Local Business News

First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Georgia were up slightly in September, compared to August, but were down in metro Gainesville.

The deadline for paying Hall County property taxes without penalty is now less than two weeks away.

Sears Holdings Corp. is closing another 63 stores as the ailing retailer tries to turn around its business. Liquidation sales will start as early as next Thursday.

Plans for an 880-home active-adult residential development off Dawsonville Highway west of Gainesville have been halted, city officials confirmed Friday morning.

The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Thursday awarded $45,000 worth of life-saving equipment grants to two first responder organizations, a school and a local school district during a news conference in Gainesville.

A new donor garden and international work of public art was dedicated Sunday afternoon at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton.

Gov. Nathan Deal announced Monday morning that Georgia has been named the No. 1 state in the nation in which to do business for the fifth consecutive year by Site Selection, a leading economic development trade magazine.

Frank McDonald Jr., M.D., MBA, was sworn into office as the president of the Medical Association of Georgia during a ceremony that took place during the organization’s 163rd House of Delegates meeting in Savannah recently.

The 2nd annual School Food Drive for Hunger Challenge got underway last week and will continue through Nov. 10 as eleven schools in Hall County compete to help fight hunger in the community.

A nine-unit apartment complex is planned in west Gainesville near Memorial Park Funeral Home.