(northwestgeorgianews.com) – When he took office Rome-Floyd County Fire Chief Troy Brock made clear the completion of the long-discussed Firefighters Memorial Plaza was going to be a priority for his administration.
It has been talked about for years and late-Chief Bobbie McKenzie had dreamed up the idea — and Saturday that idea came to fruition.
“When I got my administration set up, the first meeting I said this is no longer going to be a vision, this is going to be a reality,” Chief Brock said.
Brock and virtually every firefighter on the force participated in a variety of fundraising drives over the last couple of years to complete the fundraising for the plaza that McKenzie first proposed more than a decade ago.
Fundraising efforts were slow to evolve and got put on a back burner over the years.
The budget was the plaza was approximately $125,000 and the in-kind of efforts by a lot of different groups finally enabled Brock and his team to break ground for the plaza in March of this year.
“This is an awesome day for the Rome-Floyd County Fire Department,” Brock said.
The site for the plaza, at West Sixth Avenue and West First Street was identified more than 15 years ago. It was originally the site of the old station seven many decades ago.
