Business News

The Fockele Garden Company General Manager Todd Brown has been elected Vice President of the Georgia Green Industry Association Board of Directors Landscape Division.

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) today announced Mary Andrus, BA, RN, CIC, of Gainesville as the 2010 recipient of the Elaine Larson Lectureship Award.

Thanks to funds raised through a recent “Round-up” campaign at the JCPenney at Lakeshore Mall, more Hall County children in need will continue to benefit from the educational opportunities offered by afterschool programming.

A New York-based electronics firm announced Wednesday that it is relocating its service division headquarters to Gwinnett County.

Commercial real estate professional Chuck Clausen was named the top commercial agent of 2009 for Prudential Georgia Realty.

Southern Growth Policies Board announces that Gainesville's Featherbone Communiversity is the recipient of its 2010 Innovator Award for Georgia.

A new name for Seasons On Lake Lanier is in place as work is underway to revive the west Gainesville active adult community; it’s now Cresswind at Lake Lanier.

A jump in the price of crude oil leads to higher prices at the pump

Buoyed by good news on the jobs front, the White House claimed credit Sunday for reversing the downward economic spiral while bracing out-of-work Americans for a slow recovery.

A man whose business was a downtown Gainesville landmark for more than three decades has died.