Local Business News

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hall County a $3,500 grant to support youth literacy.

Scarecrows dot the landscape in downtown Gainesville and Main Street Gainesville wants the public's help in deciding which one is best.

North Main Credit Union received a Façade Grant from the Cornelia Downtown Development Authority when its building was repainted and new signage added.

The North Georgia Technical College Foundation announces that Stovall Machine Products has established a scholarship for the CNC and Tool and Die Programs at the college.

The University of North Georgia's Chinese Language Flagship Program has been renewed for another four-year, $1.2 million grant.

A number of ex-offenders and others who are having difficulty finding employment are expected to attend a workshop in Cornelia that is designed to help them find and keep jobs.

The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced Thursday morning that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in September, up two-tenths of a percentage point from August

At Academy Sports in Gainesville Friday, a Lakeview Academy 2nd-grader, who is also a cancer survivor, will be presented with a custom-fitted basketball goal and post.

M3 Accounting + Analytics, which provides hotel accounting and analytics software, served as presenting sponsor of the 2016 Special Olympics Fall Games which were held in Gainesville earlier this month.

The Oakwood City Council Monday night approved a small increase in the city tax rate.