Local Business News

The Gainesville-based Georgia Mountains Regional Commission is getting a new board member and two current members have been named to new terms.

The invasive insect responsible for the death or decline of hundreds of millions of ash trees in 27 states is on the move in Georgia, and is now present in four more north Georgia counties.

After looking at 1,406 public and private colleges and universities across the country, Washington Monthly magazine has named Piedmont College among the institutions offering the “Best Bang for the Buck.”

Forsyth County government Director of Communications Jodi Gardner earned the designation of Certified Public Communicator in July, as she completed Texas Christian University’s CPC Program in Fort Worth.

This summer Wilson Orthodontics quite literally spent the summer break “going to the dogs” by partnering with the Humane Society of Northeast Georgia.

The Hall County Tax Commissioner has added a new service: a dedicated Dealer/Fleet Agent.

Lt. Karen Nowakowski, a retired Atlanta firefighter, is the new head of Lanier Technical College’s Fire Science Technology Program.

Plans are in the works for yet another large subdivision in South Hall, the latest in a series of new residential developments proposed for that area.

The Fockele Garden Company has added Joy Giusto to its staff as a landscape designer.

Charles Hardy, who founded an automobile dealership in Dallas, Georgia, in 1978, and whose holdings now include Hardy Chevrolet in Gainesville, has died. Hardy was also involved with NASCAR as a team owner, at one time with former NASCAR champion Bill Elliott.