Gainesville and Hall County building officials have released their 2006 building permit numbers.
And, they show that just over 1,300 new homes were okayed in the county last year; another 142 were okayed in the city.
That's a total of $311 million in new housing construction.
And, already, this year, about 250 new homes have been okayed.
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