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Businesses call on fewer employees to wear more hats
'Im going to go get work because it may not come to you'
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Donna Free and Joe Biddy look over some paperwork in the printing area of Premier Georgia Printing & Labels. - photo by Tom Reed
Donna Free and Joe Biddy have more than 60 years of printing experience between the two of them. Both were trained in traditional printing and both started businesses in the area during the 1980s. But in 2007, the nation saw one of the worst economic downturns in history, forcing many businesses to change their approach or, worse, close their doors.
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Where a new subdivision is being developed off Lake Lanier
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Construction crews prepare new single-family homes and townhomes currently going up Wednesday, April 2, 2025, off Chestatee Rd. near Bolding Mill in Hall County at the new Falcon Landing subdivision. - photo by Scott Rogers
A new housing development is springing up off the shores of Lake Lanier.
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