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Hospital plea and food-truck questions surface in public comment
Summary
Blue Ridge Medical Center staff urged residents to redirect Georgia tax credits under the Georgia Heart Program to support the rural hospital; separate public commenters asked whether county rules permit food trucks outside city limits. County staff said business-license and health-department rules apply and recommended event partnerships while city rules are clarified.
Julie Shirett (speaker 13), a Blue Ridge Medical Center employee and long-time Fannin County resident, told the commissioners the hospital faces urgent financial challenges and urged the community to consider the Georgia Heart Program tax-credit redirect, which the Georgia General Assembly implemented in 2017. "Rural hospitals are facing urgent financial challenges," Shirett said, and asked residents and local…
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