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LOCAL The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com Sunday, December 16, 2018 3C Photos by SCOTT ROGERS I The Times Heather Jonovich, right, and Abraham Salvador work behind the counter Wednesday, Dec. 12, at the Gainesville Coffee Shop. The restaurant gets a lot of delivery and pickup business using their third-party food delivery app by ChowNow. DELIVERY ■ Continued from 1C want in the format they want,” Scott said. The concept is called “Expe rience of the Future.” Stacey Dickson, Lake Lanier Convention & Visitors Bureau president, said she’s been expecting the food delivery trend’s arrival in Hall. “We’ve been tapping our toes, waiting,” she said. “It’s been slowly moving up from Atlanta. It was probably inevitable. For visitors, it’s certainly a convenience. But (the service) is more for local people, really, and our time- impoverished lives.” Other services, DoorDash and Waitr, haven’t yet arrived. “Follow along as we launch in new cities,” is the online message from DoorDash. ChowNow is one service that’s existed for several years in the area, at least for Gaines ville Coffee Shop in the Law- Kayanne Smith carries an order to a customer’s table Wednesday, Dec. 12, at The Gainesville Coffee Shop on Broad rence Pharmacy at 631 Broad Street. The restaurant has been using the third-party food delivery service ChowNow for about five years. St. The restaurant, which has been a Gainesville staple since 1958, signed on with ChowNow five years ago. Customers can order through the restaurant’s mobile phone app or web site or through ChowNow’s website. “We built (the delivery ser vice) from basically nothing to being two-thirds of our busi ness,” owner Tony Jonovitch said. Until recently, he had just a handful of competitors for third-party delivery. “Now, some of the big dogs are getting (involved),” he said. Several companies charge a delivery fee, ranging from $2.99 to $4.99. On ChowNow, delivery charges are left to the discre tion of restaurants, which oth erwise pay fees to ChowNow. “Restaurants are our cli ents. We’re going to priori tize them,” said Christopher Webb. “For us, it’s about being behind the scenes.... We want to strengthen the relationship between (restaurants) and their customers.” UNG’s economic impact To calculate the economic and employment impact for fiscal year 2017, the Selig Center for Economic Growth in the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business, on behalf of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, analyzed data collected between July 1,2016, and June 30,2017. To read the full study and report prepared by the University System of Georgia, visit www.usg.edu UNG ■ Continued from 1C Most of UNG’s impact is entailed in its operating expenses, including salaries and benefits, as well as other budgeted items. The university’s approxi mately 19,000 students spent an estimated $248 million in the 2017 fiscal year, helping spur the creation of 3,721 jobs in the 17-county region — which extends from Gwin nett, Hall and Forsyth on the southern end, east to Clarke and Oconee counties, and north to Habersham and Lumpkin counties — accord ing to the study. On average, an additional 52 cents is generated for every dollar spent by the university. UNG, which has campuses in Gainesville, Cumming, Dahlonega, Blue Ridge and in Oconee, also had a regional employment impact of 6,769 jobs, the study reports. The employment impact includes on-campus positions and off-campus jobs that exist because of the institution. As a whole, the public col leges and universities that comprised the USG in 2017 had an impact of $16.8 billion on the state. 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