Meet Wes Hyder! Wes is the longtime owner of Hometown Comfort Heating and Air in South Hall. He says his favorite part of living in Hall County is the positive growth in South Hall.
“I live in South Hall and seeing that they are looking well into the future on growth plans and infrastructure to support it. I grew up in Gwinnett County and I believe it grew too fast and could not keep up with infrastructure to support that growth,” he said.
We want to thank Wes for participating in the Faces of Hall County!
Question: What inspired you or led you to your current career?
Answer: “I have been in the heating and air conditioning business since I graduated high school in 1995. I held many positions within the industry and decided I wanted to start my own business in 2017. I saw a need for a local heating and air conditioning company that would make customers feel like they are doing business with a friend or someone from their ‘hometown.'”
Q: What is your favorite restaurant in Hall County, and what do you love there?
A: “Collegiate Grill. Laid back atmosphere with the best hamburger in town.”
Q: How long have you lived or worked in Hall County?
A: “I have worked in Hall county for the last 20 years serving customers heating and air needs. We moved into the south Hall area in 2008.”
Q: What is your favorite childhood memory?
A: “I would have to say hunting and fishing with my father and an old neighbor.”
Q: If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would it be and why?
A: :The British Virgin Islands on a sailboat! The most beautiful and peaceful place in the world.”
Q: What is the first movie you remember seeing in a theater?
A: “‘E.T.'”
Q: What advice would you give a crowd of people?
A: “Life is what you make of it! Hard work will get you anywhere you want to go and don’t expect to be given anything.”
Q: What is something on your bucket list?
A: “To visit all SEC football stadiums.”
Q: What is your favorite music/ three bands you would like to see (dead or alive)?
A: “Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, and George Straight.”
Q: Choosing anyone (past or present and a non-relative), with whom would you love to have lunch? And where locally would you have this lunch?
A: “Any service member that was involved with storming the beaches of Normandy. I would say Collegiate Grill would be a great atmosphere to sit and talk and listen to the stories they have to tell.”
Q: What is your favorite thing about Hall County?
A: “I live in South Hall and seeing that they are looking well into the future on growth plans and infrastructure to support it. I grew up in Gwinnett County and I believe it grew too fast and could not keep up with infrastructure to support that growth.”
Q: Where do you see yourself in five or 10 years?
A: “To have a successful heating and air conditioning company with 15-20 employees that I can watch grow themselves and have a place that they enjoy working for.”
Q: What is something interesting that most people don’t know about you?
A: “I have been to Zambia.”
Q: What three words mean “Home” to you?
A: “Family, friends, and safe.”