Local Business News

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.

Contracts totaling nearly five million dollars have been approved by the state Department of Transportation for road resurfacing in Lumpkin and Banks counties and bridge construction in Elbert.

Ron Quinn, President and CEO of Peach State Bank & Trust announced today that William V. Peeples, Jr. has joined the bank staff as a Vice President of Commercial Lending.

A new report finds that Forsyth County is the richest county in Georgia based on median household income.