Local Business News

Registration is now open for the Hall County Government Scholars' Academy, which will be held March 15- May 10

Amy O’Dell, Division Chair for Professional and Public Services and Program Chair/Lead Instructor for the Lanier Technical College Interiors Program has been named the College’s Rick Perkins Award winner for 2016.

Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) is seeking applicants for the leadership experience of a lifetime and the cooperative will send four exceptional student delegates on an all-expenses paid leadership trip to Washington, D.C., June 9-16 for the 2016 Washington Youth Tour (WYT). Interested applicants should contact their school guidance counselor or leadership department.

Four Lanier Technical College students have been selected as the College’s semifinalists for the 2016 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL), according to Kari Register, Lanier Technical College’s GOAL program Coordinator.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Hall County will be holding the Annual Youth of the Year Competition and Youth of the Year Luncheon in the following weeks.

Silver City Tree Service, a Dawsonville family-owned tree service company, recently launched a new brand for the New Year.

Fans of new piano works and electronic music are in for a treat as Piedmont College will present a concert by artist-in-residence Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi, featuring works by guest composer Dr. Ed Martin, including the world premiere of Martin’s composition, “Variations.”

U.S. Rep. John Lewis, considered one of the most significant figures of the American civil rights movement, will appear at Brenau University’s Pearce Auditorium on Jan. 20.