AP Business

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee announces the 2016 Residential Beautification Award from various sections of Gainesville-Hall County.

At just 22 years of age, Shameet Desai is not letting youth stand in the way of his dream to own his own business. Desai recently signed a multi-unit franchise agreement with Huddle House, becoming one of the chain’s youngest franchisees.

Signs By Tomorrow recently awarded scholarships to two Hall County high school seniors.

Georgia Power recently presented Ace Hardware Corporation’s Gainesville Retail Support Center with a Commercial Energy Efficiency rebate check for nearly $26,000 for energy efficiency improvements.

Mark Ivester will be the new president of North Georgia Technical College.

A Sonic will open this summer at the former site of Chick-Fil-A on Pearl Nix Parkway in Gainesville.

Sixty-three students from four countries and 10 states began work recently toward Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees in what a Brenau University School of Nursing professor describes as one of the most experienced classes in the program’s history.

Lawson Air Conditioning & Plumbing staff recently traveled to Huntington Beach, Calif., to receive Carrier’s 2016 President’s Award.

Brooks Family Farm in Lula is one of the newest members of the American Angus Association.

The gavel has dropped on another successful Georgia Legal Food Frenzy Competition and, locally, the Whelchel, Dunlap, Jarrard & Walker law firm, placed first overall and in funds collected.