, leaving only two of the four units at Plant Bowen near Cartersville. However, the new agreement would close two coal-burning units at Plant Wansley near Carrollton, one gas turbine at Wansley, and a second gas unit at Plant Boulevard in Savannah by Aug. 1. (The Current GA)
2. Are you in the market for a new home? If so, don't miss this week's real estate roundup for the Cartersville area. Patch and Redfin have teamed up to bring you this list of newly available properties in your area. Click the link for listings. (Cartersville Patch)
3. Cartersville-Bartow Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has selected Urban SDK to provide traffic and safety data services. The data collected will be delivered to the State of Georgia to provide modeling for CBMPO, which is in the process of kicking off its Long Range Transportation Plan for 2050, as well as its Transportation Improvement Program.“We created Urban SDK to help organizations efficiently serve their communities by making data-driven decisions,” Drew Messer, Urban SDK Co-Founder and CEO, said. (EIN News)
4. Get ready for the Market day this Saturday at the Cartersville Farmers Market! Sutton Farm will be there for the first time this season, offering new potatoes and a variety of other farm-fresh food products. The market takes place from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday mornings through September at 10 N Public Sq. in Cartersville. (Facebook)
5. Calling all local writers! Do you want to share the inside scoop with Cartersville residents and earn extra income while doing it? If so, apply to write a daily newsletter for Cartersville. Find out more information at the link. (Patch)

Today in Cartersville:

• Summer Small Business Series: Grow With Google, At Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber Of Commerce (8:00 AM)
• Lunch & Learn: Linda Kellogg, At Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber Of Commerce (12:00 PM)
• Etowah Native American Games Program, At Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site (2:00 PM)
• Pathways To Freedom: A Story In Every Stitch, At Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber Of Commerce (2:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• A heat advisory was in effect yesterday, as heat index values of 105 to 110 were expected. (WRGA)
• Did you see these adorable wanted posters the Cartersville police put out for found dogs? (WSB-TV)
• Friends of Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites shared four secret mountain lakes and towns you'll love. Check them out at the link! (Friends of Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday. I'll see you around!

— Danielle Fallon-O'Leary

About me: Danielle Fallon is a senior writer with content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and assists Patch.com with community newsletter curation. Danielle also holds a Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and works part-time as a pediatric speech therapist.