Local Business News

If you can wait until next weekend to do some, if not all, of your back-to-school shopping, you can save some money.

As part of an ongoing strategic planning initiative, Jackson Electric Membership Corporation is restructuring its operations to align all functions that directly provide service to cooperative members under a Chief Operating Officer and all functions that provide essential support services under a Chief Financial Officer.

The automotive buyer intelligence firm Autolist.com has released its second quarter 2016 Most Affordable Areas Analysis and ranked Hall County the #20 most affordable place to buy a car in Georgia.

Mandy Lathem, a lifelong resident of the Gainesville area, has joined the staff of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce as Vice President of Membership/Events.

Twelve students in UNG's Doctor of Physical Therapy program and nine students from the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Industrial Design recently spent a week working with families and patients to develop assistive devices for their disable children

The Northeast Georgia Diagnostic Clinic is one of 200 physician group practices and 17 health insurance companies participating in a care delivery initiative.

Emily McCord has joined the Kimbrough Law Firm as Elder Care Coordinator, Kim Kimbrough announced Monday. McCord will be based in the firm’s Gainesville office.

Titia Sargent has been hired as the new Assistant Principal for Gainesville Middle School effective July 1.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors wrapped up the fiscal year at a meeting Thursday at the Gainesville Civic Center.

Metro Gainesville’s unemployment rate for May was 3.8 percent, down four-tenths of a percentage point from 4.2 percent in April.