Local Business News

The International Production & Processing Expo, better known to most north Georgians as simply "the poultry convention," returns to Atlanta Tuesday for a three-day run.

Flowery Branch City Clerk Melissa McCain has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Georgia Municipal Clerks and Finance Officers Association.

The parent company of Hoschton-based Hamilton State Bank reached a merger agreement this week that will see its resources and equity combined with another Georgia-based company.

Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation is preparing to retire approximately $10 million to over 94,000 eligible current and former members through a general retirement of patronage capital, which includes a portion of the amounts assigned for 2001.

Georgia Department of Transportation Commissioner Russell McMurry is Georgia Trend’s 2018 Georgian of the Year.

The North Georgia Community Foundation has opened the application period for scholarships it administers, and is offering some new scholarships this year.

Milton Martin Toyota has been awarded a J.D. Power 2018 Dealer of Excellence Program,SM which recognizes a select number of vehicle dealerships throughout the United States that provide exceptional customer service.

Christian Johnson, an Industrial Systems and Technology student at Lanier Technical College, has been named as the College’s winner of the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership.

A prominent Athens businessman with strong ties to Gainesville, Claude Williams, Junior, has died.

Stewart Teaver has been elected chairman of the board of directors for Peach State Bank & Trust, according to an announcement by William House, chairman of Peach State Bancshares, the bank’s holding company.