Local Business News

VDL Groep, an international industrial and manufacturing company, will create 110 jobs and invest $17 million in Hall County

Gov. Nathan Deal has announced $28 million in funding for local airports around the state, following the discontinuation of the local jet fuel sales tax collection by the state Department of Revenue.

A public input meeting will be held on June 20 to kick-off the public input process for the review of Forsyth County’s tree ordinance, regulations pertaining to mass grading and an incentives program for low impact stormwater design.

Wayne Farms LLC is supporting the new Jackson County Multi-Use Agricultural Facility with a $100,000 Platinum Sponsorship.

The City of Dawsonville has secured land for a proposed Farmer’s Market adjacent to the City Hall/ Georgia Racing Hall of Fame complex.

Four residents of Gainesville, Clarkesville, and Braselton have been named to state boards by Gov. Nathan Deal.

Dr. James F. Conneely has been named the new vice president of Student Affairs at the University of North Georgia and will assume the post July 16.

Suwanee City Council is looking to hold the millage rate steady for a seventh consecutive year, with the first public hearing set for Thursday on the upcoming fiscal year budget.

State Representative Kevin Tanner (R-Dawsonville) was recently named the 2018 Legislator of the Year by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.

The Georgia Mountain Food Bank has received a $10,000 grant from Amerigroup Georgia to help cover the cost of its "diet-specific" food box program.