Local Business News

Northeast Georgia Health System recently unveiled its new Therapeutic Music Program at the medical center.

Two Gainesville men, John Ferguson and the late Tom Paris, Jr., are to be inducted into the Northeast Georgia Business Hall of Fame next month.

A state Representative from Clarkesville is Gov. Brian Kemp's choice to serve as chairman of the Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Commission.

The Pier 1 Imports store in Gainesville is one of up to 450 stores the company is closing.

Motorists in Forsyth and Hall counties will likely encounter delays the rest of the week on SR 369 in the area of the Browns Bridge replacement project.

The Georgia Department of Transportation will implement single lane closures on SR 347/Lanier Islands Parkway from Holiday Marina to McEver Road beginning Thursday, Jan. 16.

Construction activity for the I-85 widening project will require lane closures next week along the corridor in Gwinnett, Barrow and Jackson counties, according to information released Monday by the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Floyd H. Baldwin, SIOR, president of Industrial Properties Group, Inc., has been sworn in as the new president of the Georgia Chapter of SIOR, the Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS®.

Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $2.44 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, which 2-cents less than a week ago.

Jackson EMC helped Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporation Sunday with power restoration efforts following Saturday's stormy weather that left thousands of Georgians without power for a time.