WE LOVE OUR HOMETOWN
We are ambassadors for our community and we thought we should introduce our community, one person at a time, to each other and to the world. We are telling the story of our community through the terrific people that live and work here, one voice and one face at a time.
If you know of someone that you would like to nominate for this project, please let us know!
Faces of Hall County: Tim Evans
Meet Tim Evans! Tim has been the Vice President of Economic Development for the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce since 2005. Tim has been married for 24 years and the couple has [...]
Faces of Hall County: Uriel Arellano
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High senior Grady Vardeman Meet Uriel Arellano! Uriel is the owner of Señior Fiesta Mexican Restaurant on Jesse Jewell Parkway in Gainesville. Uriel comes in [...]
Faces of Hall County: Nick and Aimee Hoecker
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High senior Grady Vardeman Meet Nick and Aimee Hoecker! Nick and Aimee are the owners of Downtown Drafts on the Gainesville square and just celebrated [...]
Faces of Hall County: Bob Swosowski
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High senior Grady Vardeman Meet Bob Swosowski! Bob is originally from Florida and played football at Florida State University. He is the owner of many [...]
Faces of Hall County: Jared Belew
Meet Jared Belew! Jared has been the principal of Spout Springs School of Enrichment for two years and has been working for the school since 2005. He moved his way up from [...]
Faces of Hall County: Erica Carr
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High student Grady Vardeman Meet Erica Carr! If you haven’t met Erica yet, you sure are missing out! Erica owns bookitbox TRAVEL, a company that [...]
Faces of Hall County: Terry Spicer
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High senior Grady Vardeman Meet Terry Spicer! Terry works at the 250,000 sq ft. King's Hawaiian factory in Flowery Branch. Terry is a father of [...]
Faces of Hall County: Collin Kerr
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High senior Grady Vardeman Meet Collin Kerr! Collin is a newer resident of Hall County and the area director for Young Life in Hall County. [...]
Faces of Hall County: Christos Nicolaou and George Giannoulas of Alpha Gyro Grill
Interview by Gainesville High senior and Abernathy Cochran intern Grady Vardeman Meet Christos Nicolaou and George Giannoulas from the Alpha Gyro Grill on Jesse Jewell Parkway in Gainesville. The friends saw Gainesville [...]
Faces of Hall County: Dee Lee
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High senior Grady Vardeman Meet Dee Lee! Dee is a property manager with The Norton Agency and has a very interesting background. Dee has gone [...]
Faces of Hall County: Ryan Casper
Interview by Gainesville High School intern Grady Vardeman Meet Ryan Casper! Ryan is a Gainesville native and was a member the 1997 Gainesville High baseball state championship team. Ryan is now on [...]
Faces of Hall County: Kate Mattison
Meet Kate Mattison! Kate is the new Gainesville Parks and Recreation Director, taking over the position of longtime director Melvin Cooper. She is married to Nate and the couple has two daughters; [...]
Faces of Hall County: Elijah Gainey
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Flowery Branch High senior Traci Timmons Meet Elijah Gainey! Elijah is a senior at Flowery Branch High School and has been the school’s quarterback for the [...]
Faces of Hall County: Juli Clay
Meet Juli Clay! Juli is an Auburn graduate who moved her family from Gwinnett to downtown Gainesville in 2014. She was raised to have a heart for service to the community, and [...]
Faces of Hall County: Tre' Anderson
Interview by Abernathy Cochran Real Estate Group intern Grady Vardeman Meet Tre' Anderson! Tre' is a Hall County native and the VP of Sales at Syfan Logistics. Tre' has been across the [...]
Faces of Hall County: Jenny Atkins
Interview by Abernathy Cochran Real Estate Group intern Grady Vardeman Meet Jenny Atkins! Jenny has lived in Hall County all her life and is an active member of our community. Jenny is [...]
Faces of Hall County: Chelsea Keller
Interview by Traci Timmons, Abernathy Cochran Real Estate Group intern Meet Chelsea Keller! Chelsea is this year’s student section leader at Flowery Branch High School. The student section, also known as "The [...]
Faces of Hall County: Blythe Hammons
Interview by Abernathy Cochran Real Estate Group's Brad Abernathy Meet Blythe Hammons! Blythe is a wife to Clay, mother of three and enjoys listening to the Beastie Boys. She works at Gateway [...]
Faces of Hall County: Jody Jackson
Meet Jody Jackson! Jody is originally from Atlanta and attended the University of West Georgia, he has worked in the country music scene for most of his career and most recently serves [...]
Faces of Hall County: Jordan Williams
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Grady Vardeman Meet Jordan Williams, a senior at Gainesville High School who has lived here all his life. He will be graduating early to [...]
Homecoming 2019: Faces of Hall County vs. Jackson County
Tonight, is Gainesville High's Homecoming game versus rival Jefferson High School. In honor of the Red Elephants homecoming and rivalry, we matched up the Red Elephant's Jordan Williams, a Georgia Tech commit, [...]
Faces of Hall County: Janet Upchurch
Interview by Flowery Branch High School intern Traci Timmons Meet Janet Upchurch! Janet has been the owner of Sample Pleasures Gift and Antiques in Downtown Flowery Branch for 25 years. The shop [...]
Faces of Hall County: Michelle Alexander
Interview by Gainesville High School intern Grady Vardeman Meet Michelle Alexander! Michelle is the Coordinator of Modern Worship & Children's Music at Gainesville First United Methodist. She is married to [...]
Faces of Hall County: Johnny Vardeman
Interview by Gainesville High School intern Grady Vardeman Meet Johnny Vardeman! Johnny is a retired journalist and local historian who has lived in Gainesville for most of his life. A Gainesville High [...]

























