Mystic groundbreaking

Piedmont College and economic development officials broke ground Monday for Mystic Hall, the college’s largest-ever residential complex. The 60,000-square-foot building will house 268 students and should be completed early next year. Pictured (from left to right) are Piedmont College President James F. Mellichamp; Thomas A. “Gus” Arrendale III, Chairman of Piedmont’s Board of Trustees; Mary Beth Horton, President of the Habersham Chamber of Commerce and Charlie M. Fiveash, Executive Director of Partnership Habersham.