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Job Blitz event offers hope to Gainesvilles unemployed

Savia Walker and Branden Harris stop by the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission Workforce Development bus Wednesday morning at Melrose Community Homes at 854 Davis St. during the Gainesville Housing Authority’s Job Blitz. The event helped area residents search and apply for jobs, write resumes and cover letters, and discern their career interests.

0917jobs5 — Savia Walker and Branden Harris stop by the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission Workforce Development bus Wednesday morning at Melrose Community Homes at 854 Davis St. during the Gainesville Housing Authority’s Job Blitz. The event helped area residents search and apply for jobs, write resumes and cover letters, and discern their career interests.

Savia Walker is in a bind. She’s been out of a job going on three years. She lives in public housing.