The Times reported last week that Gainesville issued a record number of building permits in 2015. But the banner year for commercial growth was not limited to the city limits, according an annual report from the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce. “The success we are experiencing speaks to the broad participation in this community’s economic development effort from the business community, educators, our partners and elected leadership,” Brian Rochester, executive vice president of Rochester & Associates, a Gainesville land development and engineering firm, said in a press release.