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Bear Cub Gifts
As football season gears up this fall, get into the spirit with Game Day ruffles, garments, and other accessories at Bear Cub Gifts in Dahlonega. “We have gifts and specialty items for everyone, but we have an emphasis on women, newborns, and children,” says owner...
Growth of Creekside Animal Hospital
As part of her work for a lab during her student days, Debbie Adams had to dance in front of emus to analyze their responses. “Gotta make a living,” she said with a laugh. Since then, her career has entailed more serious responsibilities. Calling herself a...
Dalton Distillers
Dalton Distillers aims not only to produce a high-quality (and 111 proof) product made of locavore ingredients, but also to educate consumers about some misunderstood aspects of highlander heritage. "People tend to think of moonshiners as uneducated 'rednecks,' so to...
Biggers & Callaham Co.
Extraterrestrial aliens did not create the crop circles in the eight-acre North Georgia Corn Maze, but that does not make them any less spooky, especially for visitors who also take the hay ride to the haunted barn. "We've added a thrill ride to the barn this year -...
Hofbrauhaus
The Hofbrauhaus River Front Hotel & International Restaurant serves as one of the most popular and enduring landmarks in Helen, overlooking the scenic Chattahoochee River. For 25 years, the hotel and restaurant complex has served a menu of international cuisine...
Foothills Animal Clinic: ‘Where Pets are Treated as Family’
The veterinarian shortage in rural communities has been well-documented, but pet owners in this north Georgia community can take comfort in knowing Foothills Animal Clinic provides all of the expertise, cutting-edge technology, and warm bedside manner they would want...
Midtown Urology
At Midtown Urology, Drs. James K. Bennett, Jenelle E. Foote and Paul Alphonse, Jr. offer diagnostic services, medical treatment, and innovative surgical procedures for urological problems to provide the highest quality of care in this field in the region....
Forging an iron-clad business for artisans and decorators
It grew rapidly over the next couple years into a full-time operation that offers a wide variety of unique metal pieces supplied by more than 70 individual artists, blacksmiths, manufacturers, and importers. To maintain high levels of quality, the main lines of items...
Make your cash flow travel farther, faster with help from ACE and SSBCI
Participating Georgia CDFI's, along with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, meet to discuss the success of SSBCI and next steps for the program. Through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), underserved small businesses get more "bang for their...
Honeysuckle Gelato
Jackson Smith, Wes Jones, and Khatera Ballard have created a successful business specializing in "la dolce vita," Southern style. In 2009, Jackson Smith began apprenticing at the prestigious Il Laboratorio del Gelato, which supplies high-end restaurants in New York....