AP Business

The Piedmont College Walker School of Business will hold two free workshops April 4 and April 11 for area businesses on topics of strategic management and business valuation.

Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) has selected Gainesville High School sophomore Spencer Sumner and West Hall High School sophomore Georgia Warnock to participate in the national Washington Youth Tour June 9-16.

Gainesville Main Street Manager Regina Mansfield has successfully completed the Georgia Downtown Association’s Professional Development Program level one review, and as a result has received the designation of Georgia Downtown Development Professional.

Groundbreaking was held Friday for a new 109-acres park in Forsyth County.

Cirque Italia, an Italian water circus, is coming to Gainesville to benefit Habitat for Humanity.

The owner of Gainesville-based Southern Baked Pie Company has won the grand prize in the University of Georgia’s 2016 Flavor of Georgia Contest.

Bumble Bee Foods, LLC announced today that it is voluntarily recalling canned Chunk Light tuna due to "process deviations" that occurred in a co-pack facility not owned or operated by Bumble Bee.

The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded $57,000 in grants during its February meeting, including $42,000 to nonprofit agencies.

Desmond Vaird, a student at Lanier Technical College, was recently named Adult Education Student of the Year for the Technical College System of Georgia.

The Georgia Department of Labor will continue to help Lanier Islands recruit seasonal and permanent workers Saturday. The recruitment, the second in a series of three, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the South Hall resort.