TDS was founded in 1969. TDS is the local, long distance, and broadband Internet provider for     hundreds of rural, suburban, and metropolitan communities across 30 states.

    TDS serves more than 1.2 million access lines. TDS has evolved their telecom products and services and expanded our service footprint to become the eighth largest telecommunications provider in the country.

United Community Bank – Blue Ridge recently donated $8,000 to Open Arms of Blue Ridge, a children's home being constructed for the care of abused children and infants. The bank’s gift will be used to support the construction of a library at the new center.

United Community Banks, Inc. is the third-largest traditional bank holding company in Georgia, with assets of $8.4 billion. Formed in 1950 as Union County Bank with one small office in Blairsville, GA, United Community Bank today operates 27 locally managed banks with 108 banking offices located throughout north Georgia, metro Atlanta, coastal Georgia, western North Carolina and east Tennessee.