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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: Lauren Niles
Meet Lauren Niles! Lauren was just chosen as the Teacher of the Year at Centennial Arts Academy! She is a third grade teacher at Centennial, a graduate of Gainesville High School and [...]
Faces of Hall County: Nairika Cornett
Photo cred: Kristine Alexander Meet Nairika Cornett! Nairika is the Marketing and Arts in Schools Coordinator at The Art's Council in Gainesville, a longtime Gainesville resident, Brenau University graduate, mother to two [...]
The Faces of Hall County: J Allen Butts MD
 Meet Dr. Allen Butts. “I wanted to be a doctor since I was 3 years old. I would put on a tie when I was 3, the tie made me a [...]
Faces of Hall County: Kingsley Owusu-Otoo
Meet Kingsley Owusu-Otoo. Kingsley is a Senior at Gainesville High School and will be graduating later this month (May of 2019). He has accepted a full academic scholarship to attend Notre Dame [...]
Faces of Hall County: Mark Alexander
Meet Mark Alexander! Mark is an attorney with Stewart, Melvin & Frost in Gainesville. He is a longtime Gainesville resident, married to Michelle and the couple has two sons: Boone and Pete. Mark [...]
Faces of Hall County: Lauren Pugh
Meet Lauren Pugh! Lauren is the Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Lanier Technical College. She is married and loves to cook. She said she loves Hall County because everyone jumps in [...]
Faces of Hall County: Russell Edwards
Meet Russell Edwards! Russell is the owner of Platinum Plus Inspections and is a lifelong Gainesville resident. He is married to Karen, has two children and his favorite restaurant is Longstreet Cafe. [...]
Faces of Hall County: Chief Jay Parrish
Flowery Branch High intern Grace Slayton contributed to this interview Meet Chief Jay Parrish! Jay is a lifelong Hall County resident, graduated from North Hall High School and attended North Georgia College. [...]
Faces of Hall County: Celeste Marshall
Interview by Abernathy Cochran Group intern Courtney Watson Meet Celeste Marshall! Celeste is a criminal justice professional and was born and raised in Hall County. She graduated from the University of Georgia [...]
Faces of Hall County: Stacy King
Meet Stacy King! Stacy is a longtime Hall County resident, the owner of Chestatee Growers and a mother who enjoys to spend her time on the tennis courts. Chestatee Growers is a [...]
Faces of Hall County: Lieutenant Kelley Edwards
Interview by Flowery Branch High intern Grace Slayton Meet Lieutenant Kelley Edwards! Edwards is married to Kelly and has been working for the Hall County Sherriff's Office for the past 25 years. [...]
Faces of Hall County: Janet Walden
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern Grace Slayton Meet Janet Walden! Janet Walden is the current Executive Director for Hall-Dawson CASA. She was born and raised in Ohio. She is married to John, [...]
Faces of Hall County: Kris Nordholdz
Meet Kris Nordholz! Kris owns Full Media, a digital marketing and web design company in Gainesville. He earned his undergraduate degree in finance and a Masters of Business Administration at the University of [...]
Faces of Hall County: Jonathan Cueva
Meet Jonathan Cueva! Jonathan is the owner of Rockport Indoor Soccer, is a husband and father. The Rockport Indoor Soccer facility is 20,000 square feet and is located in Gainesville. The indoor [...]
Faces of Hall County: Graham Williams
Interview by Abernathy Cochran Realtor Chris Romberg Meet Graham Williams! Graham is an entrepreneur and recently began Press On Paper with a few other partners in Gainesville. Press On Paper are paper [...]
Faces of Hall County: Angie Kennedy
Interview by Abernathy Cochran Group Realtor Ricky Lewallen Meet Angie Kennedy! Angie is a lifelong Gainesville resident, is married to Joe and is the Marketing Director at Carroll Daniel Construction. Angie attended [...]
Faces of Hall County: Noemi Garcia
Meet Noemi Garcia! Noemi is one of five female firefighters with Hall County Fire Services and also is an EMT! She is a lifelong Gainesville resident and graduated from Lanier Tech and [...]
Faces of Hall County: Dr. Ken Dixon
Meet Dr. Ken Dixon! Dr. Dixon, a longtime Gainesville resident, has over 35 years experience as a cancer surgeon and treating cancer patients. He is married to Connie and the couple has [...]
Faces of Hall County: John Simpson
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern Grace Brown Meet John Simpson! John has lived in Hall County all his life and graduated from Gainesville High School in 1996. He has worked in the [...]
Faces of Hall County: Andrew Jannakos
Meet Andrew Jannakos! Andrew, a lifelong Flowery Branch resident, has auditioned for The Voice and was selected to participate in live auditions! Season 16 of the show, coached by Blake Shelton, Kelly [...]
Faces of Hall County: the Rev. Darryl Womack
Interview by Abernathy Cochran Realtor Ricky Lewallen Meet the Rev. Darryl Womack! Darryl is the pastor at Montgomery Memorial Baptist Church in Gainesville. He is married to Beverly and the couple has [...]
Faces of Hall County: Raymond Yap and Peggy Lim
Meet Raymond Yap and Peggy Lim! Raymond and Peggy Lim are managers at Bluefin Hibachi and Sushi in Gainesville. Raymond has three boys and lives in Cobb County and Peggy Lim lives in [...]
Best Bartenders of Hall County: Nicole Bush
Best Bartenders of Hall County: Nicole Bush Meet Nicole Bush! Nicole is the bar manager at Scott's Downtown in downtown Gainesville. She has worked at Scott's for 11 years and [...]
Faces of Hall County: Benjie Wood
Interview by Abernathy Cochran Real Estate Group intern Grace Slayton Meet Benjie Wood! Benjie has coached basketball at several local high schools over the years and is currently the head boys basketball [...]