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Costco drawn to Fort Oglethorpe area by demographics
Representatives from Costco Wholesale said they have been looking to get into the Chattanooga market for five to seven years and chose the Fort Oglethorpe location because of its proximity to Inte...
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Smith elected to CMBA board as secretary
The Chattanooga Mortgage Bankers Association recently elected Paul Smith to serve as a board member and secretary. Smith has worked as a mortgage loan originator with Northwest Georgia Bank since...
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Hospice of Chattanooga opens 16-bed inpatient care facility
What: Ribbon Cutting for Hospice of Chattanooga’s Inpatient Facility When: Friday, March 19 at 10 a.m. Where: 2626 Walker Road, 400 Building, Chattanooga, TN 37421 Hospice of Chattanooga announces...
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Knox Farmer, vice president-branch operations/sales development, and Laura Byrum, marketing coordinator, welcome Explorer Doris White to the Delta Queen. Delta Queen social kicks off 13th season for Northwest Georgia Bank Explorers program
2010 Explorer programs, activities Callaway Gardens: April 6-7 Explorers Picnic, Gilbert Stephenson Park, Fort Oglethorpe: May 4 Atlanta Braves v. Cincinnati Reds: May 20 Great Pacific Northwest: ...
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From left, Kent Yager, recycle worker, and Jens Christensen, director of marketing, Chattanooga Community Kitchen; Julie Raikes and Stacey Seabrook, financial service representatives, Northwest Georgia Bank. Northwest Georgia Bank brings warmth to Chattanooga Community Kitchen
Northwest Georgia Bank recently donated to the Chattanooga Community Kitchen hundreds of clothing items gathered during a two-week Winter-Warmth Drive at all 10 of its branches. Bank employees and...
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PHCC Receives Walker County Chamber of Commerce Small Business of 2009 Award
On Feb. 4 the Walker County Chamber of Commerce awarded Primary Health Care Center the Small Business of the Year Award. The recognition comes just 21 months after the community health center in ...
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Gateway Bank, Communities in Schools team up for local students
Gateway Bank and Communities in Schools are teaming up for the 11th year of the 5K Run for Communities in Schools. CIS is a non profit organization that is focused on keeping kids in school and ...
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January unemployment rises to 11.6 percent in northwest Georgia area
The Georgia Department of Labor reported today that the preliminary unadjusted unem-ployment rate in the northwest Georgia area rose to 11.6 percent in January, up seven-tenths of one percentage p...
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Maglev money still MIA
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Some North Georgia leaders say they may not help fund a study to connect Atlanta and Chattanooga via high-speed rail. The Federal Railroad Administration in September awarded $13.8 million for a ma...
Distinguished Service Award presented to Hutcheson Health Foundation chairman Leonard Fant
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Leonard Fant, chairman of the Board of Directors for the Hutcheson Health Foundation, was presented with one of the Georgia Hospital Association’s (GHA) highest honors, the Distinguished Service ...
Area realtors attend Georgia Association of Realtors meeting
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Representatives from the Northwest Georgia Council of Chattanooga Association of Realtors recently attended the Georgia Association of Realtors 2010 Inaugural Meeting in Charleston, S.C. Pictured...
New business to serve northwest georgia’s truck and trailer maintenance needs
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A growing Ohio-based company expands with a new business in Ringgold, bringing new jobs during these hard economic times. Joe Nachtrab, owner of Trans Tech Logistics, is expanding his transporta...
Walker County Chamber announces 2010 Annual Golf Tournament date
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The Walker County Chamber of Commerce announces that the 2010 Annual Golf Tournament will be held at Canyon Ridge Golf Course in Rising Fawn, Ga., Thursday, May 13 with a shotgun start 1 p.m. Con...
Rural libraries have special ARRA funds allocated for improvements
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Rural public libraries in Georgia recently learned special funds are being set aside through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 through USDA Rural Development, but funds mu...
Northwest Georgia Bank promotes Cloud to senior vice president-senior credit administrator
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Northwest Georgia Bank recently promoted Mike Cloud to senior vice president-senior credit administrator and secretary of the management loan committee. He has worked as vice president-credit adm...
Dale Cruse named market president for Wachovia
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Jim Jones, Regional Business Banking manager for North Georgia for Wachovia, a Wells Fargo Company, has named Dale Cruse market president for the northwest Georgia market, which includes the Chat...
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