Local Business News

Gainesville native Blake Fulenwider has been named Georgia Medicaid Chief, according to an announcement from Frank Berry, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Health.

Joy Duncan is the new Executive Director of Rehabilitation Industries of Northeast Georgia.

Up to 400 participants are expected in Gainesville next weekend for the season-ending tournament for the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League.

The Gainesville-based North Georgia Community Foundation recently awarded more than $46,950 in grants to fund 16 programs at nonprofit organizations across the north Georgia region it serves.

Forty-four students from Anhui Normal University in the Anhui Province near Shanghai, China, have arrived in Gainesville for classes at Brenau University as part of the 2+2 partnerships between the universities.

Featherbone Communiversity and Lanier Technical College are seeking nominations for this year's Master Craftsmen Awards.

Forsyth County has hired a director to lead its Information Systems & Technology Department.

Piedmont College freshmen gathered in the Chapel recently for a Convocation service to officially mark the start of the college’s 120th year.

With the official end of the LanierWorld Summer Season on October 1, Lanier Islands has one more (dog) trick up its sleeve.

For the second year in a row, Brenau University is ranked in the top 20 of Washington Monthly’s list of “Best Bang for the Buck Southeast Colleges.”