Georgia was founded in 1732 as the Province of Georgia and named after King George II of Great Britain. It become a royal colony in 1752. Georgia was the last and southernmost of the original Thirteen Colonies to be established. Its often called the Peach State and the Empire State of the South.
North Georgia is the location of the city of Gainesville, the county seat of Hall County. After World War II, a businessman named Jesse Jewell started the poultry industry in north Georgia. Gainesville was named in honor of General Edmund P. Gaines, a hero of the War of 1812 and a noted military surveyor and road-builder.
Chickens have since become the state’s largest agricultural crop. Local poultry jobs have attracted numerous Hispanic workers, adding to the diversity of families in the city and county. The proportion of Hispanic and Latino residents is more than 40 percent of the city’s population where the jobs are.
North Georgia local communities are rolling out the “Welcome to North Georgia” and the “We’re Glad You’re Here” genuine classic welcome mats to new entrepreneurs, new startups, business founders, new residents, seniors, students and more value-added diverse businesses.
The City of Gainesville, Hall County, and North Georgia always embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity, unity and is an historic local business-friendly community that supports any attractive operation or enterprise that adds value to the local business or education ecosystem.