Local Business News

Main Street Gainesville has a new manager: Nicole Ricketts, whose first day on the job was December 2.

Nonprofits in ten northeast Georgia counties are among the recipients of $570,000 in funding this year from the Georgia Council for the Arts.

Two Hall County health professionals were among twelve recipients last week of the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce's annual Healthcare Awards.

The state Department of Corrections will be hosting a job fair in Cornelia Dec. 18.

A 14-page report on workforce development, which was released Friday, involves a two-pronged approach for students and teachers in the Gainesville City School System.

The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded $99,969 in grants during its November meeting, including $52,500 to organizations serving Hall County.

Peach State Bank & Trust held a “No Shave November” for the men in the bank and in return collected over $1,000.00 to help in the fight to eradicate cancer. Employees made donations to Emory Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta.

More Americans than ever on record – 115.6 million – will travel this holiday season, according to estimates released Thursday by AAA.

Members of the Brenau University PsyClub, the undergraduate psychology club on campus, recently collected about 500 stuffed animals for the children at The Edmondson-Telford Child Advocacy Center in Gainesville.