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DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Residents in Dahlonega, Dawsonville and surrounding communities have a new hospital for emergency and inpatient care – and can now have surgery close to home, too. The new Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Lumpkin hospital treated its first patients early this morning. The first patient arrived in the emergency department at 7:18…

ATLANTA, Ga. – On January 30, 2024 the Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA) held their Annual Legislative Leaders breakfast at the Capitol.  The Development Authority of Lumpkin County, joined by several board members of the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce and Lumpkin County Manager, Alan Ours, traveled to the Capitol to hear from Legislative Leaders…

DAHLONEGA, Ga. – On January 4, 2024 the Development Authority of Lumpkin County (DALC) and the Dahlonega Downtown Development Authority (DDA) hosted the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Lumpkin County (LLC) Economic Development Day at the JTEKT North America plant here in Lumpkin County. The group of 28 participants started the day off with the…

DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Thank you to everyone who attended the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce State of Economic Development Luncheon on Thursday, November 16.  We are always eager to share information about the workforce development, special projects, and business recruitment/retention initiatives we are working on.  This year we recognized the following businesses with State of the Economy…

DAHLONEGA, Ga. – The Development Authority of Lumpkin County received a donation from Amicalola Electrical Membership Corporation (EMC) on Thursday, October 19, 2023. The $20,000 donation is part of the $485,000 Amicalola EMC provided to high school scholarships, teacher grants, economic development groups, fire departments, food panties, and other community organizations throughout its service area. In…

DAHLONEGA, Ga. – The Development Authority of Lumpkin County (DALC) thanks Mr. Jim Curtis for his service to Lumpkin County and the DALC Board of Directors. “Jim has provided years of leadership and guidance to both the Development Authority and to the citizens of Lumpkin County,” said DALC Chairman Henry Davis.  “He will be missed…

By Chris Worick, Lumpkin County Historical Society In the early 1990’s, the City of Dahlonega as well as the Lumpkin County planning commission began to look at locations which could be suitable to create a reservoir to provide drinking water for the growing population.  The bottom land in which Yahoola Creek ran through just outside…

DAHLONEGA, Ga – Marketing and Communications Manager, Kerri Carson is a recent graduate of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development and was recently quoted about the importance of working together to achieve more in the community.

DAHLONEGA, Ga. – The office of Governor Brian Kemp recently notified Lumpkin County Government of an $11,275,000 grant award to the Lumpkin County Water & Sewerage Authority (LCWSA). The award is for engineering, design, and construction of a new wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and collection system. The LCWSA intends to construct a new WWTP in…